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OUR HERITAGE

Don Saladino

Don Saladino
Founder/Chairman of the Board

Previous owner of Saladino’s Sausage Company for over 63 years. Corporate management, retail and institutional product development, protein processing, and corporate catering.

Craig Saladino

Craig Saladino
President of Saladino's, Inc.

Diverse experience in all aspects of foodservice distribution management and operations for more than 26 years. Well versed in customer relations, development of restaurant ‘go to market strategies,’ regional trend analysis, and in-depth knowledge of food product development and production. Culinary training with ‘back of the house’ restaurant experience. Craig is a member of the Fansler Foundation and a member of the Saint Agnes Board of Trustees. He also serves as chairman of the Professional Office Corporation.

Mark

Mark Schuh
Chief Financial Officer

Seasoned with over 20 years of diversified financial management and transaction related experience. Served as member of public company senior management team. Expertise in sourcing and structuring capital requirements. Education includes B.A. in economics from UCLA and M.B.A. with concentrations in finance and statistics from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Patrick Peters

Patrick Peters
Chief Operating Officer

Experienced in all aspects of foodservice distribution operations/ services and customer relation development. Additional foodservice experiences include corporate catering and meat processing. Member of the Saint Agnes Men’s Club and a board member of the Saint Agnes Foundation.
 

John M

John Muro
Vice President of Sales – National Sales

Over 25 years of foodservice national account sales, corporate relations and sales management. Ten years of additional team sales management with national multi-media marketing and advertising.

Owen Escola

Owen Escola
Vice President of Procurement & Marketing

Experienced in product quality evaluation, marketing, product introductions and customer relationship development. Foodservice vendor partnership development and negotiations. Restaurant and hotel back of the house management experience. In excess of 29 years foodservice experience.

Craig

Craig Urrizola
Chief Information Officer

Four years military foodservice experience, six years corporate and Fortune 500 consulting experience.  Education includes a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Masters Degree in Information Systems Management, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from CSU Fresno, Craig School of Business.

Jeff Earl

Jeff Earl
Vice President of Warehouse Operations

Over 15 year’s foodservice experience. Veteran in produce buying, sourcing, ripening, trends, and distribution. Seasoned director of warehouse operations, perishable goods handling, and customer service relations.

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Karen Russell
Vice President of Human Resources

Committed to internal customer relations and career development.  Human Resource experience in the legal, banking and food distribution industries for over 15 years.  Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, California State University, Fresno; Dean’s Medal, Senior Award Recipient, Craig School of Business.  Society of Human Resource Management, Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification since 1995. 

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Frank Giovanni Jr.
Director of Sales

Over 22 years of manufacturing and foodservice experience within the western states. Instinctively focused in customer relations, back and front-of-house operations. Directs with a customer-first attention to detail. Experienced with independent and national accounts with a strong focus in customer success and satisfaction. 

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Tim Christoni
Director of Operations

Over 14 years of combined military and civilian operations management experience. Leadership experience includes transportation management, warehousing operations, team building, logistics and customer service relations. 

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Jeff Badertscher
Director of Fleet Operations

Over 26 years experience in transportation and fleet operations. Experienced in operations management with six years in the food service industry.

Chris

Chris Chatoian
Director of Company Facilities

Over 25 years experience in all phases of construction and facilities management.  Three years facilities management with foodservice.

Stan Madruga

Stan Madruga
Director of Quality Assurance

Over 18 years of combined food service experience. Knowledgeable in foodservice distribution product integrity, purchasing, warehouse management and fast serve restaurant management.

Rande Payne

Rande Payne
Director of Transportation

Experienced manager of transportation services and operations. Incoming freight coordination and negotiations. Outgoing freight, driver communication, and fleet services. Life-time involvement with independent and corporate commercial freight transportation.

Darrel

Darrel Telles
Director of Logistics

Darrel has been exceeding customer expectations in the transportation/foodservice industry since 1994. His strengths include efficient route designs, associate motivation and development, creation and implementation of innovative business processes.

Allyson

Allyson R. Zenimura
Director of Accounting

Over 20 years experience in the foodservice industry.  Specialized in accounting and customer relations for 15 years.

 

 

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