Testimonials
Cody Tedford, Retail Merchandising, Walmart & Sam's Club
As a buyer at Walmart and then manager of many brands for Walmart, I have never worked with a Salesperson at any level as good as Michael. His awareness of his audience, knowing what to say and when to say it, his work ethic, his emotional intelligence, salesmanship, speaking ability, and overall management skills are literally unmatched. He understands everything he works on at the highest level but also learns the details faster than anyone. There is absolutely no one I could give a higher recommendation to for a VP position than Michael. On top of all that, he’s a really good person and product developer.
Matthew Brown, DTC Marketing & Consumer Product Development
I don’t have enough room here for the recommendation that Mike deserves. Having worked together for over 10 years, I can easily say that Mike is the most get-his-hands-dirty, take action leader that I have had the pleasure to work with. Raptic’s success is the direct result of Mike’s expertise in all aspects of retailer business development. Mike’s skill led to direct placement at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Meijer, T-Mobile, and Verizon - just to name some of his successes in the US. Mike led the development of a fast growing, double digit million dollar e-commerce effort and holds extensive knowledge in all aspects of e-commerce management including Amazon Seller Central expertise. Mike is an experienced manager with the proven ability to recruit and lead teams to take on all manner of challenges. 10 years seems like a long time but it doesn’t feel like it. We accomplished a lot together and I know the best is yet to come for Mike.
Michael Garcen, Product Management Leader, Product Development, Growth Strategy
Mike was one of my best managers. He was extremely knowledgeable of the category and sales channels, and helped be a mentor which became a pivotal role in my career development. He was great at communicating and was always clear with the expectations he had for his team. To this day I still rely on him as a mentor in my career.
David Demartra, Product Management Leader | IoT | SaaS | Consumer & Mobile Products | Leadership & Development
Michael is a well respected and trusted sales and product marketing leader within the industry. His ability to prioritize customers and their needs is second-to-none, along with having a keen ability to build long-standing and strategic partnerships that equate to success for his customers, suppliers, and the individuals that he works with and leads on a daily basis. Michael has a strong bias for action and consistently delivers results, while maintaining a passion for coaching and developing others with adept leadership and guidance. After over a decade of doing business together in various capacities, he continues to approach every opportunity with a high level of enthusiasm, focus, flexibility and humbleness, that makes it a pleasure and a privilege to work with him. Any company would be fortunate to have Michael helping to lead and grow their organization, and he earns my highest recommendation.
Denis Floch, Director of Europe at Levin Consulting
I worked with Mike on various projects over the course of 10 years and I was very involved with him for 4 years as he took over the management of Europe and I became his direct report. Mike is a very hard worker, dedicated and particularly astute when it comes to develop new marketing and sales strategies. I strongly recommended Mike for any management position in marketing, sales, online strategies, or brand launch/development.
Hannah Grun, Senior e-Commerce Performance Marketing Manager
I knew my time at Raptic was rare compared to peers in eCommerce & Marketing, and Mike was the reason for it. In the 5 years I reported to Mike, I was able to expand our Amazon business to 7 figures, help build a team, and execute full funnel marketing strategies. He empowered his team to think critically, problem solve, and gave ownership to teams/individuals which ultimately drove our success. This type of leadership is an asset to any company, and I couldn’t recommend him enough.
Justin Lee, Supply Chain Professional
I have had the pleasure to work with Mike 5 years at Belkin when he was in product management and now over 6 years at X-Doria (in Sales). In both positions, Mike demonstrated he was an elite strategist to product alignment and winning product placements at major retailers, i.e. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc. His strength includes his compassion for his team as well as those in other departments. He is the "get the job done strategically" guy and does not hesitate to help his teammates no matter how big or small the tasks are so we can achieve and win as a company. His knowledge goes beyond product management and sales that I sometimes bounced supply chain challenges with him and seek actionable inputs. Mike has a lot of potentials and one of those potentials should be leading an organization to success.
Eddie SangHo Lee, Industrial Designer, Hardgoods/Softgoods
I first met Mike at Belkin and when I joined Doria International, I knew Mike could be a great asset for the team and the company, I didn't hesitate to recommend him as a new teammate.
We wouldn’t be able to achieve what we have without Mike. Mike is very determined and focused on exceeding expectations. He was the right person who could place the products design team created at online/offline stores and let them shine. Mike has established great customer relationships we need for Doria International and always seeks for finding new opportunities.
My 10 year of experience working with Mike gave me confidence that he can be a great support and a leader for any organizations.
Kimberly Brown Vesarapu, Customer Support Manager
I had the honor of working with Mike for over 10 years and during most of that time he was my direct supervisor. Mike has truly captured the art of successful relationship building. Although, he managed large retail accounts, he recognized the importance of the relationship with end users as well. As a Customer Support Manager, I was flooded with many product related questions from customers that I didn't always have the answer for. Mike never hesitated. If he didn't have the answer, he would reach out to our development team, our engineers, our design team or whoever to find the solution. He understood the difference between good customer service and Wow Them Customer Service. Mike's commitment to Doria and support of the teams that he supervised led Doria International (Raptic) to be a nationally recognized brand. He was a tremendous asset at pulling all of our teams scattered across the US, China, and Europe together so that we all worked cohesively. Mike supported my role, allowed me to do my job and taught me how to be successful at doing it. Well done, Mike!
Jonas Dunnaway, Partnering with People and Brands to Live Better
I have worked with Michael over the past 3-4 years and can say with conviction, that he is an expert his field and takes a great amount of ownership in leading his team. We built a large and successful business together at Walmart. Michael was the driver behind the strategies developed and ensuring the brand was aiming to realize future white-spaces, not living off past successes. I would gladly recommend Michael and hope to work with him again in the near future.