TECHnicaL LOGICaL Solutions LLC

THE MANISCHEWITZ COMPANY 

Secaucus, NJ - 2006-2009

Kosher food product leader with $85MM annual sales.  Responsible for planning and project execution for diverse manufactured and procured portfolio.

R&D, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs 

Research & Development Growth & Innovation Launched consumer preferred new products and strategic proprietary manufacturing platform -natural RTS Broth in aseptic cartons and cans.

Quality Assurance and Regulatory functions  Coordinated FDA/USDA and industry inspections for (3) site consolidation/ state-of-the art bakery installation.  Qualified co-manufacturers in U.S., Middle East and Latin America.  Managed Recall, HACCP, Quality Manual and MRP programs.  Streamlined label review process to ensure FDA, USDA and export compliance.  

STEPAN COMPANY, INC.

Northfield, IL 2004-2006 

Surface actives specialty materials leader across diverse industries with annual sales over $1.0B  Lead Development, Partnering, Licensing and Acquisition activities for $25.0MM division.

Business Development - Food & Health Specialties

Developed validated Health and Mainstream market entry plans for Bio-Functional Ingredient (Phospho-lipid) and Delivery System (encapsulation) products through market analysis; IP review and Supplier to CPG primary interviews targeting $6.0MM NPV and potential to 2X revenues via acquisitions.

Developed plans to increase sales in excess of 10% or $2.7MM over 18 months, including EDS® erythritol di-stearate launch with $1.0MM initial sales target in encapsulate material and functional ingredient areas. 

KRAFT FOODS, INC.

Glenview , IL and Tarrytown, NY 1991-2004

Manager, team leader and individual contributor on multiple business, category and functional areas.  Technical and manufacturing commercialization, analysis and financial tracking experience across cereals, desserts, beverages, pizza, savory and foodservice product, package and processing.

Post Cereals Division - Grain usage, granola revitalization and trans-fat labeling initiatives

Kraft (NY) Productivity Pipeline & Tools Group - $36MM product, package and process cost savings.  Steering Team Member for $50MM+ site savings.  Monthly reporting/ gap closing for 250+ projects. ‘03 Status/‘04 Forecast, LRP and KPI's. $0.5B spend analysis with $30MM drillsites identified.  100+ ideas progressed into $5MM resourced ‘Idea Bank’. 

Dry Packaged Desserts/ Baking & Canning  Group

Kraft Pizza Company

Kraft Canada Inc. Meals & Enhancers Group

Kraft Foodservice Division

Marquis Brand Experience 

(Kraft Foods, Inc.)

Dry Desserts/ Baking & Canning

Jell-O® Commercialization's:

• Magic Jell-O®
• Gelatina® 
• Very Berry Barbie® 
• Extreme Jell-O®  

Brand Equity Initiatives:

• Bakers® Chocolate Chunks                   
• Jell-O No Bake Cheesecake®: Oreo®; Chips-Ahoy®; Chocolate Lovers

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Managed range of projects yielding annual savings of >$1.5MM.

Kraft Pizza Company

Developed comprehensive cheese utilization strategy for DiGiorno®, Tombstone® and Jacks® brands. 

Implemented Tombstone® Pizza formula optimization.

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Lead range of projects yielding annual savings of >$3MM.

Kraft Canada Meals & Enhancers

Developed and launched (8) retail, club-store and foodservice BBQ sauces, coating & stuffing mixes in US and Canada.   

• Shake’NBake® Coating Mixes
• BULLS-EYE® BBQ Sauce      
• Kraft® BBQ Sauce
• Stove Top® Stuffig Mix

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Managed range of projects yielding annual savings of >$1MM.