TriVista Appoints Jennifer Frankenberg as Director of Food, Beverage and Consumables Practice

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TriVista announced today that Jennifer Frankenberg has joined the firm as director of the Food, Beverage and Consumables Practice. Jennifer will be based in TriVista's headquarters location in Southern California and will be responsible for overseeing projects in the food and beverage space, focusing on food safety due diligence, risk assessments and mitigation.

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"I am confident that Jennifer's comprehensive industry knowledge and experience will create significant value for our clients and entire global team," stated Stuart Lowe, TriVista's Chief Operating Officer. "Jennifer brings TriVista a strong combination of food safety, risk management, and business acumen within the food industry and M&A space."

Prior to joining TriVista, Frankenberg spent ten years with The Kroger Company where she held the position of Procurement Manager and Regulatory Associate. After Kroger, she co-founded SAGE Food Safety, LLC, a boutique consulting firm specializing in crisis and recall management, regulatory compliance, traceability, quality systems, HACCP, food defense and food litigation defense.

"I am delighted to join TriVista, an organization that I believe has built a special name for themselves in the food safety and mergers and acquisitions space," said Frankenberg. "I look forward to the opportunities and challenges that this position presents and am excited to be added to their expert team, providing value to both our private equity and manufacturing clients."

Jennifer received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, Magna Cum Laude and her Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati. She completed the Microbiology Short Course, the Micro Control Short Course, and is a Certified Food Safety Manager.  Jennifer belongs to both the International Association for Food Protection and the Association of Food & Drug Officials.  Currently, Jennifer resides in Orange County, CA.

About TriVista

TriVista is a global management consulting firm founded to help middle market companies, often working with their private equity partners, tackle complex challenges and turn their operations into a springboard for growth.

TriVista's Food, Beverage and Consumables practice focuses on food safety due diligence, food safety program development, implementing strategic and tactical operational improvements, and solving complex business issues within the food manufacturing, distribution and supply chain functional areas. Relevant industry experience includes processing of fresh, frozen and ready-to-eat foods, co-packing and food packaging.

TriVista's global team is comprised of professionals with extensive industry, functional, management and advisory experience who have implemented operational best practices at some of the world's most respected companies. Leveraging this experience—as well as TriVista's structured, fact-based approach to operational improvement—they have helped clients across a variety of industries minimize risk, enhance customer satisfaction and margins, and reduce working capital.

SOURCE TriVista