Engager

Alternative Wellness Lifestyle Brand & Product Accelerator Lab
We build new plant medicine and wellness brands, products and businesses, and grow existing ones.

We are a global team of battle-tested entrepreneurs, makers and marketers accelerating growth of brands in the alternative health and wellness category.  

We spot emerging trends, identify new growth opportunities, bring new solutions to market, and modernize the way that alternative wellness businesses engage with consumers via entertainment, experiential marketing, lifestyle marketing and emerging technologies.

The team has deep expertise in taking brands from pre-seed or seed stage to series B and beyond.  Deep experience with lifestyle marketing in music, gaming, podcasting, film, TV, cannabis, beverage and technology. 

Team has collectively accomplished the following:

$1BN + in Revenues Generated
60+ Brands Built
$100 million+ Funds Raised

Engager Global is a brand innovation and venture-building studio that helps alternative wellness companies accelerate growth and innovation. We employ a team of entrepreneurs, creators, and marketers to work alongside clients in spotting emerging trends, identifying new growth opportunities, and bringing new solutions to market. Our approach optimizes the agility of startups by facilitating rapid innovation and leveraging influencers of all levels to grow brand equity as well as revenues on a global basis.

Optimized For the Following Business Categories:

- Nootropics
- Adaptogens
- Functional Mushrooms
- Kratom
- Kanna
- Psychedelics
- Cannabis
- Alternative Wellness Therapies
- Alternative Wellness Retreats
- Biohacking products and services

Founder and Chief Revenue Officer

PLANT Entrepreneurial Institute

- Building a global online education platform specializing in courses for cannabis, psychedelic, and plant medicine businesses.
- Leading a team of experienced operators to create and deliver high-quality courses taught by industry professionals with real-world experience.
- Successfully launched the flagship course, the Cannabis Brand Accelerator, as part of the Cannapreneur Pocket MBA program, catering to the growing demand in the cannabis industry.
- In collaboration with Grupo Education in Puebla, Mexico, to ensure smooth functioning and growth of the platform.

Founder

Heavy Brands

- Owning and operating the Heavy Grass brand: cannabis flower products in California.
- Contribute to the development of innovative cannabis products, including small-batch, top-shelf cannabis and extract-infused prerolls, that cater to the rebellious and counterculture-loving metal community.

Board Member/Co-Founder

Bee-Nails, LLC

Board Of Advisors

Engager Brands

Engager Brands builds, owns and operates a portfolio of authentic cannabis brands targeting underserved demographics. We create, market and license our brands starting in California and then taking them throughout the world.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

PROHBTD Media

PRØHBTD Media was a global consumer goods and marketing company with a mission to lead cannabis from the black market to the supermarket. As PRØHBTD we built the largest catalog of broadcast quality cannabis video content, the largest cannabis multi-platform network and leading cannabis agency with 60+ brand projects. 

Our portfolio included lifestyle and wellness brands across hemp, CBD and THC including flagship icon PRØHBTD, Hempathy, Ceeby Dee’s, Hot Nife, The Patch Co., and Heavy Grass. We also counted exclusive partnerships in our arsenal including Global Licensing Expo, Advertising Week, Beanstalk Licensing Agency, and Postmedia.

www.prohbtdmedia.com

Chief Business Officer, COO and Founder

Soteria Intelligence

Soteria Intelligence is a social media threat assessment company that provides monitoring and consulting services to individuals and organizations around the world.

Advisor

Engager Digital

Engager Digital helps content providers grow and retain their audiences.  They also provide business development, sales strategy and digital marketing services.  A primary focus is on growing the overall businesses of media companies.  Engager also serves as a new business incubator.  

Client services include:

* Online video, influencer marketing and shopper engagement programs.
* Digital media strategy/business development 
* Online/mobile/social solutions for brands, agencies, and digital businesses.
* Application and site development strategy


Clients & Partners (Past and Present): Audible, St Martins Press, Simon & Schuster, Oyster, Mediakix, Prodege, Cakeworks, Juntobox Films, Creative Money Works, Scratch Music Group, Songbird, Lodgenet, I VOTE, Platinum Edge, Screenpush, Stauffer.

Creative Money Works

Creative Money Works' mission is to help meet the needs of low income children, work to create a better financial future for them and conduct research to improve financial literacy content for children.

Board of Advisors

Dather

Dather is a social media platform for event sponsors and organizers. Dather is now part of broader offering called Event Hub which offers white labeled end-to-end digital services and technology solutions for events.  The suite of solutions raise awareness pre event, engages audiences during the event, and provides a post event activation platform along with analytics.  

Dather also represents other cutting edge digital media services and technologies including a turnkey paid media solution that provides access to a highly engaged and targeted audience of 7.5M+ users on web and mobile.

Clients include: Samsung/AT&T Glee Live Tour, Jagermeister Music Tour, Remy Cointreau, John Lennon Educational Tour, Juntobox Films, Rihanna

Kieve is the co-founder of Dather and serves as the lead on all business development, sales, operations, product development and fundraising efforts.  He is also a Founder in the Founder Institute.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Do you want to unlock untapped revenue for your alernative wellness business or brand?
Are you generating over $1 million annually?
Do you want to 5-10x that over the next 3-5 years?
 
I run Engager, a growth accelerator program for alternative wellness businesses.  We partner with companies to scale their businesses exponentially and cost effectively.

Engager is optimized to help the following business categories: 

Nootropics
Adaptogens
Functional Mushrooms
Kratom
Kanna
Psychedelics
Cannabis
Alternative Wellness Therapies
Alternative Wellness Retreats
Biohacking products and services

After a collective 70+ years of building brands and businesses, our team at Engager is ready to leverage everything we've learned about scaling a company, its sales, and its funding.

We have collectively generated over $1 billion in revenues across cannabis, beverages, music, media, tech, and fashion.   We have built over 60 brands.

We can grow your current brand or partner with you to build you a new one.

Interested in learning more?

DM me or set up a Discovery Call via the link in my headline.

Kieve Huffman

Bon Appétit Management Company

At Bon Appetit, I deliver operational excellence with a customer focus to delight our students with a wide-range of quality dining options. I’m committed to increasing student satisfaction and exceeding sanitation and safety standards through innovative, continuous program improvements. My passion is cultivating a positive atmosphere of growth, trust, and respect, through alignment with students, employees, and leadership. Here, I negotiate collective bargaining agreements to achieve multi-unit business objectives in record time. I apply an HACCP model for documenting operations, sanitation, and food safety standards.

Key Accomplishments: 
► Manage $14M budget for 6 campus location; directs 105 union employees.
► Achieved 8% improvement to budgeted projections in 2020, pre-COVID.
► More than doubled customer satisfaction rating to 89%, up from 39%. 
► Integrated composting practices of pre and post-consumed waste to significantly reduce garbage.
► Acquired local farm and artisan products equal to 28% of campus-wide food purchases.
► Increased meal plan participation up to 80% through enhanced offerings.

Director of Operations

I spearheaded initiatives to improve staff relationships, cultivating loyalty and respect campus-wide, resulting in achievement of projected company goals. I aligned with Wesleyan Dining to develop fiscal projections and accurate benchmarks for reporting. I streamlined key operational processes, implementing automated programs for greater efficiency. Additionally, I managed payroll, accounts payable, and inventory.

► Optimized $11M in sales volume.
► Transitioned team to automated time and attendance programs, improving efficiency.

Site Controller

Restaurant Associates, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum 

At Restaurant Associates, I Improved systems and workflows to better serve café customers. I practiced comprehensive forecasting, reporting, and sound analysis of trending financial data. I committed to serving clients, customers, and staff, carrying out operations through the holiday season though the corporation had decided to opt out of the museum contract.

Key Accomplishments: 
► Orchestrated $1.1M in sales volume and 3 direct reports.  
► Systematically improved efficiency and maximized revenue in café through new reservations program.
► Supported staff through end of the year, including two months post-completion of museum contract.

Food Service Director

Bee and Thistle Inn 

Chef, Proprietor 

Vienna Inn 

Kitchen Manager, Owner

Director of Operations | General Manager

Steering Bon Appétit's operations, my tenure reflects a steadfast commitment to elevating the student dining experience through cutting-edge improvements and meticulous safety practices. With a sharp focus on customer relations and attention to detail, my leadership has been pivotal in managing a $14M budget and directing a robust team across multiple campus locations.

Our mission transcends mere sustenance; it's about creating communal joy and satisfaction in every meal. Leveraging hospitality industry insights, I've excelled in fostering a culture where trust, respect, and growth flourish. It's this passion for reimagining food service excellence that continues to inspire our team to deliver outstanding results and forge a legacy of innovation at Bon Appétit.

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