Gary Sebek

Bio

Gary Sebek is a well rounded consumer products operator having served as CFO and CEO in several industry leading, high growth companies. His experience integrates a background in executive business administration, strategic development, operations and corporate finance including P&L/balance sheet management, annual/strategic planning process leadership, capital structure strategies implementation, large scale information systems deployment and supply chain transformation. Gary's mergers and acquisitions experience includes having bought, sold, recapitalized and financed several consumer products companies. With experience in corporate finance since 1992 and consumer goods in the natural and organic industry from 1999 to 2007, Gary joined Aurora Organic Dairy as CFO in 2005 to direct all corporate finance, assist in the development of strategic planning and manage corporate banking and financing relationships. He co-led the evolution of private label organic milk with four fold (4x) revenue growth while leading all corporate banking and equity funding initiatives, which totaled more than $80 million. Gary was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2006 while continuing in the CFO role. Previously, Gary served as President and CEO of Rudi's Organic Bakery, leading the 26x growth from $2 million to $52 million including the merger and integration of 3 smaller organic bread brands to form Charter Baking where he was President and COO. During this time, he led the formation of a national warehouse and DSD distribution system, automation and expansion/relocation of bakery and corporate offices and overtaking established competitors to become the leading market share natural/organic brand. This achieved a significant exit for Company shareholders. Gary was formerly the CFO at Rudi's and began his career in public accounting with KPMG. He serves as a member of the board of directors or observer of gDiapers and Tasty Bite. Gary holds a B.A. in Accounting from DePaul University (Chicago, IL) and his CPA certification under the University of Illinois. He received his M.B.A. specializing in Business Development and Operations from the University of Colorado.