Benjamin Wetherbee Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

• Cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships with state agencies overseeing School Nutrition Programs.• Tailor PrimeroEdge solutions to align with the specific needs and regulations of individual state agencies, ensuring a seamless integration into their existing systems.• Collaborate with internal teams, including sales, marketing, and product development, to ensure alignment with client needs and effective communication of PrimeroEdge's value proposition.• Lead the creation of compelling proposals and presentations tailored to state agencies, showcasing the unique benefits and features of PrimeroEdge solutions.• Stay ahead of evolving regulations in the school nutrition sector, advising clients on compliance matters and ensuring PrimeroEdge solutions meet all necessary standards.• Implement Salesforce for robust tracking and reporting mechanisms, providing regular updates on key performance indicators, client satisfaction, and revenue growth to executive leadership.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Execute the implementation of software solution contracts for state agencies overseeing School Nutrition Program administration in all areas including administrative reviews, food distribution, menu analysis, school meal eligibility, and program contracts.• Manage all aspects of project pipeline from kick-off through final deliverables including defining the project scope, mapping objectives and deliverables, and conducting regular stakeholder and project meetings to ensure success.• Lead cross-functional teams and foster a collaborative environment with clear communication channels.• Interpret and anticipate client needs via change order requests and work with product and development teams to assess and deliver a solution with appropriate cost and time analysis with the least amount of scope creep possible.• Utilize project management tools such as Wrike and Microsoft Office for efficient project tracking.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Provide oversight, subject matter expertise, policy interpretation, and program/project management for the following federal and state child nutrition program areas and related initiatives: Provisional Programs (Community Eligibility Provision, Provision 2, and Provision 3), Direct Certification, School Meal Eligibility (Free and Reduced-Price school meals), and Meal Counting and Claiming.• Collaborate with unit teams and leadership to develop and execute a work plan encompassing goals, objectives and strategies for compliance, communication, process improvement, and evaluation including but not limited to internal and external trainings and webinars relevant to program areas. • Responsible for conducting administrative reviews and providing technical assistance and training to sponsors to support program improvement and ensure compliance with federal and state child nutrition program regulations and policy.• Consult with appropriate sponsor personnel regarding identified findings and corrective actions, if needed, to be in compliance with rules and regulations. Effectively communicate findings, both verbally and in writing, so that the findings are placed in appropriate context and clearly understood.• Oversees interpretation, implementation, and development of rules for new or revised legislation.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Provide professional assistance to program staff and management as a first point of contact for the Food Distribution and Nutrition Education Programs and make necessary correspondence with schools, food banks, recipient agencies, other government agencies, vendors, and the general public in person, on the telephone, and via email and memos.• Offer technical support and training for recipient agencies required to use the State’s food ordering system and assist in conducting webinars, conferences, audits, and physical inventory counts to ensure state and federal compliance.• Complete daily reports, processes, communications, and calculations to maintain proper records of the programs’ invoice balances and inventories of USDA Foods. • Accountable for conceiving, planning, and executing the annual two-day CDHS USDA Foods Show and Exhibition at an offsite venue where 40+ vendors have the opportunity to showcase new products and network with 75+ school district representatives responsible for purchasing decisions.• Responsible for allocating program expenditures into the appropriate grant or budget and for maintaining the programs’ purchasing card accounts and the State Fleet issued vehicle.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Correspond primarily in-person with state and federal law enforcement agencies, government agencies, law firms, businesses, disabled veterans, and other members of the general public to assist them in transactions regarding motor vehicle titles and registration for the Vehicle Servicers Unit.• Responsible for auditing incoming applications for special titles and registrations and issuing appropriate results.• Expected to cross train in other areas of the Title and Registrations Section within the Division of Motor Vehicles including but not limited to the International Registration Plan, Customer Service Center, and Title Services.• Maintain all confidentiality expected of position.• Previously held Administrative Assistant II position in the Record Maintenance Unit of the same division.