Taste Supply is the "Etsy" for America's Specialty Foods. Launched in early 2024, Taste Supply connects food makers with food lovers in the $207 billion Specialty Food market.The Problem:Big Food companies not only dominate our grocery stores but also online with Amazon and Google, as a result thousands of small and medium-sized Food Makers struggle to compete due to limited resources and lack of exposure. Consumers and Foodies find it frustrating and time-consuming searching for these premium, unique food products both in stores and online.The Solution:Taste Supply stands out as the only Social E-commerce Platform connecting Specialty Food Makers with Consumers and Foodies across the nation. Our mission is to disrupt the traditional grocery industry by providing a "one-stop shop" online for Specialty Foods, catering to the millions of people who can not easily find these foods. Just as Etsy revolutionized the handmade and vintage E-commerce market, we aim to do the same for the Specialty Foods & Beverages.Platform Features:On TasteSupply.com, Food Makers can utilize social media capabilities like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram to engage with consumers. More than ever, people today are searching for foods, not only for taste and discovery, but they are also looking for foods that address certain allergies, diets, cultures and lifestyles. Visitors to our platform can easily discover a wide range of specialty foods, learn about the passionate entrepreneurs behind them, and support businesses that align with their beliefs and values. From Louisiana shortbreads to Virginia peanuts, from a veteran owned pasta sauce company to a curry paste made by a woman who immigrated from Cambodia, our platform celebrates small and medium sized Food Makers and their food treasures.

Worked for some of the biggest and best companies in the medical device market. Successful sales career focusing on new technologies and disruptive devices that have helped change the way medicine is practiced today. Won numerous awards and recognitions including President's Club, Innovation Council, Rolex Award, and Top Reps of the YearLeft medical device sales to pursue my dream of starting Taste Supply, a company dedicated to helping America's small & medium sized Food Makers compete against Big Food, Big Retail and Big Grocery.

Nationally recognized Internet start-up and industry innovator, Seattle based Meals.com connected Grocery stores, Consumer Packaged Goods companies and Internet customers through online and in-store technologies. Meals.com used proprietary predictive algorithms to match online meal planning/recipes with coupon distribution. Meals.com worked with Grocery companies Kroger, Safeway, Food Lion, Albertsons and Ukrop's and with major CPG companies including Nestle, PepsiCo, General Mills, Sara Lee, Kraft Foods and Frito Lay.Led product development, sales and marketing initiatives for the company's most critical customer and beta test site, Ukrop’s Supermarkets, a 27-store grocer based in Richmond, Virginia.

Led sales and marketing departments for the Internet start-up Richmond.com, a subsidiary of Landmark Communications Inc., owner of market leading Internet companies Weather.com and AutoTrader.com.• Rebuilt sales department from ground up, guiding company to record revenues• Managed day-to-day operations of sales force, including analyzing targeted markets and developing online products and pricing• Developed Realtor vertical within Richmond.com, allowing potential home buyers to view houses online via pictures and video. Negotiated a contract agreement with the Richmond Realtors Association to use MLS database and provide leads for realtor members.• Worked with Richmond Retail Association to develop and create a unique, local DTC website partnered with Richmond.com to increase online presence• Richmond.com was acquired by The Whitlock Group in July 2000

Oversaw a startup manufacturing company for Fortune 500 Reynolds Metals, developing a new CPG product called the Reynolds "Hot Bags". Grew the company to over 100 employees operating 24/7. The Hot Bags product was in every major Grocery chain in America, including Wal-Mart. Worked with C Suite on everything from development of production machines to retail fulfillment, meeting deadline of our multi-million dollar national advertising campaign.

Realizing the huge potential of Internet Marketing and Commerce, I started an LLC and taught myself how to build websites using HMTL coding.Created and ran VMIkeydets.com, the sports website for the Virginia Military Institute. In the early days of the Internet, VMIkeydets.com featured video and audio of athletic games and coach interviews which allowed VMI alumni and fans to follow their favorite teams. I also developed a community blog on the website called "The Stoop". After 1999, the site was run by a 3rd party website development and marketing company.Developed the website for gourmet specialty food company, Ashman MFG and Distribution, www.ashmanco.com.Sold VMIkeydets.com to the VMI Athletic Department Fall of 2019.

PaineWebber was the nation's fourth largest brokerage. Series 63 & 7 licensed.Learned how to analyze companies, markets and trends. I focused retail and technology companies, making stock investment recommendations to clients and other brokers.Left to start PortalCom Networks, an early Internet company focused on small college athletic websites and gourmet specialty foods websites.

• Promoted for highly dangerous United Nations project in Somalia, during Operation Restore Hope• One of the first modern day US contractors• Arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia days after the landing of US Marines• Oversaw the United Nations Baidoa Somalia water drilling project. The War Lord controlled the drinking water, resulting in thousands of deaths. Baidoa was referred to as the “City of Death”• Met with tribal leaders on a weekly basis• Reported daily operational status to the United Nations Regional Commander• Demonstrated my ability to lead, improvise and motivate, while working in a dangerous, hostile environment under constant threat of attacks and assassination

• Supported foreign companies in various aspects of the rebuilding of post Gulf War Kuwait• Oversaw several contractor camps, including a camp on the Kuwait Iraq border• Left Kuwait for projects in Somalia

Summer job, worked as a fish cleaner

Worked from 5th grade to 11th grade on tobacco farms in Southern Va, to help my mother financially.