Neace Ventures is a private family investment fund with holdings in Food & Beverage, Land, Commercial and residential (single & multi-family) Real Estate developments. Notable brands include but not limited to: Falls City Beer, Old 502 Winery, Hectares Cannabis Innovations, Parlour Pizza, Talon Logistics and more.

Principal Broker serving all things Kentucky & Indiana real estate. Commercial, Residential, Industrial, Land, Property Management & Development.

'Computer Vision for Food' - Helping guide the scale adoption of disruptive AI software that measures and reports product quality for the QSR Pizza industry. After all, we eat with our eyes!

Buff City Soap; new hyper-growth franchise brand positioned in the ‘experiential retail’ segment of a 528B+ Beauty & Personal Care market, offering plant-based soap and skin care products made exclusively in front of consumers' eyes. • Operated the largest franchise group in the system; opened 65 stores across 10 states in just under 36 months. • Established and implemented foundational business systems (Inventory, Labor, Marketing, Operational Standards) within our multi-brand franchise organization (Planet Fitness & Sun Tan City).• Implemented a notably unique inventory management program with forecasting reducing YoY COGS 8%. • Established order optimization business rules reducing freight costs ~30% across 11 unique supply partners

• Lead seven business unit teams—develop and execute operational strategies in areas including but not limited to: ergonomic efficiency, menu management, new equipment introduction or enhancements, safety and security planning, the voice of the customer insights, cost savings, POS system performance, and vendor partnership.• Crafted overall operational direction to enhance culture, goal attainment, and productivity to drive customer loyalty. • Directed the launch of six new product lines—testing, training, adoption, and performance measurement.• Manage Global PIE Customer Experience team—develop customer insights from 6 million customer responses including text analytics, daily KPI reporting, test product insights, and quarterly business reviews.• Lead transformative initiatives addressing pressing opportunities, and challenges, perform targeted research and analysis, and craft bold and innovative recommendations. • Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis to advance Papa John’s growth model into our future-state vision.• Oversee a 90 seat, 24-hour, call center with services ranging from eCommerce support, POS and system services, network monitoring, and social media response.• Orchestrated the launch of a “Driver Safety” solution—reduced driver incidents, severity, and insurance costs.• Serve as the Chairman of the Franchise Council’s Operations Sub Committee, Virtual Kitchen, Store of the future, California Task Force, and Canadian Task Force.

• As Director, Operations Support, and Training led “Global Snapshot” program—executed mystery shops, audits, and KPI tracking at 5,000+ locations in 42 countries.• Developed the “Mission Critical Evaluation” program used across six business models around the world.• Implemented a proprietary driver dispatch system allowing “Intelligently Route” for delivery drivers.• Implemented a proprietary driver dispatch system that utilizes MapQuest data against restaurant situational variables to “Intelligently Route” delivery drivers more efficiently and provide enhanced performance diagnostics.• Successfully launched Aramark student meal dollar partnerships at 18 domestic restaurants resulting in a projected 2.1MM dollars of incremental sales in year one.

• Designed and created training materials such as implementation guides, operational procedures, and training videos for restaurant operators to increase efficiency and quality of customer service.• Delivered $45,000 in monthly savings—introduced a check conversion system and eliminated bad check acceptance across 500 corporate-owned locations.

NecoPlastics, LLC is a cutting edge recycled plastic resin manufacturing company on the forefront of revolutionizing plastics recycling.Experience included:- Situational business plan development and industry competitive analysis- Break even analysis- Negotiating the exclusive usage rights to a multiple patented technologies - Raised over $20,000 of capital injections through international business plan competitions and trade shows- Coordinated partnership discussions with industry level experts, Angel investors and Venture capitalists

• Conducted 3 to 5 weekly seminars for students on issues including consent, stalking, and sexual assault.• Organized and hosted the National White Ribbon Campaign on campus. • Collected 1,600 pledges from male students opposing violence against women.• Supervised a group of approximately 20 volunteers.