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A successful, results driven, senior digital executive specialized in leading growth and profit performance for top multi-channel e-commerce companies.

Charles Simmons is a Vice President Marketing, E-Commerce, Pricing, Content Development and Strategic Sourcing at Thomas Scientific and President & CEO at Thomas Scientific and is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey. He has worked as Vice President of Strategic Customer Services at VWR International; Captain Airborne Ranger at United States Army; and Director of National Marketing and Regional Operations Director at VWR, part of Avantor. Charles attended Norwich University between 1987 and 1993.

Senior executive with successful experience in private equity and public companies driving strategic growth and business turnarounds. Recognized for building well conceived growth strategies, developing new product technology, instilling a customer focused culture, and optimizing complex operations. Achieve revenue and profit goals through: Leadership. Full P&L and balance sheet experience for five stand alone businesses with revenues over $200M and 1,300 employees, with responsibility for all functions including marketing, sales, engineering, supply chain/operations (including in Asia and Central America), finance and HR. Leadership of both publicly traded and privately held companies including Private Equity. Strong focus on talent management, top grading and mentoring. Strategic Innovation and Growth. Earned #1 market share position at retail for category by launching award winning products including a new market disruption material technology that increased revenues by $32M. Added $72M in incremental business through new product and material innovations.Results Focus. Merged two manufacturers with total sales of $160M, improving profits by $13M in 20 months. Turned around a $100M business from a $4M loss to $12.8M profit in 2 years. Process/Continuous Improvement Orientation. Achieved $31.9M in profit improvements through Lean, Six Sigma, and capacity rationalization. Decreased working capital by 49% through inventory reduction and vendor management processes.