Jeff Fox Email & Phone Number

As Sales Director for Napasol North America I am part of a top-notch team of industry professionals that have been delivering market leading steam pasteurization units for discerning customers worldwide. Napasol has a strong reputation for their quality products and exceptional customer service.In my former position as President and CEO of the largest Hazelnut Cooperative in the U.S. I was responsible for the implementation of Napasol’s first 6-bin pasteurization line. When we determined we needed to have a pasteurization kill step to mitigate bacteria while maintaining quality, Napasol was the perfect choice.With my vast leadership experience in food manufacturing, including food safety, I intend to continue to grow their brand legacy in the tree nut market here in the U.S.Email address: jeff.fox@napasol.com

Omega Walnut is a mid-size walnut packing facility located in the north state of California (Orland). It is a grower-owned business with distribution to customers both internationally and domestically. I was responsible to oversee all operations including Production, Quality, Sales, Distribution, Marketing, HR, Finance and Administration. Additionally, I was the acting Sales Manager responsible for all revenue generation. I've sold over 38 million lbs. of walnuts over the past 2 seasons resulting in highly competitive returns to our owners and growers. Through my strong network and connections, I successfully brought in large discerning customers while growing the supply side of our business by targeting and signing up large local walnut producers/growers. With my leadership we significantly increased our new customer base, both foreign and domestic and developed an outstanding reputation for delivering first quality CA Walnuts. As part of our marketing strategy, we have added a new “premium” branded product with a new packaging design which has been readily accepted in premium markets like Japan and Korea. I’ve focused our domestic marketing strategy on improving our sales to the Food-service industry and was awarded multiple USDA/AMS bid solicitations, a first for Omega Walnut. All the while leaning on my Accounting background and managing credit risk. Omega Walnut suffered no contract defaults nor bad debt.

Donald, Oregon, Us

Following the departure of our then CEO in 2012, the Board selected me as the interim CEO. At the time I was the acting CFO. After one year as the interim CEO the Board elected me as the permanent CEO. Since my tenure as CEO I've been actively pursuing improvement in the facility that grow our capacity, reduce costs and improve our overall productivity. Working closely with my management team we've redesigned our facility and added new equipment to replace old, inefficient assets. Additionally, we've recently added a state-of-the art pasteurizer that will benefit the Company for years by eliminating the risk of human pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, E-Coli and Listeria, Our customers and consumers alike appreciate our commitment to food safety. In addition to the operating improvements, we've seen a significant increase in our customer base due to our quality improvements, good manufacturing practices and customer service. Since I've been CEO, profits and overall net worth have increased and we've effectively doubled the returns to Company stakeholders,In early 2016 I approached the Wilco CEO about merging our two cooperatives, HGO and Wilco. I led the merger effort and was instrumental in negotiating with the two boards. Working closely with the Wilco CEO, we developed a merger plan suitable for both companies that ultimately resulted in nearly 100% approval of the merger by our cooperative members. Following the completion of the merger in Aug 2016 we began construction on a new state-of-the-art hazelnut processing facility in Donald, Oregon. I led the team in site selection, planning the building layout as well as vendor selection for the new equipment. Working closely with the Wilco CEO and CFO we were able to secure a long term debt structure that a highly competitive rate. This new facility is now the flagship for Oregon Hazelnut Processing and increases production and storage capacity by nearly triple.

Donald, Oregon, Us

High-profile Oregon public winery focused on the production and distribution of premium wine varietals. Significant collaboration with Board of Directors, Audit Committee and independent audit firm on all 10-Q, 10-K and Annual Report to Shareholders.Key Accomplishments:▪ Hired and trained key accounting personnel including Controller and adapted their work plans to improve their organizational effectiveness. Directly supervised 4 resources in Accounting and one resource in IT upon hire.▪ Significantly improved cash management and internal controls over financial reporting with emphasis on best practices and significant review and changes to existing processes.▪ Promoted to operations management of warehouse, logistics and IT resources. This led to improved productivity, reduced inventory levels and cost reduction. Expanded supervision to 21 employees.▪ Implemented new order fulfillment system that reduced staff headcount by one thereby improving productivity and improved operating performance by utilizing key performance metrics of the system. Total savings of $150M annually.▪ Perpetual inventory accuracy is improved by 15% and process changes have resulted in fewer errors with less time managing inventory activities.▪ SEC filings completed timely and accurately represent to shareholders the health and future of the Company. ▪ Financial analysis was significantly improved including monthly reporting of key performance metrics and regular collaboration with department managers to review cost center variances to budget and prior year.▪ Cost reduction programs in place and quantifiable with emphasis on doing more with less.▪ Revolving credit line renewed annually to stabilize working capital needs and mitigate risk.▪ Successfully negotiated new $1.5MM long-term debt note with favorable debt covenants and reduced interest rates. Debt was used to purchase vineyard land for future growth and overall unit cost reduction once fully utilized.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Developed the internal controls and infrastructure necessary to expand production and increase sales while improving gross margin and operating margin. Instrumental in establishing collateral based revolving credit facility at $3.5MM then later re-negotiated an increased line up to $5MM to support the significant growth. Successfully negotiated a move to two larger production facilities for two separate product lines which was necessary to increase production capacity and improve operating efficiencies. This led to increased revenues of 50% from $18MM in 2006 to projected revenues of $26MM in 2007, while improving receivable day’s sales outstanding and operating margins as a percentage of sales.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Georgia-Pacific - Consumer Products Division, Camas Mill, Camas, WA Manager - Financial Analysis, March 2005 - March 2006Key analytical position with exposure to all areas of the facility. Primary support to the Paper Business/Utilities Product Streams. Lent financial support to all mill operating areas for potential mill improvement process (MIP) opportunities and optimization of operating results. Key player in financial systems implementation. Integral participant in facility management, partnering with business managers and plant manager to prepare standards and financial modeling. Significant review and preparation of internal controls to include Sarbanes-Oxley documentation. Advanced responsibility for budgeting, financial analysis, and cost analysis. Major core competencies include ability to manage multiple priorities, innovative, visionary, problem solving and decision-making ability and the ability to influence and lead others.Georgia-Pacific, West Distribution Centers, Portland, ORController, May 2001 – March 2005Hired to implement control procedures and enhance financial reporting and analysis for multiple distribution centers in the West. Accountable for financial planning, financial analysis, controllership functions, general accounting, cost accounting, payroll, financial systems implementation, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reporting, and business development. Managed GL Supervisor, Purchasing Manager, Payroll Clerk and A/P Clerk. Responsible for monthly fiscal period end closing and financial statement preparation with monthly variance analysis to Plan, Forecast and Prior Year.

Madrid, Es

Supervised internal staff of five, including finance and technical support staff; Responsible to manage annual operating budget of 43 million; Oversaw annual operating budget process; Supervised monthly financial analysis and reporting including Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow; Convened with executive steering committee on strategic financial goals; Acted as financial subject matter expert to account teams and marketing representatives; Authorized and implemented internal financial policies and controls; Ensured employee adherence to company financial policies and controls; Established annual finance initiatives regarding management information technology enhancements. Provided project management to core internal technology projects, thereby ensuring critical success factors are achieved. Key Accomplishments:▪ Doubled gross sales revenue within 2 years by optimizing billable consultants and ensuring customer deliverables implemented on time and within cost.▪ Successfully expanded operations into Denver, CO and hired over 50 billable IT personnel and 10 staff personnel to support new business.▪ Bid and won contract with PacBell to run help desk support out of San Ramon office. This contract was fixed price for 3 years with escalation and renewals.▪ Significant improvement in operating cash flow mainly due to good credit and receivables management.

Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Us

Lead consolidated financial accounting utilizing mainframe ledger applications and client/server consolidation application tolls for entire international and domestic operations including North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Prepared extensive management report presentations including detailed commentary and analysis of all income statement variances to annual operating plan, balance sheet working capital fluctuations and cash flow from operating activities. Key Accomplishments:▪ Successfully implemented Finance system conversion across all business units including Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.▪ Lead the preparation and completion of the annual operating plan for the consolidated enterprise which entailed significant development of financial models, utilizing spreadsheets and other modeling software applications▪ Completion of monthly foreign currency hedging and exposure analysis;▪ Completion of monthly balance sheet reserve analysis including $40 million self-insured product liability reserve. ▪ Prepared quarterly forecast presentation of income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows with strong emphasis on explanation of major variances to annual operating plan and prior year.▪ Completion of quarterly debt compliance reporting required for credit line debtors.