Experience

Bonduelle Americas

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Bonduelle is the current world leader in ready-to-use vegetables and other plant based proteins across all formats including canned, frozen, fresh and fully prepared. With 54 global production facilities, 10,000+ dedicated employees and distribution in over 100 countries- Bonduelle is the world leader in healthy living through vegetables.



Lassonde Pappas & Company, Inc.

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 200 - 300 Employee

• President and CEO

  • Nov 2013 - Jun 2018

  • Leader of $800M + private label and branded juice company. Industry leading results in both top and bottom line performance • Multiple manufacturing and distribution facilities with 650+employees . Award winning results for both Customer and Employee engagement• Management of traditional org structure including: Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, HR, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Research & Development • Full P&L ownership



US Foods

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

• Executive Vice-President Merchandising

  • Nov 2010 - Nov 2013

  • Completed the transformation of a decentralized merchandising and marketing organization into a National Merchandising and Category Management structure • Built a category management team consisting of 85+ managers and directors that executed significant strategy changes across 45 major categories resulting in $140MM in annualized cost of goods reductions, exceeding annual plan by 35%. • As member of Executive Management team, designed and executed food and non-food category strategies across a business unit with sales exceeding $13B annually, Gross profit of $650MM, 2500+ vendors, 62+ divisions, 100,000+skus, $1.1B promotional allowances.



George Weston Limited

• Canada
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Vice President & General Manager

  • Jul 2007 - Nov 2011

• Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing

  • Jul 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Managed National Sales force of 165+ direct sales force, extensive distributor network for both Fresh and Frozen business with sales in excess of $1B nationally • Managed all key account customer relationships inclusive of all Channels (Retail, Club, Mass, Convenience and Foods Service)• Managed branded marketing team, including VP Marketing, 3 Directors, 8 Brand Managers, as well as innovation and product development team of 8 • Owner of a $155M+ annal marketing and innovation budget, including six major national brands that generated $750M in annual sales and a market share of 38%



Loblaw Companies Limited

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President, Merchandising & Procurement

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2007

  • Supervised team of 38 merchants and Category Managers, with direct accountability for over $3B in annual purchases. • Developed category strategies for 200+ grocery categories and 300+ vendors. • Coordinated with national procurement teams to drive execution and alignment.