Board DirectorInterim CEOCPG Turnaround ExpertM&A StrategistGrowth Architect
Twenty-five-plus years of full P&L leadership across CPG, health & wellness, and functional nutrition brands — building companies, leading turnarounds, and executing private equity exits and M&A. I bring that same operating discipline to corporate board service.
Corporate board experience shaped by decades on the operating side — full P&L ownership, M&A execution, and successful exits — not a purely advisory background. Member, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
“A director who has actually run a P&L, built brands, and led a company through diligence and close.”
If your board needs a director who has built brands, run a P&L, and led companies through diligence and close — not just reviewed the deck — I’d welcome the conversation.
Some situations need more than advice — they need someone who has run the business before. I step in as an operator, not a slide-deck consultant, for engagements including:
Stepped in as Interim CEO for a foodservice company to expand sales and profitability ahead of a successful sale, and for a global promotions-services firm to integrate a major acquisition into a new corporate division.
Rebuilt China Mist Tea Company to its highest revenue and operating income in company history; delivered a consistent 20% annual EBITDA return at Herbal Brands through pandemic-era supply chain disruption.
Negotiated the Pert Plus and Sure brand acquisitions from Procter & Gamble and raised the capital to close; led the strategic sale of Herbal Brands to a strategic buyer.
Built national retail distribution into Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, Costco, and Target — the same go-to-market discipline behind Liquid Dial, China Mist, and Belae Brands.
I’ve spent the better part of my career bringing brands and companies back to life. Over 25 years as a hands-on operator across CPG, health & wellness, and functional nutrition, I’ve held full P&L accountability leading strategic turnarounds, scaling omnichannel distribution, and executing private equity exits and M&A — from Dial Corporation and Belae Brands, to Innovative Brands, China Mist Tea Company, and most recently Herbal Brands, Inc., which I led from 2019 to 2024 through a successful sale to a strategic buyer.
As CEO of Innovation Ranch, I’ve provided outsourced, hands-on CEO and CMO leadership to entrepreneurial, growth-oriented businesses — including interim CEO roles that carried a foodservice company through a successful sale and a global promotions firm through a major post-acquisition integration.
Today I bring that same operating discipline to board service, interim leadership, and turnaround and M&A engagements. I’m also an adjunct professor of Strategic Management at Grand Canyon University’s Colangelo College of Business, and serve as Chief AI Evangelist at AI Code Rally.
Whether you’re evaluating a board seat, an interim leadership need, a turnaround, or an M&A situation, I’d like to hear about it.