Christopher B. Johnson Email & Phone Number

Orange, California, Us

Manutec Ventures is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) providing managed services to clients nationwide. Manutec's business lines include the following:Resource Management (Managed Service Provider, RPO, Recruiting & Staffing)Advisory ServicesProcurement and Vendor Managementwww.manutecv.com

Buena Park , Ca, Us

Served as COO for the two food companies within the family office - True Family Enterprises (www.truefamilyenterprises.com). True Fresh HPP (www.truefreshhpp.com) possesses the country's largest HPP tolling capacity, along with cold chain fulfillment services; True Food Innovations (www.truefoodinnovations.com) is a food technology company specializing in the development of clean label, extended shelf life, fresh food products. Responsibilities included managing R&D and operations, where I created one of the only nationwide cold chain fulfillment platforms offering West coast, East coast, and Midwest distribution and spearheaded development and manufacturing for the company's multi-branded retail meal kits.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Managed the fulfillment / third party logistics (3PL) business at Chef'd, including identification, development, and execution of white label programs. Responsibilities included identifying prospective partners; vetting the business opportunities to ensure a match with corporate strategy; structuring program parameters and respective pricing; negotiating business terms and legal contracts; and executing launch and ongoing program management.

Managed all activities, including business development, operations, transportation and federal/state contract administration in this waste management, recycling, and logistics firm.Responsible for corporate office in Los Angeles, CA, as well as operations in Honolulu, HI, and Jacksonville, FL.Increased revenue 156% through multiple public and private contract awards. Wrote technical proposals responding to federal solicitations, including the award of a waste removal and recycling contract for Pearl Harbor, HI, along with air logistics in Jacksonville, FL.Sourced, identified, and provided contract personnel to Boeing and Raytheon subcontractors, supporting multi-billion dollar technical solicitations.

Zurich, Ch

Recruited from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (Smith Barney) to increase branch’s fee based revenue.Developed solutions to complex planning issues facing the high net worth market, with emphasis on comprehensive estate and business succession planning. Utilized Modern Portfolio Theory, prepared low correlation asset allocations and hired institutional money managers to construct portfolios for individuals and corporations in a fee-based arrangement.Informed clients of prevalent financial planning strategies given their respective situations and current legislation.Provided seminars to CPAs for continuing education credits on pensions, ESOPs, etc.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed all operations for this company that recycled edible bakery by-product into bread crumbs at its plant in Willingboro, NJ, and inedible waste into animal feed in Philadelphia, PA.Responsible for all activities in the company's two plants, including supervision of over 100 employees, daily dispatching of proprietary and non-proprietary trucking fleet, and processing of raw materials.Negotiated contracts for finished “bread crumb” product with Progresso Foods in Vineland, NJ, and 4-C Baking in New York, NY.Restructured processing of all non-edible bakery waste into animal feed reducing labor, energy, and handling costs by 40%.Responsible for contract negotiations, procurement and transportation to source raw materials from bakeries throughout the Northeast.Developed finished product sales, providing "cradle to grave" solutions for bakery waste producers.Successfully turned around organization leading to merger with competitor.

London, England, Gb

Franchise Consultant:Served as a consultant to territories of 8 – 12 independent ARCO AM/PM™ franchise locations, averaging over $50 million in annual territory revenue.Worked closely with franchisees to execute ARCO programs, while maximizing corporate and owner / operator profitability. Utilized in-store analysis and market surveys to develop and execute strategic business plans unique to each location. Utilized in-store analysis and market surveys to develop and execute strategic business plans unique to each location. Set corporate gasoline wholesale prices in greater Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, to achieve the best possible profit specific to each environment's highest price threshold.Consistently achieved highest level quarterly bonus.Field Supervisor:Transitioned to the corporate franchise organization in order to obtain managerial experience and broaden business perspective.Responsible for over 12 direct and 120 in-direct employees, including direct oversight and staffing of store managers and second level supervision of store personnel.Full P&L in territories of 8 – 12 corporate owned stores generating $60 Million of annual revenue.Increased territory net profitability with business planning toward individual store bottom lines, over a combined emphasis on corporate and franchisee interest.Consistently achieved level one quarterly bonus.