Massimo Vidoni Email & Phone Number

My duty is to oversee sales flow and importation to and from the source countries of Italy,Scotlan, Iran, Kazakhistan and to expand Paramount Caviar USA lines to include specialty food as Truffles,Olive Oils,Cheeses,cold cuts to gain marketshares and differenciate product distribution.

Established and directed - Provided the strategic vision to define company sales goals and implement systems for sales, marketing, recruitment, training and account management.

Vidoni's strong and lasting relationship with chefs and restauranteurs helped Palezt Rinot Publishing reach highly rated restaurants and to support the publishing strategy of The Spirits of Cocktail. He is also contributor to The Spirits of New York Restaurant and Lifestyle Guide.Vidoni consulted for many major culinary events, and always delivered the best truffles to some of the best restaurants in America. He promoted truffles in many venues such as James Beard Foundation, The Save Venice Foundation, and many inaugural ceremonies. He often appeared in CNN, talking about the truffle industry, presenting the largest truffle imported to America about 2.2 pounds, and later commenting on the "US imposed tariffs" that disturbed the industry.Vidoni owned and operated a successful restaurant and started his career at Epicurean Rendezvous later known as the Best Restaurants guide. He served in the Italian Navy in many locations around the world.

US Foods is not only distibuting popular food brands as Nabisco, nestle,Sara Lee etc but penetrate markets of cleaning supply and restaurants items like kitchen utensils and more. It is one of the leader in broadline foodservice ditributors in North America with a total yearly sales of $27 Billions. Product sold are are a wide range of more than 12000 items for the food industry of any level.My duty is to penetrate and increase sales of base clients and to open new accounts in the NY Manhattan region.

Established and directed Chef Ready, independent importer of mushrooms, truffles and specialty foods from Europe. Created alliances with different Europeans specialty food purveyors to launch the new Chef Ready line of products under one label.- Provided the strategic vision to define company sales goals and implement systems for sales, marketing, recruitment, training and account management.- Acquired competitor business, fostered long-term relationships with key Clients.- Supervision of sales team and coordination of advertising campaigns.- Launched Web site, successfully created purchasing tool for the restaurant community.- Opened up international markets, aggressively pursuing new clients and securing contractwins with Bermuda & US. Set up delivery system to top restaurant, casinos and food stores.- Capitalizing on relationship building and negotiating skills to land lucrative, high-margin accounts. Achieved $1.2 million in sales in the first year alone.

-Coordinated startup and developed U.S.A. distributorship to wholesale and retail marketfor Italian gourmet food manufacturer Boscovivo Italia.-Arranged for all US labeling and USDA and FDA requirements.-Located offices and warehouse hired and managed a sales team.- Ranked as top salesperson for two consecutive years based on overall increase in marketshare in Bosovivo. Sold from 0 to 1,2 million 1st year.

-Sold in high-end Imported food products (truffles & caviar) to Wholesale Food Distributors& Manufacturer, Gourmet retailers, Restaurants, Hotels, and Casinos in US.-Built sales volume from 0 to $2.6 million annually with new clients.

-Invested in a small cafe with a partner, launched a new concept and transformed it into asuccessful restaurant. Quadrupled sales in three years. Sold for profit.

Alleanza Assicurazioni, Italy - Independent Sales Agent-Major European life insurance corporation,

-Responsibilities included training new recruits, UN and NATO peacekeeping duty,military liaison minesweeping duty in Beirut, Lebanon and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.