Diego Chavez

Executive Bio History

Novum Nutraceuticals
Diego Chavez, CEO

Mr. Chavez is responsible for setting the vision and go-to-market strategy, plus overseeing the Company’s offices world-wide. He is also responsible for the Company’s overall financial performance while ensuring operational excellence and growth. Drawing upon over 15 years of experience in the direct marketing, direct sales, and nutrition fields, he directs the programs and services the Company provides to its global distributors, joint venture partners and affiliates.

Previously, Mr. Chavez served as president of Velocity Media Management, a nationally recognized full-service media agency. As president and current chairman of Velocity, Mr. Chavez has pioneered new marketing and distribution systems designed to ensure faster and more profitable and cost-efficient market penetration for his clients. Mr. Chavez also has led the way in securing key national agency and media distribution contracts for Velocity, better supporting and serving a wide range of clients from multi-national corporations to entrepreneurial ventures. Such notable clients include the National Association of Realtors, the California Association of Realtors, Dish Network, FreeCause-Rakuten, Vertrue Inc., Kenneth McDonald Designs, IamVoip, and Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP.

Prior to his tenure at Velocity, Mr. Chavez co-founded and served as chief operating officer of Ascendant Marketing, a recognized direct-response marketing firm. Here, Mr. Chavez devoted many years to designing, developing and executing national product campaigns garnering prominent media exposure, enhanced brand visibility and establishing key strategic distribution and cooperative marketing relationships for his clients. During his tenure at Ascendant, Mr. Chavez gained a broad range of experience and insight in various consumer-facing industries. In particular, Mr. Chavez took a leadership role in the Health and Wellness industry, forging and building key relationships with custom contract formulators, manufacturers, distributors, and packagers of health and wellness products. Under his leadership, Mr. Chavez helped many of his clients turn formulas or raw concepts into high demand products in a myriad of distribution channels including many major retailers such as, Costco, CVS, Rite-Aid, Whole Foods, and GNC.

In his early career, Mr. Chavez was promoted to Financial Audit Manager for KPMG LLP, a leading global accounting and business consulting firm, where he managed marquee clients such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Bax Global, Saint-Gobain-Calmar, and Clothestime. He helped both Fortune 1000 clients and smaller businesses address major reporting challenges around new product and capital expansion, mergers & acquisitions, organizational and infrastructure change.

5/11/2010 Source: Novum Nutraceuticals Executive Team Page

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