Daniel S. Email & Phone Number

Andover, MA, US

Agri-Mark is a dairy cooperative and certified B-Corp that’s owned by hundreds of farm families throughout New England and Upstate New York. Our farmers’ high-quality milk is carefully crafted into award-winning products like Cabot Creamery’s cheddar, butter, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream and New York’s finest cheese brand, McCadam. Agri-Mark.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Manulife Investment Management manages $4 billion in private equity agricultural real estate and agribusiness company investments globally.
• Manage ~$900 million in private equity agricultural real estate and agribusiness company investments and investor commitments in North America and Australia for institutional investors, leading six client portfolios.
• Lead operational and capital budgets for ~50 large-scale farms, working with local farm managers to meet financial and sustainability goals
• Chair of the NCREIF Farmland Committee, the index benchmark for agriculture investments
• Manage, coach and mentor the portfolio management team's most senior analyst

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Manulife Investment Management manages $4 billion in private equity agricultural real estate and agribusiness company investments globally.
• Led global economic, financial, and statistical analysis of the agribusiness sector for potential investment opportunities and risks, including forecast models and frameworks for assessing market conditions and.
• Led cross-functional growth project teams, driving implementation of new strategies, including joint venture expansion in Canada, and product mix optimization strategy with apple processing/marketing portfolio company
• Voting member of Idea Pipeline Team, identified and evaluated new concepts
• Presented research findings and strategic recommendations to clients and prospects in North America, Europe and Asia, Investment Committee, Board of Directors; featured speaker at external food and agriculture.
• Developed new investment strategies and instilled research analytics during 3-month 2019 Australia assignment

New York, NY, US

• MetLife is one of the largest lenders to agribusiness in North America, with a $22 billion loan portfolio. I led loan origination and underwriting in much of Texas and Oklahoma.
• Led business development, credit analysis and land valuations to drive agricultural loan origination
• 2014-2017 loan production of $299 million (grew portfolio 48%) providing revolving and term financing to row crop, dairy, ranching, vegetable, fruit and nut businesses in TX, OK, and NM
• Received MetLife Investments Alpha Award in 2016 for extraordinary performance
• Led mobile technology and continuous improvement initiatives, presented to heads of MetLife Investments and Global Technology and Operations at Investments HQ in NJ and MetLife HQ in NYC
• Led campus recruiting for agricultural finance 2013-2016, resulting in 4 associates, 3 still with the firm

New York, NY, US

• Supported mortgage originations and portfolio management, reviewed 40+ agribusiness deals totaling $400m+

Boston, MA, US

New York, NY, US

• Performed customer visits, credit analysis and portfolio management for row crop loans in NE and KS

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Within one of the world’s largest food companies, worked with senior leaders in Pillsbury, a billion-dollar brand.
• Led competitive analysis project to estimate the profitability and strategy of the top global competitor in baked goods products, including agricultural sourcing, manufacturing, retailer promotion and consumer marketing
• Developed guidelines and recommendations for maximizing return on investment for a $60m innovation strategy

Andover, MA, US

• Agri-Mark is a farmer cooperative marketing about $1 billion of dairy products annually, including the Cabot brand. In my position I worked across Global Sales, Manufacturing Operations, Branded Sales and Marketing.
• Coordinated $15m corporate capital budgeting process in Summer and Fall 2008 and 2009
• Developed and implemented agricultural commodity futures and options trading strategies for $50m notional value portfolio, delivering returns offsetting price changes in supply chain inputs and finished food products
• Led financial and project management for Vermont cheese plant expansion completed 18% under budget
• Created and presented dairy outlook and pricing approach to Walmart, the company’s largest retail customer

Waitsfield, VT, US

Andover, MA, US

Lynnfield, MA, US

Andover, MA, US

Andover, MA, US

Mba

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics