Alberto Andrade

About Alberto Andrade

I build enterprise value where the stakes are highest — EBITDA expansion, operational transformation, and exit readiness — across PE-backed platforms, public companies, and founder-led businesses as they navigate their next inflection point.Over 25 years, I have served as the executive trusted by Boards, CEOs, and PE sponsors to take on mandates that require both financial rigor and operational depth: restructuring a distressed P&L, reengineering a global supply chain, preparing a company for a liquidity event, or integrating a complex acquisition. I have operated across more than 60 countries, directed $3B+ in M&A activity, and built the institutional infrastructure — ERP, governance, audit, and capital structure — that transforms a growth business into an exit-ready platform.Most recently, as CFO and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Just Food for Dogs (L Catterton), I scaled the platform from $30M to $250M, delivered 500 basis points of gross margin expansion, reduced logistics costs by 900 basis points, increased fill rates from 75% to 98%, and led two consecutive clean PCAOB audits. At MusclePharm (NASDAQ: MSLP), I executed a $20M restructuring during a public company liquidity crisis and returned the business to profitability within 12 months. At Anderson Seafoods, I partnered with the founder over a decade to drive 300% revenue growth and a tenfold EBITDA expansion.What differentiates me is the combination: Fortune 50 financial discipline built at General Electric ($20B, 120 countries), The Home Depot Supply ($1B+ in acquisitions led end-to-end), and Spectrum Brands ($2.8B public company) — applied with the hands-on urgency of a PE-backed operator.Pedigree: GE | The Home Depot | Spectrum Brands | Arthur AndersenEducation: Harvard Business School | Stanford GSB | Wharton | USC Marshall | Dual MBA | CPABilingual — English and Spanish (native). Latin American operating experience. Aligned with U.S. Hispanic market platforms.Pursuing CFO, COO, or Operating Partner roles in PE-backed, public, or founder-led platforms — consumer, CPG, food and beverage, distribution, health and wellness, and retail.

Experience

1. Chief Supply Chain Officer

   JustFoodForDogs

   Oct 2022 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Reporting to CEO |$250M PE-backed human-grade pet food platform | Albertsons, Costco, Petco, PetSmart, Chewy, Amazon- Cash & Liquidity: Built and personally owned a 13-week rolling cash forecast reviewed weekly with L Catterton sponsors, enabling the platform to scale from $30M to $250M with full financial visibility and without a cash crisis- EBITDA Expansion: Standardized financial and operational workflows across retail, direct-to-consumer, and production channels, delivering 500bps of gross margin expansion and $8M in recurring annual EBITDA savings- Operational Transformation: Reengineered end-to-end supply chain to support $1B in revenue scalability; reduced logistics costs from 25% to 16% of net sales (900bps) and increased inventory fill rates from 75% to 98%- Exit Readiness: Led full NetSuite ERP implementation, GAAP remediation, and two successive PCAOB audits, establishing public-company-grade reporting infrastructure and internal control rigor aligned with L Catterton board expectations.

Education

• Harvard Business School

  Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategy, Execution, and Post-Merge, Business Administration and Management, General

• Harvard Business School

  Advanced Leadership for Senior Executives, Business Administration and Management, General

• USC Marshall School of Business

  Executive Program for the Food Industry, Foodservice Systems Administration/Management

  2016 — 2016

• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

  MBA, Finance Specialty

  1996 — 1996

• Tecnológico de Monterrey

  MBA, Finance

  1994 — 1996

• Harvard Business School

  Strategy: Building and Sustaining a Competitive Advantage

• Harvard Business School

  Strategic Negotiations: Dealmaking for the Long Term, Business Administration and Management, General

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Emerging CFO Leadership Program, Finance and Leadership

  2018 — 2018

• The Wharton School

  Global Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

• Harvard Business School

  Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Budgets
• Finance
• Executive Management
• Financial Modeling
• Income Statement
• Valuation
• Funding
• Business Planning
• Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Marketing
• Six Sigma
• P&L Management
• Financial Planning
• New Business Development
• Strategy
• Auditing
• Forecasting
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Business Development
• Start-Ups
• Joint Ventures
• Erp
• Process Improvement
• Due Diligence
• Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• P&L
• Negotiation
• Pricing
• P
• Variance Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Acquisition Integration
• Cash Flow
• Divestitures
• Analysis