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Recently, served as President, then Advisor at Foodsby, a fast growing on-line platform providing lunch ordering primarily for suburban office employees. It fills a meaningful void by providing lunch variety to users at a low delivery cost, while enabling restaurant partners to utilize pre-lunch staff to deliver predictable revenue at attractive economics. At Foodsby, I was able to bring together and apply experience gained in consumer brand building, food and beverage marketing, delivery and logistics, and restaurant/food service operations. With our talented and growing team, we look forward to expanding quickly to reach a market near you.As the Interim President, EVP & CFO of Buffalo Wild Wings, a $2.9B casual dining chain with over 1,200 units system-wide, my primary focus was addressing the activist shareholder and driving performance improvement, ultimately resulting in a successful sale in 2018. Prior to BWW, I served as the Executive Chairman of MStar Holding Corp. (MicroStar), the country’s leading provider of beer keg rental, leasing, and logistics services. As the EVP of Strategic Development for Pohlad Companies, I assessed 1300 companies for potential investment or acquisition, ultimately landing on the investment in MicroStar.Previously, as EVP & CFO of PepsiAmericas, I led strategy, M&A, financial operations, accounting, audit, and investor relations, resulting in the business growing from a $3 billion to a $5 billion company that was acquired by PepsiCo. Additional experience includes strategy, M&A and field finance roles at PepsiCo, financial leadership at Putnam Investments, and management consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton, As a corporate Board Member for public and private companies, I provide guidance and input on expansion strategies, market insights, corporate operations, cost initiatives, and financing alternatives.

Listed skills include Mergers And Acquisitions, Forecasting, Strategy, Management, and 23 others.