As the Vice President and commercial leader at Solecta, I leveraged my expertise to lead a team of talented professionals who are focused on understanding clients' changing needs and providing them with superior value and financial impact.Solecta is a leader in the development of novel and critical process membrane separation solutions that directly support the improvement of people’s lives. With a deep focus on understanding our clients’ changing needs, and the agility to help them remain competitive, we strive to deliver superior value and global impact. Whether it is advancing the production of nutritionally sound food, materials for everyday life, or the mitigation of environmental footprint, what drives our team is the importance of thoughtful and meaningful leadership in advanced separations.Headquartered in Oceanside, CA with commercial offices in Oceanside, Minneapolis, Boston and Chicago, Solecta is a portfolio company of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on Clean Technologies. www.solectamembranes.com

I had global responsibility for some of Ecolab's largest customers in the food & beverage market.

I led a group of talented professionals responsible managing our corporate relationships in the Food & Protein markets.

I led a team of corporate account managers focused on maintaining and generating enterprise partnerships in the Protein marketplace.

I was responsible for the Protein marketplace for Ecolab's Food & Beverage division. I focused on delivering and developing solutions that meet marketplace needs.

I was the market manager for the global Processed & Prepared Food market. I lead the strategy development for the segment by working with corporate account teams, product marketing, and research & development to create solutions that meet customer needs today while developing solutions to future challenges. My focus was on ensuring we have the strategy in place to exceed customer expectations while meeting our business plan today, along with gaining the insight to guide our R&D and innovation teams on the technology we need to pursue for success in the years to come.I was also responsible for developing and implementing our waste water strategy across all segments within the global Food, Beverage, & Pharma SBU.

I was responsible for general operations and financial performance of the Food, Beverage, & Pharma SBU. My day to day operations focus was in North America, but when working on global customer deals & negotiations I lead the global financial teams.

I was responsible for leading 10 district safety champions to promote safety initiatives in a region with 155 employees.

Within Nalco's Paper Division, I achieved success and career growth in multiple sales and account management roles with increasing responsibility across Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, & Ontario Canada.Intern May 2002 - May 2003Application Engineer May 2003 - Feb 2005District Sales Rep III Feb 2005 - Jun 2006District Sales Rep II Jun 2006 - Jan 2008 Account Manager Jan 2008 - Dec 2009