Executive leader for a global weight loss company supporting brand modernization and repositioning within health and wellness space. Developed 3-year product roadmap including introduction of freshly prepared meals and future development of meal kits and an online market. Partnered with IT to modernize the ecommerce experience through a personalized menu building system. Oversaw menu development achieving a balance of nutrition requirements, cost targets, and customer satisfaction priorities. Reviewed and approved internal nutrition training guides, customer education materials, and product claims. Led company wide strategic initiatives for a cross-functional teams with bi-weekly presentations to executive leadership on financial modeling, project status, and risk review.

Led cross-functional team including product development, nutrition, supply chain, marketing, Q&A,and ofinance for end-to-end ideation, product development, and commercialization of new products. Conducted extensive consumer insight research and data analysis to identify the needs of clients and key attributes for program and food innovation.

Senior leader for a fast-paced, mission driven, entrepreneurially spirited food company. Provided cross-functional leadership for nutrition, product development, marketing, supply chain, and operations teams to accomplish aggressive new product and program development to launch within highly regulated environments including early childhood education, K-12schools, senior meals, direct-to-consumer, and foodservice.

Led cross-functional collaboration to achieve monthly, quarterly and annual results, working across culinary development, purchasing, information systems, sales, finance, marketing, and operations.Scoped and implemented a compliance reporting software system for the business which included 8 markets and 2000 customers nationally. Led product development strategic initiative reviews of project briefs.

Subject matter expert for nutrition and regulatory matters, translating complex findings and requirements to the executive leadership team and external stakeholders. Leveraged market research from online surveys and focus groups in developing a company food philosophy and nutrition strategy utilized for new product innovation. Managed, motivated and developed a team of 10 nutrition professionals establishing annual performance goals and reviews, weekly individual check-ins and team meetings.

Oversaw 800+ USDA regulatory audits for National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program serving as the escalation resource for ambiguous or grey area findings. Built relationships with USDA and state agency auditors to help facilitate seamless regulatoryaudits.

Reviewed product specifications, standardized recipes, and meals for compliance with federal and state child nutrition regulations.Led trainings for business development teams for database use, nutrition programs, and allergens.

Developed strong, positive relationships with customers and key stakeholders in community organizations.Led the coordination of customer contract negotiation, invoicing, and overall program facilitation.Managed CRM software (Salesforce) for customer interaction database. Weekly presentations on company program to groups of 10 – 1000.