Alieu Stephen Kafoe

About Alieu Stephen Kafoe

My professional journey spans 23+ years at the intersection of operational excellence, strategic transformation, and doctoral-level research from quality assurance and product innovation on the factory floor to executive consulting, peer-reviewed scholarship, and international conference presentations. I began my career in quality management at Heineken International, leading the foundational work for Sierra Leone Brewery\'s ISO 9001 and ISO certifications, embedding new organizational behaviors and linking process discipline to measurable business outcomes. Over a decade at Heineken, I progressed through occupational health and safety, production and product innovation, project management, and national sales leadership, ultimately growing total market share from 32% to 52.3% as Sales Director through organizational redesign, CRM adoption, and supply chain transformation. As Innovations Manager at Endress+Hauser SE+Co. At KG (Germany), I developed a strategic foresight roadmap projecting the organizational impacts of Digitalization on the Food and Beverage industry through 2030+ and contributed to the development of the LiquiTrend QMW43 Quality Monitor and Fermentation Monitor (QWX43), translating emerging technology intelligence into competitive product strategy. At Pivotal Initiatives LLC and as COO and EOS Integrator at Urban Growler Brewing Company, I deepened my expertise in organizational change management: designing readiness assessments, building stakeholder communication strategies, delivering capability-building training, and measuring adoption outcomes tied to business KPIs. As a Management Consultant, I provide strategic counsel to global decision-makers on strategic & innovation management, operations, supply chain, sales, and transformation challenges.I am a DBA Candidate at Marymount University (Business Intelligence; Dissertation: Purple Ocean Strategy in Non-Alcoholic Beverage MNCs) and hold an MBA with Distinction from Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. My peer-reviewed scholarship, published in the Land Forces Academy Review, RAIS Journal for Social Sciences, and IGI Global, spans organizational agility, competitive strategy, supply chain resilience, healthcare transformation, and geopolitical risk. I have presented at SEDSI 2026 and SEINFORMS 2025 and serve as an Invited Expert Reviewer for the UK Government Metascience Unit and SPRU at the University of Sussex. Minnesota, USA | Serving clients nationally and globally Book a 30-minute strategy call: calendly.com/stephenkafoe

Experience

1. Expert

   GLG

   Jul 2023 — Present · MN, US

   As a GLG Expert, I bring 23 years of experience in the Food & Beverage industry as well as Process Automation Industry to help clients solve some of their toughest business challenges around process control in production, supply chain operations and freight transportation.GLG is the world’s insight network. It connects decision makers to the right experts so they can act with the confidence that comes from true clarity and have what it takes to get ahead. Its network of experts is the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise.

Education

• Marymount University

  Doctor of Business Administration (DBA Candidate), Business Intelligence | Organizational Strategy | Change Management

• University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College

  B.Sc. Hons Chemistry, Chemistry

  1998 — 2003

• Institute of Brewing & Distilling

  Diploma in Brewing (Dipl. Brew.), Brewing Science

  2010 — 2011

• Hochschule Furtwangen

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)- Distinction, International Business Management

Skills

• Customer Service
• New Business Development
• Negotiation
• Sales
• Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Retail
• Sales Management
• Management