Launched and lead a meat and food products company that also specializes in consulting services for the food industry focusing on operations, business development, and procurement best practices implementation.• Provided visionary leadership and grew Chicago Premium Steaks from a start up to $164M in annual revenue.• Presented field demonstrations for products and connected with food company executives resulting in high sales and 35% command of market share in 3 years. • Managed complex vendor relations and raised $10M in working capital for company operations.

Led a team of 10 while managing market growth for this food manufacturing firm. This included purchasing operations, analyzing commodities markets, recommending effective procurement tactics, enhancing business penetration, and managing a $75M annual budget.• Determined profit impact of market strategies of existing products and advised on the creation of alternative procurement strategies. • Advised on balancing short-term and long-term market strategies to maximize returns on cash investments. • Spearheaded technology integration to ease database burdens on labor intensive food company. • Worked closely with sales team to strategize and deploy best-in-class product development functions across designated sales channels.

Served as 1 of 3 founders to launch, grow, and then successfully negotiate a profitable exit from the company. This included overseeing end-to-end functions of procurement life cycle, deploying cost effective strategies, and raising $4.3M in working capital for the company. • Grew Protein Solutions revenue from $3M to $175M in annually and personnel from 30 to 275. • Managed and determined strategic direction for entire company’s procurement department. • Advised on balancing short-term and long-term market strategies to maximize capital returns on $18M line of credit.