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Consultant bringing over 25 years of food manufacturing industry experience to your team. Provide product development, project management, commercialization and technical strategy hands-on leadership for a broad range of technical platforms. • Product development: Optimize formulas and produce sales samples for five product lines and 12 flavors on tight timeline, utilizing new pilot plant equipment. • Pilot plant equipment startup: New pilot plant equipment installation and shake down, write standard operating procedures, operate equipment and train off-site product development team.• Mentor entrepreneurs through local food non-profits: Ideate and clarify product concept, testing options and preliminary business opportunity. Teach food regulatory requirements, recipe development for cost analysis and scaling of food business.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Greater Omaha Area

Board Vice President / Club CoachUSA Triathlon Certified Level 1 CoachIronhawk Juniors Triathlon Club is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to moving young people. We offer a free triathlon program serving 8-14 year old girls in the Greater Omaha Area. Through triathlon we aim to change the lives of our youth.

Part time employmentExecute youth programs including pilot of Elementary School Splash, Spin, Sprint Curriculum, growth of youth membership and Swim to Tri initiative. Manage and develop National Partnerships. Provide member customer service.

Greater Omaha Area

Strategic responsibilities for customer and new brand development with Conagra Brands. The Customer Development Team created a breakthrough program for strategic retail and club customers to create pull for Conagra Brands Foods. New Brand Development spanned understanding consumer unmet needs, developing new brand identities and products, and selling in go-to-market plans to key customers. • Expanded Conagra's presence at Costco & Sam’s Club by collaborating to design unique product offerings.• Developed innovative, food first, customer top to top meeting opportunity. • Cross-functional innovator responsible for building new brands targeting new consumers. • Delivered winning new products through strategic consumer and technical investments for Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, LightLife and Kid Cuisine.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Research and development team lead at satellite product development facility. Responsible for product strategic plans and core processes for private label bars, cereal, fruit snacks, cooking spray, pudding and peanut butter. • Lead implementation of product development strategy as part of Store Brands Leadership Team.• Increased team effectiveness with focus on team vision, individuals and processes.• Directed activities of satellite product development department.• Customer interface for new product pipeline, technical strategy and product technical content.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Held various research and development positions in platforms including: Pillsbury Canned Dough, Pillsbury Frozen Dough and Breads, Pillsbury Tolerance Kitchens, 8th Continent Joint Venture with DuPont and Betty Crocker Main Meals and Side Dishes.• Implemented new margin enhancement initiatives.• Created Pillsbury Competitive Surveillance Program.• Executed speed to market launch.• Invigorated the Biscuit and Freezer to Oven product pipelines. • Accountable for new wealth creation as core member of 8th Continent virtual development team. • Led commercialization efforts to support launch of new Betty Crocker meal solutions. • Drove change by teaching General Mills’ best practices and systems.

Level 1 Coaching And Race Director Certification

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management Concentration

Master Of Science (Ms), Cereal Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Food Science