EXPERIENCE

Founder — Trilo Coffee LLC
2025–Present

Built a mobile coffee concept through customer discovery, live market testing, and disciplined analysis of sales, product mix, pricing, events, and feedback. Insights-led changes increased average sale by approximately 8% and improved operating efficiency by approximately 25%.

Adjunct Instructor — College of DuPage
2024–Present

Teach culinary and foodservice courses that connect classroom theory to real operations. Develop students’ analytical thinking, communication, and leadership through applied projects and industry examples.

Food Scientist — Grecian Delight Kronos
2023–2026

Led commercialization and category analysis across foodservice products, translating customer needs and technical data into growth opportunities. Supported launches generating more than $540K in annual revenue and a customer-approved product projected at approximately $1.44M annually. Built clear findings and dashboards for Sales, Operations, and leadership.

Food Scientist — Tyson Foods / Aidells
2021–2022

Developed line extensions and used consumer, product, and performance data to guide product decisions. Work contributed to a 3–5% improvement in velocity and supported product lines contributing more than $2M annually.

Food Technologist I — Glanbia Performance Nutrition
2019–2021

Supported formulation, cost optimization, and product analysis for performance-nutrition products. A cost and formulation initiative improved gross margin by 11%.

EDUCATION

Johnson & Wales University
MBA, Finance
B.S., Culinary Nutrition–Food Science
A.S., Culinary Arts

Southern New Hampshire University
Graduate Certificate, Marketing

FOCUS

Consumer Insights · Category Management · CPG Analytics · Commercialization · Product Strategy