I am a highly successful consultant with 27 years of tuna processing experience. My expertise is making tuna canneries very profitable. I have a proven track record in the USA(StarKist in American Samoa), Thailand(Thai Union/Songkla Canning), Korea(Dongwon Industries), the Philippines(Century Canning, PhilBest Canning), Papua New Guinea(RD Tuna Canners) and Indonesia(Avila Prima Intra Makmur). I have made all of these companies very profitable through my expertise of management, technical processing, and plant design.

My experience and success in tuna, seafood, and pet food operations includes the following. I spent 17 years with StarKist Seafoods which is the largest tuna processor in the world and made significant contributions. I also worked 3.5 years for Thai Union Manufacturing and Songkla Canning located in Thailand which is the 2nd largest tuna processor in the world. Again my success was over $10 million in annual savings. Century Canning is the largest tuna processor in the Philippines, and Dongwon the largest in Korea. Both of these companies became profitable using my consulting. RD Tuna Canners, the only tuna cannery in Papua New Guinea had significant improvement in profitability. In Indonesia, I made significant improvement to the processing for increased profitability. My work experience covers many different countries through out the world. All of my work was with the largest and most successful tuna companies.

All the plants that I worked at, I was able achieve many substantial cost reductions and made big improvements in their recovery/yield/quality. I also made many improvements in processing, efficiencies, quality, and equipment. Because of my reputation with buyers throughout the world, I was able to expand the sales/marketing. All plants were made HACCP certified by me. I look at the full scope of the company and focus on raw fish supply, marketing, operations, and quality control. All of these savings made them much more profitable. I emphasize team work which creates a well organized working environment. This will contribute to substantial improvements in the general operation. My American management skills allow me to introduce standard operating procedures and systematic methods which make any operation far more efficient. My thorough understanding of each countries culture has contributed to my success.

As a professional in the tuna industry, my expertise includes the following:

1. Plant construction and design
2. Management and organization
3. Maximize yields and labor/equipment efficiency
4. Maximize cost effectiveness and profitability
5. Improve processing and product quality
6. HACCP, GMP
7. Sales and Marketing
8. Fish Procurement and Sourcing
9. Technical Services

There are many opportunities to maximize the cost effectiveness of any manufacturing operation which will make the plant very profitable. My success shows that I can make significant contributions in optimizing the operation which will result in substantial financial savings and will highly impact profitability.

In order to become reputable and a leader in the tuna industry, it takes more than just building a plant or acquiring an existing tuna cannery. Many large companies had a vision of becoming the largest and best tuna processor in the world and ended up in failure. They flourished and then failed due to inexperience, over confidence, and mismanagement. Classic examples are Unicord in Thailand and First Dominion in the Philippines. Both of these were the largest tuna processors in Asia at the peak of their success. From my vast experience and knowledge, I know what it takes to be successful and to be the most reputable and profitable in the world. In addition, I know how to sustain this success over the long term and to provide steady growth in future years.

TUNA TECH SERVICES WORLDWIDE CONSULTING FOR THE TUNA INDUSTRY
               
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