Laura McNaughton

Experience

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  Windward Seafood

  Sept 1995 - Jul 2000

  Value Added & Smoked Salmon Sales Manager

  Windward Seafood. Sales manager for value added products and smoked salmon exceeding $5 million. Responsible for negotiating and managing corporate sales contracts for key accounts. Brand management and new product development for North America.

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  Fjord Seafood

  Jul 2000 - Nov 2004

  Retail & Food Service VAP Sales Manager

  Fjord Seafood USA. Management of retail and foodservice value added products sales team with sales exceeding $25 million. Led a team of 15 sales individuals while being responsible for negotiating and managing corporate sales contracts for key accounts. Brand management and new product development for North America. Analysis of monthly financials and cash flow preparation for monthly financial reporting to our corporate office.

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  Salmon of the Americas Inc.

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2013

  Managing Director

  Managing Director for SOTA, a non profit trade association representing farmed salmon producers from Chile South America with the mission of promoting the healthy consumption of farmed salmon in North America. Responsibilities included management and collection of member dues, preparation of annual budget, reporting financial position to the board of directors, organization of board meetings, media response and crisis media management, press releases, national marketing, consumer survey's, and website development. Reported directly to the board of directors. Show less

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  Morpol ASA a Marine Harvest Company

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2015

  Responsible for all activities related to the accounts payable department and staff. Implemented buy sell agreements for related business units within the organization to meet all IRS guidelines and regulations as well as created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for various departments and processes. Worked with external accounting and auditing firms for foreign income tax preparation and Federal and State estimated quaterly tax payments calculation and payment as required. Duties also included review of all payables, processing of payments, wire transfers, accruals and provisions, inventory reconciliation for various departments and processing of final sales invoices for fresh, frozen and value added sales departments. Show less

  • Business Development Manager North America

    Oct 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Global Communications Team Member USA

    Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Director Delifish North America

    Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Accounting Manager

    Mar 2010 - Apr 2012
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  Pacific Seafood Group

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2017

  • Branch Manager Miami

    Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Business Development Manager

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Deep Blue Drone Services LLC

  Aug 2017 - Sept 2020

  Business Development Manager

  Unmanned Aerial Systems specializing in Marine Aerial Photography and Video Production.

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  South Wind America LLC

  Sept 2020 - now

  North America Manager, Sales & Distribution