Selected by President/ Co-Founder of greater Madison, Wisconsin area based company, to provide direction and leadership the business operation. From Procurement, supply chain, procurement, quality, safety, engineering and manufacturing, packaging and transportation. Responsible for the layout, installation and outfitting of a world class Whiskey & Spirits production facility.• Achieved 10 year business goals within 3 years. Reset Goals and conducting 3rd expansion. • Received multiple product quality awards: Double Gold Awards for Spirits (Numerous venues, 8+ Scores of 90 or above.) • Constructed “Destination” award winning facility: Agriculture & Food Processing, Best In Class Award 2018, VP Buildings• Consolidated & Integrated large distillery through acquisition, and minimized the amount of time and expense of facility exit.

Leading the re-launch of Prefense and Prefense Holdings Company. Prefense lasts, and Prefense Protects! An exciting opportunity to further establish this unique long lasting, nonalcoholic, silica stabilized BAC (Benzalkonium Chloride / Silica Complex) sanitizers that lasts for up to 24 hours or through 10 hand washings. Products are designed for personal, home, work and Industrial applications.Recently, Prefense joined forces with Aqua Ox Filters, now a whole home water filtration unit that removes the excessive amounts of Chlorine from your home water system, just before you use it. Water used in bathing, drinking, ice making, cooking, making coffee, washing your dishes and clothes all taster and function better without the excess chlorine. Harmful contaminates and heavy metals are also removed with our whole home system. Three year warranty and expected to provide clean water to your home for 10 years or 1.2 million gallons.

Back to Nature Foods Co., is the joint venture company of Mondelez Global LLC and Brynwood Partners operating the Back to Nature® and SnackWell's® brands. Responsibilities began with the facilitating of all Operations, Quality and Supply Chain activities required during the transition from Mondelez to operations as a stand-alone company. I worked closely with the CEO, CFO and Sales to develop functional operations such as; Demand Planning, Production scheduling, Inventory Management, Transportation, Warehousing, Site and Vendor selection, Commercialization, Procurement, Strategic brand and business building through contract services. Responsible for individual project management and execution of multiple large and small projects with valued customers such as Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, and Publix.

Director of Operations responsible for the design, construction and operation of the largest craft distillery in the state of Wisconsin. Design and build responsibilities, which included the conversion of 23,000 sq/ft dormant warehouse into a uniquely clean and organized craft distillery producing branded Death's Door Spirits Vodka, Gin and Whisky as well as contract mixing, blending and bottling for select clients.

Responsible for operations team performance to include Quality, Safety, Engineering, Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams in multiple facilities that produce various organic and non-organic ultra-premium extruded dry pet food to clients around the world. Responsible for leading the coordinated execution of a integrated tactical and strategic plan for all functional areas, while executing an accelerated capital growth and facilities expansion plan to accomplish goal of exceeding 100 + million dollar in sales in 2011. Led operations team to establish over 85 fiscal and operational performance records in 21 months. One of the fastest growing companies in the US. (Inc. Magazine)

Manufacturing Liaison/Operations Manager – Supply Chain: (July 2007 - Present) Headquarters, Kansas City, Mo. Reports to the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain. Responsible for sourcing & implementation of Supply Chain technology initiative. Selection of vendors for automated warehouse control systems, including voice directed work, and process flow planning using several professional solution resources in preparation for corporate wide Path to Market program initiative. Implementation of various supply chain solutions in support of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Excellence initiatives. v Critical team member on corporate pilot program replacing entire ERP accounting system. v Responsible for 3.0 + MM reduction of cost & facilitation of ongoing Continuous Improvement programs. Coordinates order, inventory and fulfillment of over 50, Company owned, Consignment & 3rd party logistical warehouses nationwide.

Plant Manager: (June 2004 – October 2006 - Emporia, Kansas) Reports to the Profit Center Manufacturing Director. Responsible for the coordinated operations of all functional areas located within Emporia and in specific outlying garage locations. Scope includes the establishment of budgetary performance objectives, resulting in the profitable and sound management of all facility operations including Receiving, Production, Quality, Sanitation, Shipping, Over the Road Drivers, Engineering and OTR Fleet Maintenance. My responsibility extended to cover the facilities compliance with various local, state and federal regulations in regards to employment, environmental and Transportation policies and laws. Over 700 union and non-union hourly employees, along with 40 supervisory positions, and 12 departmental managers staffed this large facility. This operation reflects a fiscal budget responsibility exceeding 130 million dollars annually.

Plant Operations Manager: (5/00 –5/04 - Emporia, Kansas) Reports to the General Manager, Responsible for the “Inside Operations”. Responsibilities are for the profitable and sound management of all facility operations in Production, Quality, Sanitation, Shipping, Over the Road Transportation and Engineering. Position is responsible for over 650 hourly employees and 50 supervisory positions. Fiscal responsibilities are in the Cost of Goods produced, including Inventory, Ingredients, Packaging, Direct and Indirect Labor, and Manufacturing overhead. This operation requires a fiscal budget responsibility of more than 99 million dollars annually.* Selected as “Top Donut” Seminar site. Finished #1 or #2 in 5 straight 6-month contest periods.* Initiated ATP swabbing program (FireFly) that has been adopted company wide.* Eliminated over 50% of non-productive overtime during 2nd year. * Average less than 500 minutes of downtime per week four consecutive years.

Business Team Manager of the Pre-fried Business Unit. A newly created department, I was tasked to design, select, install and train production assets and to lead a new approach Employee led/Operator based production line. I worked with senior leadership and engineering to finalize the design build project and execute the installation and commissioning of the new production resources in the facility. No additional supervisors were added, but a team of hourly leads and operators. As Logistics Manager, my responsibilities were for all of the departmental staff and the Hazelwood facilities supply chain functions. Ranging from Procurement, Receiving, Issuance, Materials & Packaging Inventory, Production Planning, Inventory Deployment, Finished Goods Inventory, Order Fulfillment, Sanitation, Transportation, Customer service / Order processing and Inventory shrinkProduction Planning Manager for the facility that required a daily production plan to coordinate demand to the 14 production lines, for over 1400 sku's. The considerations of cycle time, order fulfillment and the unknown aspects of downtime, quality issues, staffing availability and other constraints.Each Shift Manager was responsible for the transition from the previous shift and to set up the upcoming shift across all departments. Bread, Cake Donuts, Maintenance, Sanitation, Quality, Labor, and Distribution.