Chuck Sakany
Vice President of Client Relationships
Copernicus Marketing Consulting
1113 Poitras Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963
Phone: (772) 234-6604
Fax: (772) 234-6602
chuck.sakany@copernicusmarketing.com
Chuck joined Copernicus in 2001 and has made major contributions to the firm's new business development and client relationship management efforts across many consumer and B2B industries. Chuck has spent his entire career in sales and marketing management, with a long stint in the distilled spirits industry.
He worked in a variety of management roles with Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, Inc., before moving to Southern Wine and Spirits, the leading distributor of beverage alcohol products in the United States. He built significant distilled spirits industry knowledge while at Southern, serving in several sales and marketing roles such as sales manager of the head office in Miami.
He joined United Distillers USA in 1997, managing key accounts for the company. Following the merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness, Chuck joined Schieffelin & Somerset Co. as distribution manager. The result of a joint distribution agreement between parent companies Diageo and L.V.M.H., Schieffelin managed the sales and marketing responsibilities for the premium wine and spirits brands owned by each of its corporate parents.
Chuck played an important role in the firm's engagement with Constellation Wines. Our work received extensive industry attention
and is also described in a Marketing
Management piece on B2B brand strategy:
He concentrates his new business development efforts on industries including:
- Wine and Spirits
- Pharmaceuticals
- Hospitals
- Medical Products
- Not-for-profits
- Consumer packaged goods
- Consumer and B2B services
- Retail
Chuck has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Providence College.
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