Sector Experience
Agriculture
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Retail
Experience
Seaboard Triumph Foods
Operations
Chief Operating Officer
2/2016 - 2/2019
Senior executive placed as the top executive to startup new joint venture company, including the construction of a new greenfield 942,000sf pork processing facility. Startup accomplished on schedule (after only 2 years of construction) with financial performance of the first of full scale operations significantly ahead of estimates.
Advance Pierre Foods
Finance
Vice President of Operations
6/2013 - 1/2016
Operations executive placed in charge of 10-plant nationwide network producing high-value added food products for retail, C-store and food service customers. Accomplished turnaround and integration of the operational network following the PE acquisition of the 4 distinct companies to leverage in the scope and scale of the newly formed integrated company.
Smithfield Foods
Operations
Vice President of Fresh Operations
5/2011 - 6/2013
Executive leader for 3 large scale pork operations on the East Coast. Span of operations included fresh pork production, high-value added processing (RTC & RTE Bacon, Ham, Case-Ready operations) and supply to retail, food service and export customers.
SaraLee Foods
Operations
General Manager
12/2006 - 5/2011
Plant-level leadership for Jimmy Dean sausage operations.