I was owner and president of Corsaro Produce Inc for thirty years, a broad line distributor with annual sales of 22 million dollars, specializing in supplying 80% of the product needs to multi-unit accounts and the produce needs to theme parks. We were one of the pioneers in vegetable processing of table ready fruit and vegetables for the food service industry. I sold my company to Collins Food Services where I held the position of Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Collins Foods Services. Collins Food Services was the subsidiary of the Sizzler Restaurant Chain and we owned five distribution centers in the Western US. After retiring, I consulted in the restaurant industry and food distribution industry which included food marketing, food purchasing, purchasing systems, restaurant operations, warehousing and distribution, and I was responsible in the turn around of a large wholesale bakery. My next ten years were spent in the Marketing Department of SYSCO Foodservice Los Angeles where I was occupied with the marketing of produce and participated in the training of over 200 salespersons in the selling and marketing of all food products.

General Electric - Mgr. Global Labs

Chemical Industry - Operations Management, Production, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management

I have a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. I worked for over 35 years with Eastman Kodak and Jacobs Engineering as Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Project Manager and Office Manager. I have experience working with production departments world wide in solving problems and in creating projects and business cases to justify modifications, improvements and new installations. In SCORE I particularly like to work with in business clients on their problems. I have experience in helping with workflow, cash flow projections and have helped several clients in creating their business cases.

Thirty plus years experience working for IBM in a variety of positions beginning with tool design engineering, semiconductor process engineering, to manufacturing engineering management, to semiconductor plant management, to corporate vice president of procurement. As head of IBMs US non-product procurement I led the total re-engineering of the process which yielded a 25% reduction in purchase dollars, became a model for the non-US operations, and became a service offering which IBM now provides to its customers. Three years experience working in a family owned textile manufacturing business and another three years experience owning and operating a startup photo-offset printing business.