Jamie Valenti-Jordan, CFS is the CEO of Catapult Commercialization Services Inc, a 90-person consulting group focused on providing technical and operational solutions for food and beverage companies. Prior to this, he has spent his 20 year career at Campbell Soup, Del Monte Foods, and JUST in process R&D, engineering, and operations. During his career, he has installed over $100M in capital equipment, commercialized over 1000 products, and received a patent in tomato peeling. He teaches Food Engineering and Food Processing at Mount Mary University. He serves on the Board of Directors for IFT and is a strong advocate for emerging and scaling brands. He also serves as Cubmaster for his son's Scout Pack and Dungeon Master for his weekly D&D campaign.