• Serve as a member of Conexus Food Solutions Executive and Strategic Planning team, reporting directly to the CEO.• Responsible for all company operations, including safety, quality, P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and value creation, for 14 food distribution centers and 3 manufacturing sites across the United States, delivering $1.1B in revenue.• Completed due diligence assessments and acquired two additional distribution centers that generated $145M in revenue growth.• Manage the company’s continuous improvement program, including site assessments, charter creation, and project implementation, which has delivered $500k in savings since launching in January 2023.• Established standardized company Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), site scorecards & dashboards across all facilities to track on-time delivery, labor efficiency & spend, customer retention, site waste, and customer complaints.• Developed and implemented a proactive safety program equipped with near-miss training and reporting, which led to a 66% reduction in company safety incidents in 2023.• Serve as the company lead for BRC (British Retail Consortium) and SQF (Safe Quality Food) program adherence and certifications.• Volunteered to serve as project manager of the company rebrand from Best Food Services to Conexus Food Solutions in 2023.• Serve as a steering committee member for the upcoming ERP (Aptean) implementation and network rollout.

• Served as the lead consultant and project manager at multiple client sites, directing the full consulting team’s responsibilities, including the delivery of agreed upon contracts and cost-saving obligations to clients. • Served as the liaison between the client company’s executives and Lauras International Executive Partners.• Identified cost-saving opportunities that delivered over $4M in annualized savings to the client company in 2022.• Led a team of three consultants in 2021, achieving $1.8M in annualized savings in 20 weeks by reducing waste, improving scheduling, and enhancing maintenance planning.• Improved client operational equipment effectiveness (OEE) by 67% in 2021 through the implementation of Kamishibai Cards, cycle time reduction strategies and efficient scheduling practices.• Led a 2021 team of two consultants which delivered $700k in labor savings by establishing start-up, shutdown and changeover procedures.• Achieved $500k of annualized savings for a 2021 client by creating and establishing Ishida scale recipes that reduced product overfill/giveaway.

• Delivered organizational change in a safe and sustainable manner through the implementation of the following floor tools: Daily Management Systems, Centerlines, Downtime and Waste Tracking, and Standardized Work Instructions.• Defined job roles and responsibilities within client sites and accompanied those roles with specialized Kamishibai Cards and audit programs.• Conducted operational capability studies to assess speed, machine uptime, cycle-time reduction, debottlenecking, and labor utilization.• Filled managerial roles across various functional areas, such as continuous improvement, operational excellence, warehousing, and operations. • Assisted in the career development of clients by teaching problem-solving techniques, operational discipline, and run-rule composition.• Instituted maintenance planning and execution priorities based on fundamental KPIs: mean time between failures (MTBF), minor stops, mean time to repair (MTTR), and line bottleneck protection.• Supported a global corporation’s SAP cutover by delivering hands-on training and developing one-point lessons (OPL’s).

• Directed the production of Ritz, Oreo, Belvita, and Cheese Nips in a 305M lb plant.• Managed, guided and coached a team of 10 direct reports and 130 hourly employees with a focus on safety, quality, continuous improvement and cost.• Created and implemented a new workforce sustainability and hourly certification program.• Directed the implementation of statistical process control throughout the Ritz and Belvita brands.• Served as a member of the consumer complaint team, achieving a 14% reduction in complaints in 2014.• Led behavioral based safety initiatives that reduced the site total incident rate (TIR) by 40% over three years.• Enhanced start-up and shut-down procedures achieving a 3% reduction in site waste in 2014.• Coordinated product development projects with the business development team, successfully trialing and launching new cracker products.

• Awarded the 2010 Mondelez Manager’s Award in recognition of my career achievements.• Managed a team of 40 union operators on multiple 3-sigma Oreo production lines, ensuring adherence to quality standards and efficiency targets.• Designed and implemented an integrated onboarding program, supporting the hiring of 135 employees for the Belvita project launch.• Developed and implemented an Oreo rework procedure, achieving $500k in annualized company savings.• Led start-up and shut-down meetings, introducing a new tracking program for KPIs.

• Served as the liaison between the risk management department and 560 staffing field franchises.• Assigned 25–35 risks daily and trained account representatives to review and classify workers’ compensation codes.• Developed data logs to assess account progress, workflow efficiency and productivity.• Drafted and proofread posting notices for 560 franchises within the account.

• Managed daily office duties for the primary underwriter.• Built strong relationships with agents through face-to-face marketing and sales calls.• Processed policy renewals, endorsements, cancellations, accounting gaps, and binders via Concept 1.• Utilized software programs (Atrium, Inscribe, Hiscox, and North Pointe) to generate new quotes for homeowner, personal umbrella, and vacant dwelling fire policies.