Kevin Forsyth Email & Phone Number

Marked Tree, Arkansas, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

Worked mainly with Cypress Bay High School Now full time assistant working with ESE children• Administrative duties for four teachers working with children with some learning difficulties, including overseeing testing.• Replaced teacher on leave in ESE class • Sub teacher mainly in ESE class

Worked with owners to start a healthy snacking company using fava beans.•Oversaw the implementation of all aspects of operations including hiring and training labor, equipment improvement, report development, implementation of GMP’s, maintenance, receiving and shipping materials and finished products.•Started and improved the processing and packaging of crunchy, healthy bean snacks.

Étoy, Vaud, Ch

Develop high margin products to improve financial position of North America in the face of continuous price erosion.• Developed single finger modified atmosphere banana package allowing greater shelf life and distribution in market. Sold nationwide – volume 2.3MM boxes; revenue $12.7MM. Created additional pack sizes per customer requirements.• Qualified market supply chain testing with customers including Starbucks and McDonalds. Starbucks major customer.• Worked with consultants Gen3 (banana differentiation) and packaging companies (plastic trays, films). Included preparation of patents to protect process / packaging developed.• Led team qualifying new banana varieties (over 50), coordinating multiple sensory tests, to market test three.• Created database and contacts (200 processors and 230 ingredients) for sourcing exotic fruits for use in high margin consumer goods. Identified seven with high potential for taste, cost and source.• Created mango sourcing plan from Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and South America as potential new product line.• With management created 5 year plan for growing Processed group, traditional and retail value added products.• Led teams for eight projects for Processed group – including 100 hectare small growers project ( with Rainforest Alliance certification) , waste to energy analysis valued at $9.0MM, dried fruit products by autoclave vacuum drying $1.2MM investment , 1.0MM lbs volume (rollout in Walmart 2012), new capital installation (autoclaves and aseptic line).• Identified, and qualified Asian producers for processed fruits such as mango, pineapple and coconut water to extend product range (contract pending).• Pineapple spears - assisted market launch with quality qualification, improved team communication. • Assisted with bringing fruit and juice in a cup to market – equipment, ingredients, communication. Developed red grapefruit sourcing plan in conjunction with high pressure pasteurization to maintain taste.

Étoy, Vaud, Ch

Initiative, driven by CEO, was formation of multifunctional teams to identify areas that could benefit from centralized purchasing or improvement in performance, driving costs down. • Responsible for driving implementation of cost reduction projects in Central America and Europe value $12.0MM covering materials purchasing (plastics, paper, fuel, pallets, agrochemicals) ship container allocation, recycling packing materials and improved packaging. • Responsible for transitioning projects to operating units once implemented.

Responsible for all logistics (including terminal operations and inland transportation), distribution, and competitive information in Europe. Senior member of trading group responsible for loading all excess volumes for non-traditional markets. Responsible for completing usage of all EU licenses due to European Union regulations. Major participant in yearly budget process (examination of multiple scenarios for shipping, sourcing, distribution and associated costs.• Negotiated three-year contract with vessel discharging service provider in Germany resulting in savings of $1.2MM per year lowering discharge and port rates. Contract increased refrigerated storage capacity, discharging equipment, reduced discharging time and improved quality. • Negotiated two-year agreement with port of Gothenburg resulting in $.9MM cost reduction per year in discharge and port rates. Changed operation to container only discharge reducing discharge time to 12 hours savings 2.5 days. This plus time saved in Bremerhaven, allowed reduction of one vessel ($4.0MM savings).• Negotiated two-year extension with discharge service providers in Antwerp resulting in savings of $1.3MM.• Introduced Antwerp service into the UK after carrying out major analysis. Negotiated with port, discharge, and inland entities while gaining management and customers support. Major cost savings in inland and discharge costs amounting to over $5.0MM and improved quality of product. • Negotiated Italian discharge contract for 2002 – 2004 reducing costs by $.5MM yearly. Service supplier committed expenditures of $4.0MM to improve efficiency of operations and increased refrigerated storage capacity. • This combined with restructuring operations in Portugal resulted in restructuring of Southern Service vessel schedule from small vessels on irregular arrival pattern to large pallet / container vessels on an on-time arrival schedule.

Responsible for meeting European banana demands and EU license requirements, requiring coordination of shipping, production, license and market demands. Responsible for weekly banana distribution to all North and South European markets (50 million boxes annually) requiring coordination with vessel scheduling, discharging, and communication with all markets. Responsible for gathering of all Baltic, European, Mediterranean competitive information. Contributed to weekly price setting for all markets. Senior member of trading group responsible for loading all additional volumes economically for non-traditional markets (Russia, Ukraine, Mediterranean and China). Responsible for completing usage of all licenses due to European Union regulations. Member of European Manager Operations Team defining European price, license and market strategies. Member of European Colombian Team given task of achieving operational excellence throughout entire supply chain (from production to sales). Major participant in yearly budget process (examination of multiple scenarios for shipping, sourcing, distribution and associated costs).• Reduced Antwerp service by one vessel resulting in savings of $5M.• Process of reexamining grower contracts resulted in major cost impact on fruit purchasing strategy.

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Latin American Studies