John Deakins

About John Deakins

Cross-disciplined senior executive, strategic brand manager, and revenue leader with more than 25 years of experience. Aggressive driver of new products, markets, and relationships contributing to the profitability, overall performance, and competitive ranking of products and organizations in their respective markets. Leader in “Best of Class” organizations, build top-performing teams focused on exceeding objectives through organized, disciplined processes. Customer-focused executive who achieves success by identifying opportunities, setting aggressive objectives, and concentrating on bottom-line performance through combined expertise in: • Cross-Functional Leadership / Collaboration • Turnaround / Consolidations / Restructurings / M&A • Design / Product Development Team Management • Growth Strategy / New Business Development • P&L / ROI Accountability • Consumer Brand Management / Marketing • Brand Licensing • Team Performance Improvement / Metrics Specialties: Turnarounds, interim management, sales effectiveness advisory, general management, sales and marketing, M&A, licensing, compensation planning

Experience

1. Founder and Partner

   Candela Partners

   Jul 2020 — Present · Fairfield County, CT, US

   Candela Partners is a boutique consulting firm that focuses on commercial value creation for private equity firms and their portfolios. We bring urgency and passion for driving profitable growth and tuning revenue engines to deliver enhanced performance. With a focus on operationalizing commercial strategy informed by rigorous analytics, we move companies forward with a combination of quick wins which build momentum and organizational commitment and longer term, sustainable revenue and profit growth initiatives. Founding team brings more than 100 years of combined experience in operating and advisory roles across a range of industries, including restaurants, retail, industrials, software, consumer and business services, consumer goods and education. Visit us at

Education

• Middlebury College

  Bachelor of Arts

Skills

• Organizational Leadership
• Consulting
• Turnaround Specialist
• Business Development
• Sales Management
• General Management
• Licensing
• Product Management
• Development of Teams
• Apparel
• Market Research
• Team Building
• Private Equity
• Organizational Design
• Sales Pipeline Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Strategy
• Restructuring
• Negotiation
• Leadership
• P&L
• Vendor Relations
• Management
• New Business Development
• Sales Operations
• Management Consulting
• Retail
• Product Development
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Sales
• Mergers
• Sales Compensation
• Merchandising
• Product Marketing
• Business Planning
• Income Statement
• Strategy
• Increasing Revenue