Consultant to food and beverage companies on new product manufacturability and project management. Dedicated career to food/beverage industry working for over 40 years as technical leader with several world class organizations – Frito-Lay, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Diageo, Dannon, Tropicana and PepsiCo Beverages North America. Retired June 2022 from PepsiCo as Director of Supply Chain Engineering, this role was responsible for capacity-related capital improvement projects at over 60 manufacturing sites.
Experienced in acquisition of small businesses and integrating them into larger business. Successfully scaled up R&D ideas to launch new beverage products. These world class companies trusted me in spending over $750 million on food and beverage projects. Started consulting business to give back my engineering experience in helping small businesses meet their aspirations.