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Supply Chain Consultancy Catena Solutions Caps 2023 with Industry Accolades, Fast Growth

Company welcomes food and beverage industry veteran Dave Minor as Vice President of Delivery

Supply Chain Consultancy Catena Solutions Caps 2023 with Industry Accolades, Fast Growth

Catena Solutions, a premier supply chain consultancy, announced two new executive appointments and shared a series of achievements and milestones that defined its busy year.

Throughout 2023, Catena Solutions has experienced remarkable momentum. The consultancy successfully assisted more than 90 clients with strategic supply chain and business transformation initiatives including some of the world’s largest, most respected brands in the food and beverage, consumer goods and manufacturing industries.


Recognized for Excellence
In 2023, the company and its executives received recognition from industry-leading publications, further validating its commitment to excellence and innovation. Examples include:
● Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2023 Pros to Know award, Geoff Coltman: Recognized Coltman for his accomplishments which offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage the supply chain for competitive advantage.
● The SC Xchange’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners award: Awarded to Catena Solutions for helping a global snack food company evolve its supply chain to drive growth and value leading to significant improvements in efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
● Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Women in Supply Chain award, Jen D’Angelo: Honored D’Angelo for offering invaluable expertise and resources to ensure the smooth execution of successful and timely initiatives at Catena Solutions.

New Hires and Executive Promotions
In addition to these achievements, Catena Solutions is promoting Vice President Geoff Coltman to Senior Vice President. Coltman’s expertise includes large-scale supply chain and business transformation projects across multiple industries.

Also, Catena Solutions welcomes Dave Minor as the new Vice President of Delivery. With over 30 years of experience in the consulting industry, and over 20 years in the food and beverage manufacturing space, Minor is well-equipped to lead the delivery team and drive operational transformation.

"We are delighted to welcome Dave to our team to help push Catena Solutions further into the food and beverage market,” said Coltman. “His deep experience will help our clients solve challenges associated with digital, financial, human capital, and supply chain transformations.”

In this role, Minor will lead a team of delivery consultants and be responsible for oversight of both solution strategy and delivery execution. Minor will work closely with various teams to ensure that transformation projects are completed on time and that they achieve pre-defined goals.

“What attracted me to Catena Solutions was their philosophy of applying only highly qualified, highly experienced consultants to client transformation initiatives - people who have successfully performed these transformations at leading brands,” said Minor. “Catena Solutions not only develops the strategy with our clients, we also deliver the execution by providing the expert resources necessary to deliver the value our clients expect. Catena is there until the transformation is complete and generating the desired results.”

To learn more about Catena Solutions, visit https://www.catenasolutions.com/.

About Catena Solutions
Catena Solutions specializes in supporting food and beverage organizations with their business initiatives including digital, financial, human capital, and supply chain transformations. We do so by meeting you where you and your company are in your journey, whether that's needing consulting resources for knowledge gaps or interim support for business continuance. To learn more, visit https://www.catenasolutions.com/
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