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Fred G. Lange |
Fred G. Lange has 37 years of private sector business experience in the Food and Beverage Industry, with the last 15 years as a consultant to small and large companies, including ConAgra Foods. His special focus has been in leading turnarounds and/or startups for companies. After earning a BS in Feed Science from Kansas State University, and an MBA from The Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, Fred began his Operations oriented career with The Pillsbury Company.
His business responsibilities increased rapidly to senior management, to include responsibility as CEO, COO, and Senior Vice President, where he had responsibility for the P & L of a Plant, Division, Multiple Plants and/or an entire Company. During his work experience, Fred completed 3 Greenfield Plant Projects – responsible for site selection, permitting, designing, building, staffing and startup of plants in California, Texas and North Dakota.
In the early 2000’s, Fred worked as an Adjunct Instructor for The University of Utah’s Business School; Westminster College’s Executive MBA Program, and UVSC’s Technology Management program.
As Director of the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for the State of Utah, he brings his many years of business; teaching; and consulting experiences to the responsibility of assisting small businesses grow through expansion of their sales with government contracts.