The Challenge

In cold chain logistics, the stakes are not just dollars—they are product integrity, regulatory compliance, and consumer safety. Companies operating refrigerated or freezer facilities often face hidden profitability threats: inflated packaging costs, thermal failures, stringent USDA/FDA audits, and high energy consumption. The critical need is a strategic executive who can guarantee zero-tolerance compliance while simultaneously driving down the cost-of-goods-sold (COGS).

Executive Mastery of Temperature-Sensitive Operations

I specialize in transforming high-risk, high-compliance cold chain logistics into efficient, profitable, and structurally sound systems. My expertise links executive strategy, process rigor (Lean Six Sigma), and technology integration to de-risk and optimize every touchpoint in the temperature-controlled supply chain.

Financial Performance & Cost Transformation

I identify and implement innovative solutions that dramatically reduce the excessive operational expenses common in cold chain environments.

• COGS Reduction: Achieved a dramatic 41% reduction in COGS in a cold chain operation by strategically optimizing packaging, coolant usage, weight break sorting, and redefining shipping zones.

• Profitability & Scale: Managed the transformation of a fulfillment operation that included cold chain, achieving strong profit margins between 11.1% and 20.3% over a nine-year period.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

I build and audit systems that ensure absolute adherence to non-negotiable regulatory standards.

• High Compliance Expertise: Expert in maintaining complex compliance programs required for sensitive goods, including USDA, FDA, OSHA, and Hazmat standards for food, nutritional supplements, and raw materials.

• Operational Accuracy: Directed fulfillment processes that maintained a world-class 99.98% order accuracy over nine years, a critical metric for high-value, temperature-sensitive inventory.

Infrastructure and Network Design

My experience covers the full scope of managing and integrating complex cold storage facilities and transportation assets.

• Facility Oversight: Managed and optimized multi-site operations, including the integration of refrigerated and freezer storage, within a network totaling over 1.5 million square feet.

• Transportation Control: Expertise in the strategic sourcing and use of coolants (e.g., dry ice) and specialized packaging to ensure last-mile thermal integrity across all parcel and freight modes.

• Built and retrofitted cold storage facilities including unique solutions like CO2 removal systems.

Core Cold Chain Capabilities

• Temperature-Controlled Storage (Refrigerated/Freezer): Management of inventory and facility infrastructure.

• Thermal Packaging Engineering: Strategic sourcing and use of coolants and insulating materials to minimize landed cost.

• Regulatory Compliance Auditing (USDA/FDA): De-risking the supply chain through rigorous standard operating procedures.

• WMS Integration: Utilizing systems (Veracore, Cargowise, Extensiv) to manage lot traceability and First-Expired, First-Out (FEFO) inventory management.

• P&L Management: Integrating logistics and facility costs into a profitable executive strategy (up to $500 Million P&L scope).

If you require an executive partner to guarantee compliance, eliminate thermal failures, and optimize the high costs of your cold chain operations, let's discuss a profitable, risk-mitigated strategy.

View my detailed project portfolio or schedule a strategic consultation today.