Today’s food marketplace is full of innovators, pioneers, and creative thinkers looking to develop exciting, tasty, and imaginative products in grocery carts and on dinner tables across the nation. To ensure these edible wares are successfully brought to market, these forward-thinking developers need partners in the food industry with the expertise to supply the necessary cheese and cheese-based solutions.I am the Director of Sales, West, in the Food Ingredient Division of Sargento Food Service and Ingredients, a trusted industry leader, working to steer menu and product developers, supply chain professionals, and leaders in food manufacturing and chain restaurants through solving problems and exciting customers. The crux of my responsibilities is to provide custom cheese and cheese-based ingredient solutions to the food industry.Throughout my 35-year career, including 20 years spent at Sargento, I have amassed wide-arching experience in doing just that. The food industry is always evolving, and I work with all levels of personnel within our clients’ organizations to build relationships and solve problems. I pride myself on providing top-notch service to customers.Responding quickly to and adeptly managing needs is among my key strength. My knowledge of production capabilities, R&D, marketing, dairy commodity pricing, logistics, quality assurance, and food safety is unparalleled.I pride myself on building mutually beneficial relationships, paying keen attention to detail and communicating effectively. It’s exciting to be able to create solutions that timely meet our customers’ needs. Sargento’s corporate culture allows me to take ownership of my work and manage this business as if it were my own, driving it forward, allowing me to tap into the skills I developed when I did manage my own food brokerage company. Honesty and integrity are essential to my work.It is my goal to share my knowledge and expertise with the next generation. Let’s connect!