Experience

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  Cultures.Group

  • United States

  • CEO/Executive Chef

    • Oct 2010 - Present
    • United States

    culturesgroup offers food and beverage preparation, preservation, fermentation, cultural history and expression, and scientific information through printed educational materials, multimedia resources and presentations in diverse settings including conventions, school rooms, art exhibitions, farm ...

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  The Network Inc.

  • New York, NY

  • Chief Executive Director

    • Oct 1990 - Oct 2010
    • New York, NY

    Created and directed The Access Project, first in conjunction with several major corporate sponsors (Gilead, Pfizer, Merck, Hoffman-LaRoche, Burroughs-Wellcome) then as a collaborative project with The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and NASTAD. Worked with the New York State Department of Heal...

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  Community Research Network

  • New York, NY

  • Coordinator of Research Development/Deputy Director

    • Sep 1989 - Oct 1991
    • New York, NY

    Wrote Spanish and English language educational materials on clinical trials, Informed Consent, IRB functions. Attended international and national scientific conferences and frequently liased with physicians and researchers. Managed staff. Met with pharmaceutical company scientists and staff, and...

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  Troutbeck

  • Amenia, New York

  • Corporate Executive Chef/Executive Chef

    • Jan 1985 - Feb 1989
    • Amenia, New York

    Directed all food related services and events for CEOs and senior staff of international and US based Fortune 500 companies meeting at our corporate retreat center. Attached to this historic venue - The NAACP was created here -was a restaurant, and private events including society weddings - some...

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  Bloomingdale's

  • New York

  • Executive Chef

    • Sep 1982 - Jan 1985
    • New York

    Chef for the Michel Guerard, Marcella Hazan, and Petrossian operations as well as quarterly international or regional food promotions. In addition, I cooked with and supervised a brilliantly talented staff for the Fresh Foods department that sold a huge amount of take out foods cooked fresh every...

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  The Hermitage

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Executive Chef

    • Aug 1977 - Sep 1982
    • Greater Boston Area

    Executive Chef for an restaurant based on the cuisine created by Escoffier for Czar Peter the Great of Russia. We incorporated regional cuisines from the area, aided by immigrants that shared the fermentation, preservation and cooking techniques from their home countries. Ken Fornataro has been f...