Dave Bauserman

Bio

Dave Bauserman is recognized throughout the industry for his breadth of operations knowledge and ability to effectively negotiate solutions that benefit all stakeholders. The majority of his 35-year career has focused on operations and manufacturing at General Foods and Kraft Foods. His industry experience includes processing, packaging and distribution of liquid and dry, refrigerated, frozen and ready-to-eat, boxed, pouched, bottled and canned products produced under regulations including USDA and FDA. He has held positions ranging from frontline plant operations to executive leadership. Since leaving Kraft in 2002, Dave has been an active part of the 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners team, where he assists in operations due diligence for prospective investments and serves as an ongoing resource to businesses including Wellness/Old Mother Hubbard all-natural pet foods, gDiapers eco-friendly diapers and Eagle snacks. He assisted management to identify co-packers allowing for closure of a high cost, capacity-constrained Old Mother Hubbard plant, resulting in substantial expansion in gross margins. Previously, Dave led Kraft's external (3rd party) manufacturing organization that managed a complex producer network of over 100 companies and 150 plant locations across the USA and Canada. He developed and executed outsourcing strategies that facilitated expeditious new product introductions, improved asset utilization, minimized capital investments and maximized continual cost savings while ensuring product safety and brand equity protection. In addition to his role leading external manufacturing, Dave held other senior positions in corporate operations and division manufacturing leadership. Among his many accomplishments, his zeal for groundbreaking technology and people driven initiatives resulted in the design, construction and start-up of the only two plants built by Kraft in the last 20 years, as well as the operational execution of numerous leading edge business and marketing strategies. Dave holds a B.S. degree in Business and Industrial Management from San Jose State University.