Study Group: Experts in the Food & Beverage Council(?)
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President
Bevmark LLC
Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...
Founder & Scientist
Corvus Blue
Kantha Shelke is a diversified scientist, expediting new product and technology development in food and nutrition. She is the Founder and Principal at Corvus Blue, a consumer packaged goods consultant. Ms. Shelke also chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of a global food brand co., advises as Director...
Owner
TBI Consulting
Charles Young is the Owner of TBI Consulting, a tobacco consultant for several large wholesale and retail operations. Previously, he was a Business Team Manager at North Atlantic Trading Company, from 2002 to December 2004. At North Atlantic Trading, Mr. Young was responsible for an 11 states at the...
Ed HeethuisDirector of Information Based Selling
Straub Distributing Company, Ltd
Edwin Heethuis is the Director of Information Based Selling at Straub Distributing Company, an independent beer and energy drink wholesaler with distribution rights for Anheuser-Busch and Hansen Natural. Straub Distributing sales in 2007 exceeded the 10.4 million case equivalent mark and continue to...
President
Shea Marketing Consulting Inc.
Rick Shea has more than 19 years of executive marketing experience at CPG food companies including Kraft, Unilever, George Weston Bakeries and Malt-O-Meal cereals. He is the President of Shea Marketing Consulting Inc., a firm that specializes in providing marketing expertise to CPG companies. Mr. Shea...
FormerCEO & President
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Perry Odak was President & CEO of Wild Oats Markets until October 2006. Mr. Odak had oversight for all functions of sales, operations, and development for the 110-unit natural food supermarket chain with annual sales in excess of $1.1B. Prior to this position, he served as President & CEO of Ben & Jerry's...
Chief Executive Officer
Natural Business News
Matthew Levine is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Natural Business News, an online publishing and internet news portal, which he founded in 2005. Mr. Levine is a freelance consultant, writer and researcher and a member of EcoSpeakers speaker's bureau and does freelance analysis...
President
MarketOps, Inc.
John Duffy is currently the President of MarketOps, a food and beverage consultancy firm, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Duffy has more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and has expertise in wholesale, retail, marketing, sales, product development and business development....
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