With more than 30 years of experience in food and consumer products, this expert witness specializes in supply chain, distribution and logistics, retail operations, pricing, organizational design, productivity improvement, management information systems, and market research. More than 15 years of expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. His work has addressed grocery and foodservice distribution, retail performance, warehouse and store productivity, strategic planning, marketing, inventory management, and operational analysis across manufacturers, food and non-food retailers, grocery wholesalers, foodservice distributors, and trade associations.

Professional preparation includes a Bachelor of Science in Management and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing. The expert holds the Certified Management Consultant designation through the Institute of Management Consultants. Professional affiliations include the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Warehousing Education and Research Council, Food Distribution Research Society, and Institute of Management Consultants. Prior governance experience includes service on a corporate board of directors.

Operational experience includes creation of an integrated buying and inventory management system designed to combine inventory turns, promotional purchases, and forward buying into a unified purchasing process. The expert has also been a pioneer in the application of Direct Product Profit and Activity Based Costing methodologies and has directed major cost-modeling studies involving manufacturing, retail food, chain drug, and foodservice operations. Consulting assignments have extended across the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Leadership roles have included president and founder of a management consulting practice, vice president of a food and consumer products practice, and senior partner and director of a food distribution practice. The expert has also advised industry organizations and delivered more than 200 presentations while publishing more than 100 articles on food industry issues. This combination of supply chain strategy, cost analysis, buying and inventory systems, warehouse operations, pricing, retail performance, and expert testimony supports evaluation of food distribution practices and related commercial disputes.