Business Development

Harry Hawkins has joined Waddell, Williams & Associates as a Business Development Consultant with a focus on sales and marketing. Harry brings over twenty years experience to the WWA team having served as the Vice President of Celebrity Alliance for the Ritz-Carlton Club and Vice President of Strategic Alliance with the Marriot Vacation Club International.

During his career Harry has been responsible for the development and execution of initiatives and strategies that resulted in a network of professionals, celebrities and athletes which generated over $1.0 billion in sales revenue. Harry has formed strategic relationships with Fortune 500 Companies and Executives while launching business development alliances across brands to maximize the return on investments.

Harry is experienced in strategic business, marketing and sales planning, creative branding and vertical marketing, profitability, economic evaluation analysis, return on investment analysis, joint ventures, acquisitions, integrations, negotiations, business partnerships and customer satisfaction. Harry has negotiated and bid on multimillion dollar sports and entertainment contracts that required team building and leadership skills. He has a great understanding of the global market including geo-political conditions, economic factors, social cultures, industry trends and regulatory affairs and their impact on growth, profitability and success.

Harry is consider by WWA as a Global Rainmaker, Driver of Growth and a Cross- Functional Executive with the responsibility to create, develop and execute innovative, customer focused, highly targeted sales and marketing initiatives that will add value, boost revenue, improve market share and increase profitability.

Education: M.B.A. Cum Laude, University of Maryland