Sparboe is a 66 year-old family business with owned and contract egg producing farms across several states. We serve high quality eggs to both regional and national customers through our dedicated team of employees.

Private equity owned full-line, multi-state produce distribution and value-added services portfolio company of MILL CITY CAPITAL. I was hired as CFO in 2015 and promoted to add COO responsibilities in 2017__________________________________________________________________________________Chief Operating Officer (2017 to 2018):Identified and created road map for strategic sales growth opportunities, including new customer channels, product branding initiatives and broad-based marketing goals within our existing customer base. Primary responsibility for creation, preparation, presentation, and diligence driven initiatives arising as a result of marketing the business for sale. Deeply involved in new value-added fresh cut produce division, focusing on operational improvements, labor and yield efficiencies, standard costing and pricing models, and employee development and structure.Chief Financial Officer (2015 to 2018):Enhance financial infrastructure, operational efficiency improvement and drove strategic direction and initiatives that provided a foundation for future growth. Played lead role in transforming the management team through a cultural and financial disciplined transformation, installing operational and sales related costing tools, performance metrics and accountability tracking that resulted in a 20% profit improvement, while creating a continuous improvement mindset throughout the company.

Rehired by the private equity group that owned Trudeau Foods from 2007 to 2013 to provide overall financial responsibility for a commercial bakery platform. New French Bakery is an artisan bread baking business with a national customer base. During my assignment I took on the lead integrator role in an add on acquisition of Best Maid Cookie Company which more than doubled the size of the business in both revenue and number of employees.

President of a newly acquired division of an international Fortune 500 Food Distribution Company. Responsible for sales advancement, profitability growth, company culture conversion and adapting the business to successfully transition into a large national business model. I provide leadership to a 115-person workforce and hold full P&L responsibility. I successfully orchestrated the navigation of an entire business through multiple facets of change, including ownership transition, senior leadership change, limited financial liquidity, and overall company culture transformation._________________________________________________________________________________President (2013 -2014):Intensified sales initiatives resulting in revenue growth more than three times greater than overall market growth. Identified and delivered key business integration synergies and pricing strategies that resulted in a year one operating profit growth of 10%, despite industry-wide margin pressures on food distribution. Unified regional based company culture with new demands and integration initiatives from new ownership.General Manager (2011 - 2013):Promoted by private equity ownership group to lead the turnaround of an underperforming investment and ignite sales growth and cost containment initiatives. Three-year operating profit growth of over 50% due to aggressive expense management coupled with specific sales strategies around current customer sales acceleration, geographic expansion and supplier relationship management transformation. Resulted in the full recovery of a written-off investment through a successful strategic sale to a large Fortune 500 company.CFO (2006 - 2011):Hired by owner and successfully converted a regional $50 million distribution company with limited controls and sophistication to a platform that resulted in the company being sold after one year to a private equity buyer at 20% above initial expectations.

Responsible for all operations, sales and finance of growing branded and private label food manufacturing business.

Selling of all Merrill Lynch provided corporate banking services to businesses owners of privately held companies. Banking services included lending, M&A, business transitions and corporate cash management for five state upper midwest region of clients to over 450 financial advisors. Gained marketplace momentum by building a sales platform that essentially did not exist in 2003, to the fastest growing market in the country in 2005, generating over $120 million of new lending business. Multiple year Presidents Club winner for overachieving sales growth goals.

Portfolio management, acquisition financing, and underwriting of private equity owned leveraged finance transactions.

Financial analysis and support for various operations within the Equity Capital Markets Division. Responsibilities include deal flow tracking, trading profitability, compensation and incentive structure, profit and loss by division, budgeting and forecasting

Operations and financial support within the Jewelry Division. Responsible for costing and expense control, plant operations and audits, commodity pricing and operational improvements

Middle market financial audits. Manufacturing and distribution industry specialization.