Buoy adds functional benefits to any drink. Purposefully unflavored hydration. Essential electrolytes, 87 trace minerals and vitamins delivered in their most bioavailable form factor for fast-acting hydration and wellness.

Providing business building advice and guidance to social-impact technology consulting firm founded in Kigali, Rwanda and now headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. With industry-leading systems architects based in the U.S. and talented software developers in Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya, Kiza delivers transformative value through world-class, cost-effective, customized data solutions.

Current Foods is the innovation leader in plant-based seafood products with sushi grade applications. The company is on a mission to create the next generation of seafood - helping to address the environmental impact of overfishing and other unsustainable fish farming practices, reducing global animal consumption, and providing wonderful products that delight vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians and omnivores alike.

Robert Rothschild is a leading specialty food company. Founded in 1984 by Bob and Sara Rothschild, we continue to manufacture in small batches from real ingredients today, providing unique flavor combinations that taste great and enable joyful experiences.

RKCA is privately-held, independent investment bank focused exclusively on serving the middle-market. The firm provides M&A advisory, capital advisory, and direct investment services uniquely tailored to the needs of middle-market businesses. Lead sponsor of Robert Rothschild.

Tagger is a powerful, intuitive, end-to-end influencer SaaS marketing platform revolutionizing the social media marketing industry. Tagger delivers superior access to real, real-time social data via direct relationships with all major social media platforms and uses proprietary algorithms to harness the power of billions of archived data points. The platform empowers brands and agencies to develop insights, plan campaigns, connect with and hire influencers, and report what matters most. Winner of "Best Influencer Marketing Company" by MarTech Breakthrough Awards in 2019 and again in 2020, Tagger’s SaaS solution provides a seamless experience for users to maximize their ROI with ease.

Healthy Skoop is on a mission to help people feel and be awesome every day. We strive to make clean, plant-powered nutrition the simple, easy choice. Founded by Dr. James Rouse, a naturopathic physician, 23-time Ironman triathlete, award-winning author of 10 books and founder of "Optimum Wellness," Healthy Skoop is backed by Seurat Capital, a specialized CPG-only focused private equity firm.

CMO for Nature's Variety, a manufacturer of holistic, natural pet foods marketed under the Instinct and Prairie brands and backed by L Catterton, a leading consumer-focused private equity firm. Responsible for building and leading the marketing organization, inclusive of innovation, PR, design, and activation efforts to help grow sales from $50M to over $125M at a CAGR >25%. Supported due diligence process for a two stage exit which yielded a 6.5-times return for the PE firm (wsj.com).- 2015 Pet Business - Best New Cat Food- 2015 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company (+117% 3yr) - 2014 Pet Product News Intl. - Best New Cat Kibble- 2014 PetSmart Best New Product Launch- 2014 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company (+118% 3yr)- 2013 Pet Product News Intl. - Best New Cat Cans- 2013 Petco Partner of the Year- 2012 Pet Product News Intl. - Best New Product- 2012 Pet Business - Best New Product- 2012 Petco Innovation Partner of the Year

Responsible for Global innovation pipeline, category growth strategies, and U.S. demand activation for $200M global portfolio while managing and coaching a total staff of twelve with six direct reports.Served as Chair of two of three strategic business units and on company operations leadership team. Drove double-digit growth via successfully managing the launch of 30+ new items every six months and building and deploying integrated launch plans to drive success on key innovations. Promoted in Aug 2010 to Senior Director.o Oversaw product, package, and creative briefing process for all innovations and renovationso Partnered with key accounts, domestic field sales, international general managers and distributors, in the development, sell-in, implementation, and monitoring of planso Leveraged PR, social media, ambassador sampling programs, digital and print media, and in-store displays and customer programming to drive awareness and trial as well as overall brand interesto Integrally involved in uncovering and leveraging core consumer insights and translating these into foundational brand tools, such as brand architecture, in conjunction with on-boarding new agencyo Created partnership with other like-minded green brands for mobile experience tourso Winner of national Effie award for best campaign by a small agency

Responsible for P&L on $850M portfolio: Kingsford, Hidden Valley, and KC Masterpiece, while managing and coaching a total staff of eleven with three direct reports. Accelerated growth on Kingsford, drove Hidden Valley base business while enabling expansion, executed a turnaround on KC Masterpiece, and maximized total value of Togetherness platform.o Delivered $50M+ in growth while gaining market share on both businesseso Managed new copy development across TV, Print, and Digital for SY08o Led multi-functional effort to assess Food adjacencies, including sizing economic profit pools and key drivers, in order to provide foundation for business case to rapidly expand Hidden Valleyo Reorganized structure of Togetherness platform and drove the spring Top Chef tie-in, created a new summer Tim McGraw sponsorship, and increased investment in fall ESPN Tailgate program

Directly involved with and worked side by side with an external consulting firm to aide senior management in refreshing company strategy tied to the appointment of new CEO. Leveraged economic profit metrics and principles to assess our current portfolio and build alignment to the biggest opportunities for driving profitable growth. Aided senior leadership team in crafting and disseminating key change management messages."Our Centennial Strategy guided the company during one of the toughest economic recessions the world has experienced since World War II," said Chairman and CEO Don Knauss. "Despite that, during the past five years, our strong brands, experienced management team and top-tier capabilities have enabled us to deliver total stockholder returns in the top third of our peer group." Oct 2013

Responsible for driving rapid national expansion of a newly acquired business venture. Led two direct reports and several multi-functional teams to assess the marketplace, understand product performance, dissect the consumer landscape, and develop go-to-market plans.o Leveraged LOHAS centric insights to develop differentiated environmental brand propositiono Created an integrated social responsibility program to highlight key product performance benefits

Responsible for P&L on $200M portfolio: Pine-Sol, Clorox ReadyMop, Lestoil, and 409 Carpet, while managing and coaching a direct report staff of four. Successfully turned Pine-Sol around by focusing all brand activities against core consumer target.o Unified all messaging behind single brand promise “powerful scent of clean” and developed significantly preferred products with dramatically increased scent intensityo Established new agency relationship to develop and execute large scale African American targeted event sponsorships and re-activate critical sub-segment of core consumer targeto Drove Hispanic advertising investment ROI validation and created provocative new advertising

Responsible for P&L on $75M brand while managing and coaching a direct report staff of two. Delivered 13% volume growth behind new “families prefer the taste” copy, regional merchandising to drive the business in strong markets, national value-added promotions, and new product launches.o Partnered with Wal*Mart to drive 55% growth as category captain, frequently in Bentonvilleo Developed strategy for driving large trash business and successfully argued for increased investmento Shut down high profile new product food bag initiative by demonstrating low potential ROIo Brought new S&OP process on line by developing and managing a group of five demand planning managers, partnering with external consultants, and leading change with division leadership teams

Led transnational team to identify $12 million in global laminate packaging material savings. Reduced company liability by $20 million by renegotiating a large two year contract.

Led multi-functional new product launch teams for Cover Girl and Max Factor Brands. Managed internal plant scheduling and optimization while also purchasing contract manufacturing services. Reduced inventory 40% while maintaining customer service above 99%.