Judy Glass

About Judy Glass

Passionate, innovative and results driven food industry professional, specializing in delivering from concept through commercialization. Demonstrated expertise in combining technical aspects of R&D with business acumen to drive exceptional results. Extremely collaborative, recognized for building and leading high performing, cross functional teams. Category experience in beverages, salad dressings, macaroni & cheese dinners, cultured dairy products, pasta sauces and marinades. Specialties: • Product and Process Innovation • Consumer Research and Insights Application • Blending of Culinary Arts and Food Science • Project Management • Creative Problem Solver/Critical Thinker • Comfortable with Ambiguity

Experience

1. Vice President Operations

   Meez Meals

   Jan 2012 — Present · Evanston, IL

   Meez Meals, started in 2010, is the premier home delivery meal kit service that allows consumers to rediscover home cooking by delivering ready-to-cook ingredients for creative and healthy meals. Major role is setting the strategic direction for Operations that enables the execution of day-to-day activities to deliver the highest quality meals to our consumers, while navigating ongoing growth of Meez. Over the last 3 years, Meez deliveries have grown 400%.• Managed the design and build out of a new facility that enabled us to deliver against the growth of our member base• Established a staffing strategy that reflects current state of business and allows for expansion. • Identified and built Operations management team that ensures production meets highest level of quality standards. • Ongoing collaboration with the Executive Chef in recipe development, identifying suppliers for ingredient sourcing and managing costs to achieve financial targets while delivering 5 star recipes.• Monitoring all production and business processes to ensure most efficient use of resources and provide guidance to Operations team to change course as needed.

Education

• Roosevelt University

  MBA

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  M.S. Food Science and Nutrition

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  B.S.