Colliers International’s Food Advisory Services is an integrated team of real estate professionals who are laser-focused on serving the needs of food & beverage enterprises throughout North America. In that, the ownership or executive management of many food and beverage companies in the “mid-cap space” are considering or are already facilitating their future growth plans through a private-equity or “M&A” transaction of some type, Colliers Food Advisory Services is also a one-stop-resource for PE sponsors, investment bankers and other stakeholders when matters of real estate are examined for strategic or capitalization purposes.Services provided include building/site location and acquisition, surplus asset disposition, real estate opinion of value studies, supply and distribution chain evaluation, alternative financing strategies, occupancy cost optimization strategies, food safety modernization, construction services.

• Responsible for formulating new products and reformulating existing products, such as the Lance® Honey Roasted Peanuts, for the Lance®, Archway®, Cape Cod®, and Snack Factory® brands while meeting timeline and budget demands• Balanced multiple projects at the same time while meeting different demands and timetables of both internal and external customers• Identified and qualified new suppliers for existing and anticipated product offerings • Successfully organized and completed plant trials within time constraints given • Represented the company on the Health and Wellness Council of The Peanut Institute, a non-profit organization that supports nutrition research and develops educational programs to encourage healthful lifestyles that include peanuts and peanut products• Attended FONA International’s Flavor University® and Franz Haas Oven Training course

• Mentored seven 12-year-old boys during two four-week sessions at a traditional boys' overnight camp while coordinating daily activities.• Trained and led boys aged 8-16 in fishing and fly-fishing as an activity head.