RONALD L.

DAUGHERTY Westminster Colorado 80021 Cell 970-333-4690 Home 303-427-5258

Food and Beverage Procurement and Sales Management Over eighteen years of results oriented experience with proven success managing food and beverage supply chain, business to business and program sales at branch, district, divisional, and regional levels

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated ability to effectively define a challenge into key elements, tasks, and goals resulting in greater operational efficiency and success Strong presentation, negotiation, and closing experience Highly effective organizational and efficiency skills Established capacity to administer, manage, and motivate people Adaptability and proficiency at learning new skills quickly and effectively while performing at a high level

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC th 400 West 48 Avenue Denver, CO 80216 October 2010 February 2012 Supply Chain Category Manager Food and Beverage Category Manager for three full service casual dining national restaurant chains with 228 corporate and 111 franchise units Manage 49 vendors and contracts with approximate annual spend exceeding $40 million Reduced contract spend 2011over 2010 - 0.94% Directed ABRHs review and overhaul of Max and Ermas $14 million alcoholic beverage program generating 250% increase in market and price support programs and increased product mix 6% in 6 months. Negotiated and implemented new Max and Ermas produce distribution network project resulting in 16% reduction in distributor mark up and set national fixed produce price contracts. Analyzed pricing history and negotiated DC fixed pricing contracts for Village Inn and Bakers Square reducing projected spend in excess of $300,000.00 / year.

Northstar Foodservice Oklahoma City nd 37 NW 122 Street Oklahoma City, Ok 73114 June 2009 July 2010 NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER Coordinate and manage System Distribution of Quick Service Restaurant concepts totaling $60M in sales Directed dependable supply chain management inventory management achieving 98.7% fill rate w/o subs Initiated project to reduce excessive invoice credits on high dollar COP and proteins by 80% Oversight of nine state regional account aging maintaining receivable levels at better than 98% average Accurate order quide maintenance Supervised communications channels, corporate customers to division staff and DC service department to operations

Ronald L. Daugherty Page 2 Sysco Food Services Denver 5000 Beeler St. Denver, Co 80238 July 2006 January 2009 NATIONAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Managed Sysco Denvers involvement with national and multi-unit accounts generating over $15M in sales per year Coordinated inventory supply chain providing forecasting, periodic updates, and trouble shooting to facilitate product availability to multi unit customers with fill rate averaging better than 99.4% Developed strategic sourcing and negotiated pricing agreements to maintain customer and company cost requirements Supervised service effort by directing interface among various Sysco departments i.e. transportation, warehouse, logistics, and accounting to insure optimized operational efficiency Vail Resorts Management Company Post Office Box 38/K10 Keystone, Co 80435 June 2001 - July 2006 SENIOR BUYER / BEVERAGE PROGRAM MANAGER Managed Vail Resorts Colorado $6M annual spend alcoholic beverage program Chaired Vail Resorts Best Practices Beverage Committee Consulted with Strategic Alliance Partnership Program utilizing industry experience in defining and providing contact access to potential partners Generated Requests for Proposal, negotiated pricing, and distribution agreements Lead Food and Beverage buyer for Keystone Resort and other key strategic resort properties Stratton Warren Trainer and Peoplesoft Purchasing Coordinator Pilot Research Associates, IT Consulting 1115 Elkton Dr, Suite 300 Colorado Springs, Co June 1999 May 2001 REGIONAL MANGER Directed marketing, sales, and recruitment programs designed to focus features and benefits of smaller vs. larger consulting firms leading to being recognized by name in a contract renewal review with MCI Worldcom as exclusive supplier for contractor placement (we only deal with Ron Daugherty) Preferred vendor for telecom clients MCI Worldcom, ATT Broadband, and Sprint One of companys leaders with average fully burdened contractor margin in excess of 20% far greater than industry standards at that time Managed staff of up to 30 contractors, recruiters and office personal Negotiated contracts, salary, and benefits The Sonnenalp Resort 20 Vail Rd - Vail, Co May 1996 October 1998 DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING and FOOD AND BEVERAGE COST CONTROL Managed Food and Beverage (F&B) Purchasing Department and staff with a $5M purchasing spend, as well as various other non F&B related strategic purchases for the resort Successfully designed and implemented various spreadsheet based tracking and usage programs for a modified JIT ordering system, which reduced food cost from 36 to 26% and waste and inventory levels 14% Put into operation an idle inventory management software program, Foodco Systems, and overhauled database which streamlined inventory and menu costing and greatly facilitated end of period reports Negotiated innovative vendor agreements resulting in greater discounts for smaller drop size deliveries against standard of larger discounts for larger drop sizes Collaborated with executive chef and director of conference services on F&B menu costing Responsible for EOM food and beverage cost reports, etc.

RONALD L. DAUGHERTY Page 3 Western Davis Ltd Wholesale Liquor and Wine Specialists 5270 Fox St - Denver, Co 1994 May 1996 Pinnacle Wine, Beer, and Spirits Distributing 14200 E. Moncrieff PL, Ste A - Aurora, Co 1989 June 1994 MOUNTAIN DISTRICT SALES MANAGER Successfully proposed basing district managers for outlying areas geographically contiguous to their district and realignment of sales force which eliminated overlapping territories and personnel resulting in reduced company cost, increased individual sales compensation, higher morale, and employee retention Started first comprehensive sales catalogue and produced 2 catalogues per year generating $1.7M in sales Promoted to management in less than one year of beginning new career in sales Developed innovative pricing program for seasonal retail customers and new floor display incentive program (still widely used) that resulted in leadership vs. competition on high impact floor display location, increased cold box presence, and sales increase on average of 11% per year Coordinated company participation in national events i.e. Aspen Food and Wine Classic and A Taste of Vail

EDUCATION AND TRAINING Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Ok. Negotiative Selling Skills Consultative Sales AS400 Stratton Warren Peoplesoft ePro Arrowstream SAP Foodco Systems Business Objects Discover Microsoft Office Suite, Excel II, III References available upon request