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Senior executive with 30+ years of experience in financial management, operations, sales, and business development in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries. Proven success in scaling and leading businesses from startup through multi-million-dollar operations, improving profitability, and building national distribution networks. Highly experienced in financial statement preparation, analysis, and cash flow forecasting.

Career Highlight 1: Developed a go-to-market strategy for beverage manufacturing start-up that paired equipment sales with a bundled service program, creating a differentiated customer offering and driving national market expansion. Successfully positioned the company as the preferred beverage program provider for three of the nation’s top five convenience store distributors.

Career Highlight 2: Increasing sales from $16M to $40M in year my third year as CEO. This was achieved by identifying new market penetration opportunities and executing the plan throughout each department in the company. Supported company growth and profitability by providing timely, accurate financial analysis to the sales team, enabling data-driven pricing decisions that maximized product margins while maintaining market competitiveness.

Career Highlight 3: Successfully managed the transition from second-generation to third-generation ownership and leadership by improving operational processes and building a strong management team to oversee all major departments. Recruited and developed high-performing department managers, creating a sustainable leadership structure that supported business continuity and future growth.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): Results-driven leader with extensive experience building positive, high-performing workplace cultures centered on teamwork, respect, and integrity. Recognized for a strong work ethic, honesty, and a commitment to achieving results while fostering employee engagement and organizational success.

Strengths: Team building. Generating “buy in” for new processes and improvements to systems. CreativityProblem Solving

Hobbies & Personal Interests: I have played hockey my entire life and am the Head Coach of a prominent high school Hockey Varsity Team and General Manager of the the Hockey Club. I enjoy spending time with my family.

Education: Bachelor’s in Accounting

Credentials: CPA (Inactive)

Industry Experience: Food Production, Hospitality / Hotels & Re, Public Accounting, Real Estate

Company Fit: Small and Medium

Management Experience: 30 plus years in management. In the past 10 years, I managed a company of 45 employees. The department heads for production, quality, customer service, shipping & receiving, and sales reported directly to me.

Software Experience: Canopy by Aspen Systems and Sage Accounting Software. I am very quick to learn software systems.

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote