Executive Summary

He is a corporate leader with success in developing winning teams with the energy and commitment to attain organizational goals. He is experienced in merger and acquisition strategies and transitions and demonstrates strong planning and budgeting skills. He possesses a thorough knowledge of operations management, with emphasis in distribution, including new business development, customer service, finance, purchasing, human resources and fleet management. He has excellent financial analysis ability and a proven record in business turnaround.

He began his professional career as a buyer in the fast-paced retail environment after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing at Florida State University. He soon accepted a position as a sales manager with RedÍs Market, a leading perishable food distributor in the Florida market where he developed a strategy to service the cruise line industry. This strategy, along with his strong emphasis on building customer relationships, served as the catalyst to making the division profitable after 3 consecutive years of losses.

In 1988, he became the Vice President and General Manager of a regional distribution center for RedÍs Market. While there, he grew sales from $4 million to more than $7 million and dropped operating expenses 17 - 19%. Of special pride to him was the instatement of programs to train and mentor employees, which resulted in significantly reduced turnover and improved productivity. In recognition of his efforts, his company was selected as the "Purveyor of the Yearî by the Brevard County Chapter of the Florida Restaurant Association for outstanding achievement in all aspects of vendor performance.

In 1992, he and his family moved to the RedÍs Market corporate headquarters where his acted as Executive Vice President and General Manager. During his tenure, he created and developed a new specialty division, bringing sales from start up to $3.5 million within the first year. He implemented an EDI ordering program for major customers that included paperless ordering and payments on account. He showed consistent annual sales growth in excess of 10% each year and exceeded budgeted profitability. He continued his efforts to create a pleasant work environment for his employees. Central Florida Family Magazine twice recognized his company as one of the top ten employers for working families for promoting family values in the workplace.

After his successes at corporate headquarters, he was asked to lead the turnaround of a struggling business unit, FreshPoint of Houston. He reorganized operations and implemented a management-training program that led to budgeted profits within 60 days. He stabilized and secured business relationships with key customers and coordinated a merger, establishing FreshPoint as a market leader.

Most recently, he moved to Colorado as the President of FreshPoint of Denver, a distribution company with supporting divisions providing food processing and repacking production and sales in excess of $40 million. With a staff of 150, he managed all aspects of business operations, strategies and growth. He oversaw the acquisition and merger of a local competitor as well as the design and build-out of a new facility. He negotiated partnership agreements with a major supplier of and exclusive packing program for produce and directed the conversion of the company from a manual system to full computerization.