Experience

Riviana Foods Canada Corporation

• Canada
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Category Manager

  • May 2019 - Present



Parmalat Canada

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Category Manager

  • Aug 2015 - May 2019



Forrester Research

• Account Manager

  • Dec 2014 - Sep 2015

  • Manage and develop client relationships which drive profitable growth for Forrester Research and our clients• Challenge thinking and lead change to help clients stay ahead in the marketplace, with regards to strategic ideas and thought leadership • Manage and develop client relationships which drive profitable growth for Forrester Research and our clients• Challenge thinking and lead change to help clients stay ahead in the marketplace, with regards to strategic ideas and thought leadership



Canada Bread Company, Limited

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Insights Manager

  • Jul 2012 - Nov 2014

  • Providing consistent delivery of actionable insights to sales team, retail customers, and internal stakeholders to help drive profitable growth• Expert user of market research data and software tools• Regularly developing new reports to visualize data simply and effectively, which enables end-users to understand and quickly action the insights from the data • Providing consistent delivery of actionable insights to sales team, retail customers, and internal stakeholders to help drive profitable growth• Expert user of market research data and software tools• Regularly developing new reports to visualize data simply and effectively, which enables end-users to understand and quickly action the insights from the data



The Nielsen Company (VNU, ACNielsen Company)

• New Business Development Manager

  • 2006 - 2012

  • Developed new client relationships to help drive incremental revenue to Nielsen each year• Provided leadership and mentoring to data specialists on the team • Regularly presented Consumer Retail Trends at industry conferences

• Account Executive - Business Intelligence Sales

  • 2001 - 2006

  • Promoted and successfully sold business intelligence solutions (i.e., Dashboards, Desktops, database management solutions, software, and training) to top Consumer Packaged Goods companies • Developed "Gold Standard Suite" of report templates, which were the core of the analytic path to insights for the BI Solutions