Farm2People is a non-profit organization with the mission to support local food growers and to empower underserved communities with real, whole food. In the immediate, Farm2People works as an ethical buyer, buying local produce directly from minority-owned farms at a fair wholesale cost and then donating that food to partner organizations fighting hunger in LA.Farm2People’s long term vision is to build a digital platform that centers the needs of regional farmers, communities, and food buyers who share values around food justice and sustainability. This platform will enable an equitable market-driven supply and demand network that improves the financial well-being of small minority-owned farms, addresses food insecurity, and promotes regenerative agriculture practice.

Leading commercially viable ESG ventures.NAX is a software and services company that commercializes proprietary digital and exchange products with its corporate members to create significant growthWe are building a platform and ecosystem with our corporate and institutional members to produce exclusive Digital Software Products and Exchange Tradable Products.

Founder and CEO of Innovation Studio specialized in 3D Product Creation, AI-deep listening Consumer Insights, Phygital (Immersive) Design, and Innovation-as-a-Service.

- Reported to CIO and managed Strategic Planning and Strategic Alignment activities - Led Continuous Excellence program to streamline operations and improve organizational productivity- Managed transition of services to a new Regional Shared Service Center. Designed Governance model to ensure business alignment between Global, Regional and Local Services- Developed and led a program to build Design Thinking and Agile capabilities within the organization - Led Digital Cloud and Operational Risk Management teamsSKILLS: Strategic Alignment | Strategic Planning | LEAN | Continuous Improvement | Leadership Development | Digital Cloud | Compliance | Security | Change Management | Program Management | Design Thinking

- As part of the Business Acceleration Division (CEO Office) led high profile business improvement and strategic transformation and sustainability initiatives- Led a company-wide program to implement strategic priorities, align the organization, measure performance against cascaded scorecards and train all employees on continuous improvement and performance management methods- Worked with Confections Division’s President and Leadership Team to analyze competitive landscape and build strategic plans- Designed and implemented a Business Improvement Mapping event in Puerto Rico’s Operations to identify waste, new business opportunities and accelerate path to sustainable growth - Led project to analyze future trends and technological disruptions, assessed impact on beverage category and laid out a Blue Ocean strategy- Led cross-functional team (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Technical) and launched a $ 4 mm product into new distribution channels SKILLS: Strategic Alignment | Strategic Planning | Business Improvement | Coaching & Training | Leadership Development | Product Development | Category Innovation | Strategic Planning | Change Management | Program Management | Team Management | Business Transformation | Waste Elimination | Business Improvement Mapping | Design Thinking

- Led implementation of LEAN & Continuous Improvement initiative for the IT Division- Implemented Strategic Planning & Strategic Alignment methods and ways of working - Trained and Coached organization on Continuous Improvement methods and Leadership Development- Assigned to organizational redesign project to streamline and outsource production support servicesSKILLS: LEAN | Continuous Improvement | Strategic Alignment | Leadership Development | Coaching & Training | Outsourcing | Business Services Transformation | Team Management | Kaizen Events | Waste Elimination Events | 5S | Ishikawa | PDCA | Basic DMAIC |

- Deployed Strategic Alignment methods for the IT Divisions of Switzerland, US & Germany and designed and implemented innovative change management and communication strategy to drive adoption- Trained and coached teams internationally on Strategic Alignment, Continuous Improvement and Leadership Development- Led global ESG initiative to cascade "Creating Shared Value" framework in HQ organization- Piloted and deployed LEAN Office program that resulted in +25% improvement on time to deliverySKILLS: LEAN | Six Sigma | Strategic Alignment | Training | Change Management | Program Management | Communication | Coaching | Process Improvement | LEAN Value Stream Mapping | Kaizen Events | Ishikawa | LEAN Office

- Led various teams of project managers and consultants for largest ERP deployment of SAP and Service Level Performance Management Systems- Managed various projects of process improvement and process redesignSKILLS: Project Management | Program Management | Process Improvement | Team Management

- Led Business Development activities and Marketing Services- Key Account Acquisition & Management and generated total revenue of over CHF 20 mio sales