Thom Brodeur

Sky Wellness has been recognized by CSP magazine as one of the fastest growing CBD CPG companies in North America. Our award-winning premium THC Free, Broad Spectrum, Full Spectrum and Isolate Hemp-derived CBD products for people and their animals have been recognized by the World CBD Awards, the Product of the Year Awards and by Winsight Grocer and CSP across multiple categories. Under my leadership, we have built a house of five brands [one of the largest] with 100+ SKUs: Sky Wellness, CBDaF!, EquineX, D Oh Gee and Rip'D - our Delta 8 line of products. These brands are sold through nearly 5,000 retail locations in Convenience, Grocery, Pet, Farm & Ranch and Specialty retail across the United States through partners including: Circle K, Albertson's / Safeway, Grocery Outlet and others. Since 2019, the company has grown triple digits year over year in top line revenue and retail store count and distribution. Our unique partnership with a360media positions us as one of the most widely marketed CBD brands among celebrities, influencers and their consumer constituencies via a360media titles including OK!, Star, US Weekly, Life & Style, In Touch, Men's Journal and others.

Originated in Spain by a passionate group of fashion designers, event producers and beauty entrepreneurs, La Reina Belleza Universo [Queen Beauty Universe] was established in 2011. The first edition of the pageant took place just two years later in 2013. Aspiring models, actresses, TV hosts, entertainers, performing artists and emerging beauty brand ambassadors from around the world have competed in and held the title of Queen Beauty Universe. In 2019, the pageant was purchased by global beauty brand marketing company Brodeur Kazanjian Beauty & Fashion.

Founded as Brodeur Kazanjian Beauty & Fashion and later rebranded Brodeur Beauty - is a firm that helps beauty, hair care, apparel and CPG brands launch, expand or reposition themselves through global omnichannel strategies and partnerships. Brodeur Beauty owns and produces the renowned La Reina Belleza Universo [Queen Beauty Universe & USA] pageants for models.

N2 is a market leading sustainable packaging company for the Cannabis industry. Under my leadership at N2 we relocated all manufacturing of our patented, sustainable cannabis packaging products to North America establishing a guaranteed domestic supply; nearly doubled new client acquisition; grew top line sales double digits and graduated N2 from an emerging company in the space to a market leader.

Yandy.com is a leading retailer of specialty apparel for women. Brodeur's initiatives began to transform the company earning it recognition in Red Herring's Top 100 North American companies; Inc. magazine's Inc. 5000, and among Internet Retailer's Top 500. His vision has pushed the company into mass marketplaces including Amazon.com, eBay, Overstock, and Liking.com for domestic and international growth. Founded in 2005, Yandy.com was initially known as an etailer of ultra sexy lingerie and Halloween costumes for adult women. The company expanded further into other categories, including everyday lingerie, swimwear and active wear. Under Brodeur's leadership, a multi-year strategy began delivering early successes. 2017 highlights include: double digit growth in its core lingerie business; triple digit growth in its emerging swim category; event marketing, licensing and sponsorship deals with: New York Fashion Week (NYFW), Paramount Studios, Playboy, and Endeavor's Miss Universe Organization, and billions of media impressions and hundreds of thousands of dollars in earned media. The company has laid a foundation for future growth by bridging its original Halloween costume business with a year-round seasonal costume lingerie line influenced by pop culture and mass media trends. A renewed focus on everyday intimates has also been part of Brodeur's plan to elevate the brand and to further the company's growth. Of all his work with Yandy.com to date, Brodeur's is most proud of his success in making Yandy's 'sexy' apparel accessible for women of all shapes, sizes, and races. His creation and launch of the "Every Body. Everybody. Every day." products and associated campaign was the company's first-ever effort into branding and audience building. Brodeur's work sparked Yandy.com’s emergence as a more inclusive lifestyle online retailer and brand of choice for women worldwide.

Digital Air Strike provides the industry’s most complete automotive social media and digital marketing solution and is a recognized leader in the industry. The company has been named one of the Top 10 Most Interesting and Innovative Automotive Companies of 2013 and has been given the 2013 Dealers Choice Award for Reputation Management. Additional information is available at www.digitalairstrike.com and www.facebook.com/digitalairstrike.com. Recruited to Maria Shireen.

Tallwave Capital is a venture capital company. Its first fund - the Tallwave Commercialization Fund - is an Arizona-based venture capital fund specializing in Seed and Series A investments in early-stage technology and media companies.

Responsible for portfolio company management for the only-end-to-end startup and early-venture commercializor in the Southwest U.S. Portfolio companies under management include a leading digital marketing agency, a next-generation DOOH media company, a SaaS marketplace platform in the CPG-to-retail supply chain, and a leading-edge local SEO tools company. Recruited to Digital Air Strike.

Responsible for corporate and strategic business development, and product, content & community. Work closely with CEO on the Company's capital development efforts, while overseeing the Company’s shift from a health information publisher to a comprehensive social health platform for women with offerings in Web, mobile, social and gaming for women’s health, wellness and lifestyle. Recruited to Tallwave.

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company’s content, community, product management, strategy and corporate, B2B and consumer Marketing functions. EmpowHER is an award-winning social health company for women anchored by the fastest-growing peer health community for women on the Web. Built brand into the third most visited women's health destination on the Web (comScore: December, 2011); doubled original content production while reducing costs by 50%; improved site traffic and audience by 400+%, page views by 15x, and grew site membership nearly 300% in less than 18 months. Established key partnerships with consumer Internet, publishing, media and entertainment industry leaders including: AOL, Yahoo!, Glam Media, and others. Conceived and created innovative digital marketing ROI measurement solution (patent pending). Architected and developed company's strategic plan. Promoted to President and COO.

Responsible for sales, marketing, business development, corporate strategy and operations for one of the fastest-growing and most successful social media companies in the sector. Company acquired by Vocus.