I am a successful leader who develops strong fun teams that achieve objectives while professionally taking care of the folks on the team as well as the customer. This is accomplished by my understanding and appreciating stated goals and the process used to achieve those goals. I am also flexible and adaptable to quickly address and overcome challenges, a good communicator and storyteller, and an even better listener. I am at my best when fostering a team culture of continuous learning, training, mentoring, and developing professional relationships based on respect, integrity, and candor.I have a passion for food, how we grow it, transport it, display it, sell it, and eat it, and consequently an enthusiasm for what manufacturers and retailers are doing with grocery and fresh foods. As an extension of my excitement for food is my sincere interest in educating those in the food industry, helping others support the nearly 8 billion people around the world needing food every day. My Goals:1) To help myself, and others, develop the best professional and life skills possible.2) To make a contribution to an innovative company that has a clearly defined vision of its own future twenty years from now and is working feverishly to get there today.3) To work within a corporate culture that allows me to apply my experience and leadership skills while I continue to grow and learn, exercises my ability to excel in rapidly changing and highly competitive work environments, believes education is an ongoing process, demands professional integrity from all team members, and encourages me to maintain my commitment to the community through service.