Advisory Board Member Profile
Thomas Bulowski
Chief Sales Officer
Areas of Expertise
Customer Experience Strategy, Customer-Focused Innovation, Customer First Culture, Principles of Customer Relationship Building
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• Started career at Nestle’ USA out of San Diego State University, progresses through the sales function with jobs of increasing responsibility from 1989 – 2020.
o Nestle’ USA from 1989 to 2003(Various roles) Spent 7 years in the Retail consumer business side in various managerial sales functions Spent 1 year managing Nevada Casino HQ account business(Foodservice) Spent 3 years managing the West Coast Coffee division, Nescafe’’, MJB, Hill’s Bro’s(Foodservice) Spent 3 years as Regional Business Manager in the PNW region(Foodservice) o Chef Solutions from 2003 to 2004 One of the largest fresh prepared fruit and deli companies in the US Regional Business Manager for 9 states and Canada o Kerry Inc from 2004 to 2014(Various roles) Vice President Corporate Accounts for all business units and technologies within Kerry, for all Sysco Enterprises nationally. Managed 7 RFP’s with approx. value of $250 million. National Sales Director responsible for $172 million in US and Canada, 10 direct reports and broker network with 65 offices. Director of Sales for the West, team of 23 individuals and sales of $50 million o Fuji Food Products Inc from 2014 to 2016(Private Equity) – Vice President Sales $100 million fresh food company Acquired and integrated Nasco Gourmet Foods Inc o The Mochi Ice Cream Company 2016 to 2020(Private Equity) – Chief Sales Officer Instrumental in developing and launching new My/Mo brand Grew sales from $10 million to $80 million Had a liquidity event in March 2020 o Popcornopolis 2020- Current(Private Equity) -Chief Sales Officer Responsible for North America growth strategy Oversee team for Club, Retail, Mass, Drug and Foodservice channels
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