Experience

Creations Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Manager

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Colony Gums, Inc., A Brenntag Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, National Sales & Business Development

  • Jun 2023 - Sep 2023



Ingredion Incorporated

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Strategic Solutions Manager - Sales Western Region

  • Jul 2020 - May 2023

  +Awarded CEO Award "Innovate Boldly" 2022 +Business Development and Pipeline Management +Aligning of teams to meet sales and strategic goals +Coaching teams to deliver results on Strategic Opportunities +Review and make recommendations on technical and marketing resources needed to deliver on goals +Oratium Virtual Selling trained +Negotiation for Win-Win outcomes +De-escalation of difficult situations / tensions +Awarded CEO Award "Innovate Boldly" 2022 +Business Development and Pipeline Management +Aligning of teams to meet sales and strategic goals +Coaching teams to deliver results on Strategic Opportunities +Review and make recommendations on technical and marketing resources needed to deliver on goals +Oratium Virtual Selling trained +Negotiation for Win-Win outcomes +De-escalation of difficult situations / tensions



TIC Gums

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Account Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2020

  +Sales territory manager for WA, ID, OR, UT, AZ, N. Cal. Included Regional and National accounts +Strong growth in Territory, hit or exceeded growth targets for majority of tenure - won 8 sales awards +Traveled with and Coached new Sales team members and provided written feedback +New Business Development - added many new customers to Territory. Grew Territory to point where 2 additional sales team members were needed. +Sales territory manager for WA, ID, OR, UT, AZ, N. Cal. Included Regional and National accounts +Strong growth in Territory, hit or exceeded growth targets for majority of tenure - won 8 sales awards +Traveled with and Coached new Sales team members and provided written feedback +New Business Development - added many new customers to Territory. Grew Territory to point where 2 additional sales team members were needed.



Botanical Laboratories, Inc.

• Alternative Medicine
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Manager

  • Mar 2009 - Nov 2011

  +R&D Manager - 2 direct reports +Researched, Formulated and proposed condition-specific liquid dietary supplement products to product management. +Managed Contract manufacturing R&D which included Herbal and Dietary Supplement products +Improved flavor delivery and stability of products in portfolio validated by 3rd party Sensory testing vs. National leading brands. +Trained staff in flavor applications. +R&D Manager - 2 direct reports +Researched, Formulated and proposed condition-specific liquid dietary supplement products to product management. +Managed Contract manufacturing R&D which included Herbal and Dietary Supplement products +Improved flavor delivery and stability of products in portfolio validated by 3rd party Sensory testing vs. National leading brands. +Trained staff in flavor applications.



Starbucks

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Product Developer, Global Innovation

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2009

  +Formulated Salted Caramel Platform and Vivanno Nourishing blends Platform in US & UK +Launched several Frappuccino LTO flavors +Worked on CPG projects requiring lab scale thermal processing +Helped with product optimization, cost saving and Food Service team +Helped intern launch Version 1.0 of Retail Sugar Free Mocha +Worked with internal sensory team to improve sensory scores of many products +Worked with Co-packers to optimize and improve processing and quality of finished ingredients +Leadership training - Situational Leadership +Training on effective feedback process to drive accountability and growth Show less



Brown & Haley

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Development

  • Aug 2003 - Jan 2004

  Formulated several better for you products including low carb chocolate and high protein snack bars. Formulated several better for you products including low carb chocolate and high protein snack bars.



Brookside Foods Ltd.

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Formulator - Research & Development

  • Oct 2000 - Mar 2003

  +Worked on formulating chocolate and flavored compound coatings on in-house 5 Roll Refiner +Improved Line of gourmet frozen cookie dough & added 3 SKU's +Improved texture of Pectin fruit centers for panned confections and made new flavors and custom functionality gummies for Ingredient sales. +Worked on coating systems for Panned confectionary R&D including R&D on sugar Shell panning +Private label cake fillings and fruit curds product development and commercialization +Worked on formulating chocolate and flavored compound coatings on in-house 5 Roll Refiner +Improved Line of gourmet frozen cookie dough & added 3 SKU's +Improved texture of Pectin fruit centers for panned confections and made new flavors and custom functionality gummies for Ingredient sales. +Worked on coating systems for Panned confectionary R&D including R&D on sugar Shell panning +Private label cake fillings and fruit curds product development and commercialization



Freybe Gourmet Foods Ltd.

• Canada
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Technician

  • Sep 2000 - Nov 2000

  Consultant / Contract Quality Assurance Technician -HACCP -Microbiology Consultant / Contract Quality Assurance Technician -HACCP -Microbiology



Cott Beverages

• Netherlands
• Food and Beverage Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Quality Control Technician

  • Feb 2000 - Jul 2000

  Quality Control on high speed can & PET bottling line. Quality Control on high speed can & PET bottling line.