Gary Karp is a Co-founder and Partner at Pentallect Inc., a food industry consulting firm, specializing in food & non food manufacturer's "Go to market" strategy and business results improvement. His experience and expertise includes all food channels (foodservice, retail, retail deli, convenience stores, club stores, vending and processors) and all trading partners (distributors, GPOs and operators). Areas of ExpertiseStrategic planning, go-to-market strategic & tactical optimization, brand building, building marketplace leverage, spend analysis & improvement (especially trade spending), marketing & sales performance optimization, organization structure, investment due diligenceExperiencePrior to Pentallect, Gary was Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President at Technomic, Inc. There, he conducted strategic studies for numerous companies, led the trade spending practice and share group programs, and co-led the GPO practice. Before joining Technomic, Gary held general and senior management positions with Oscar Mayer Foods, Kraft Foods and Alliant Foodservice (now US Foods).