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Consumer Packaged Goods... Manufacturing, Distribution, and Supply Chain... Rapidly Growing Emerging Businesses, Building Teams, Getting the Job Done; Effectively and Efficiently. Ron's focus has been primarily in fast-moving consumer packaged goods at industry leading organizations like Orgain (Nestlé Health Science), and Premier Nutrition (BellRing Brands) and other rapidly growing entrepreneurial organizations as well as at larger CPG firms like Procter & Gamble. His scope of responsibility has spanned the entire supply chain, sourcing to shelf; both domestically and off-shore serving food, drug, mass, club, specialty, and major online retailers.As VP of Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Orgain, he has lead the operational development and maturation of the business from ~$27MM to over $700MM run-rate in gross sales; and was a key member of the executive team effecting the sale of the company two times in just over two years.During his career, Ron has hired and mentored strong operations teams, developed systems and solutions to reduce costs by over $75 million, built-out manufacturing and distribution facilities, qualified and managed numerous contract manufacturers, and successfully developed and commercialized category-leading products.Ron's distribution, manufacturing, and supply chain experience spans hard goods to temperature controlled functional foods and nutritional foods and supplements including tablets, capsules, powders, bars, baked goods, and ready-to-drink beverages; hot-fill, cold-fill, aseptic, and acidified.His executive responsibilities have included product development, commercialization, co-packer and direct-manufacturing operations, sourcing, procurement, capacity and supply planning, fulfillment, logistics, cost of goods sold (COGS), regulatory compliance, quality, customer service, human resources, and information technology.Ron has successfully managed organizations with complex, geographically disbursed, sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution networks with both contract and in-house manufacturing and international supply chains.Areas of Focus: · Consumer Packaged Goods· Manufacturing, Distribution, Supply Chain· Contract Manufacturing, Contract Negotiations· Product Development and Commercialization · Functional Foods, Sports Nutrition· Nutraceuticals, Dietary Supplements· Dairy Proteins, Plant Proteins, · Protein Bars, Beverages, Dry Blends- Agglomeration and Spray Drying· Organic Plant and Dairy· Aseptic and Hot-Fill RTD's