I have been in DSD for over 25 + years. I have worked for Nabisco while in college and then went to Frito-Lay after graduation. I had my own route and then became a District Sales Leader while calling on a few local convenience stores in Tennessee. Moved to Florida for Miller Brewing Company working with the local distributor J.J. Taylor (5.5 Million case distributor) management and sales team to gain distribution, sales displays, merchandising, called on McDill AirForce Base and utilized Category Management to gain space. I then met Marc Howarth who hired me for Sara Lee Bakery, to open up the market in Orlando and Tampa. I was promoted after two years to the Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club team and moved to Georgia. I called on 24 Market Managers and 3 Regional Wal-Mart Managers for 5 years.Worked with the operation team to execute programs that were sold into the Market or Regional Manager. Moved back to Florida and started to work for Kill Cliff. We gained distribution in 11 states for Wal-Mart in just a few months of sales. I have been selling Insurance for the past 3 years but extremely excited to be back working for Marc at Emerging Brands Management.