Principal Consultant | Contract Manufacturing
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Tim has an extensive background in a variety of business functions and industries. He has worn many hats throughout his career including leading Sales, IT, Finance, and Operations in both service and product companies large and small throughout North America. He has deep expertise in contract manufacturing, contract packaging, 3rd Party Logistics, and transportation services. He has been an ardent supporter of the industry and has been involved in the Contract Packaging Association since 2007 having held every position in the organization. Tim understands what it takes to be able to support both large brick and mortar clients as well as emerging marketing only clients.
Prior to entering consulting Tim was Senior Vice President Operations for Quest Products where he was responsible for the supply chain and contract manufacturing relationships required to support the existing brands as well as the integration of four acquired brands including their manufacturing operations into the Quest organization.
Before joining Quest, Tim was Chief Operating Officer for The Visual Pak Companies, where he led the transformative growth of a regional coman/copack operation into an operation that resulted in an 11x increase in sales through the creation of a vertically integrated operation throughout the US and Mexico.
Tim has an undergraduate degree in Business from Indiana University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. An avid outdoorsman who enjoys the tranquility of fishing and the thrill of upload bird hunting, Tim is most proud of his wife, a practicing nurse, and being the father to two sons.