Having a great time being retired and hanging with my bride of over 35 years and my daughters and of course the most amazing granddaughters one could ever imagine.The Vegetable Industry was so good to me. I thank each and everyone that played even a small part in my career.Multi-faceted manager with a variety of Sales, Marketing and Management experiences. A team player that demonstrates the ability to work successfully across multi-functional groups to effectively achieve collective organizational objectives. Known and appreciated for vision, team management, and motivation skills, creative problem solving, and achievements in delivering superlative outcomes in driving growth in revenue and profitability. Ability to solve complex problems and generate changes in processes that lead to continually better operating results.Experience leading acquisition integrations, sales organization restructures and developing cross functional sales teams. With a proven record of building businesses, brands and people with leading CPG companies for both Fortune 200 and Privately held. Known as a creative and strategic leader, Combing industry experience with current market data to direct development activities and create innovative, unique and market leading products that give his customers an edge up on the competition. A believer in collaboration with a proven ability to motivate and lead high performance teams who consistently increase profitability and grow market share. A high energy creative manager who enjoys working in an entrepreneurial. Specialties: - Strategic planning - Cross functional team leadership - Building capabilities to create competitive advantage - Sales restructuring and acquisition integration - Strategic customer development - Customer marketing - Trade promotion strategy - Change Leadership - Staffing and talent development - VP Sales / Director of Sales / Chief Customer Officer - Consumer Packaged Goods / CPG