Roy Whitehead

Background

About Roy Whitehead

As a senior business leader, I have 25+ years’ experience propelling exponential growth in sales revenue for world-renowned brands across broad-ranging business categories. Leveraging powerful cross-industry relationships and best practices from the world’s largest corporations, I help strengthen fast-growing, limited-resource entrepreneurial companies. My ability to harnesses consumer insights facilitates innovation and drives differentiation in brands and products, ultimately growing EBITDA and maximizing investor returns. I have a reputation for building high-performance teams and championing employee engagement as a principal indicator of business health and profitability. Businesses benefit from my ability to consistently implement environmental and cause based strategic initiatives. BLUE CHIP Former Employers include: • Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart • PepsiCo – Frito Lay • 7-Eleven • Board Positions and Leadership of 5 Private Equity Backed Portfolio Companies : • After starting in lower middle market companies, joined Pizza Hut in early career, then moved on to Coca Cola and Frito Lay. • Chosen as a C-level exec at Walls Industries, improving profitability four-fold. • Joined Walmart marketing in 2011 and led a $250M+ holiday campaign using a full portfolio of television, radio, print, digital, social, signage,"retailtainment", and Walmart's in-store network. • Moved on to senior leadership at 7-Eleven, growing the private brand program 25% in 2013. • Returned to the lower middle market as the President and COO of AmeriDoc, transforming it into the 1st profitable telemedicine venture and drawing the eye of Teladoc with which it successfully merged in 2014. • Joined the Private Equity firm Team Partners LLC as a partner and evaluated acquisition targets before purchasing the assets of Wolf Manufacturing in February of 2016; appointed CEO charged with dramatic growth in revenue and profitability. • Since 2012, served on the board of MHM healthcare on behalf of Elm Creek Partners, and on the board of Habitat for Humanity and the Maverick chapter of YPO Gold (Teasurer). & : • Business Vision • Strategic Direction • Business Development • Revenue Generation • Corporate Communications • X-Matrix Planning • Sales Management • Product Innovation • Production Efficiency • Continuous Improvement • Cross-Functional Leadership • Talent Management • Employee Engagement • Succession Planning : 214.403.2716 RoyLWhitehead@gmail.com