Jamie Valenti-Jordan is the Program Manager for the Food Finance Institute, which provides business resources and training for food & ag entrepreneurs. Prior to this, he has spent his 20 year career at Campbell Soup, Del Monte Foods, and JUST in process R&D, engineering, and operations before starting Catapult Commercialization Services Inc, an 80-person consulting group focused on providing technical and operational solutions for food and beverage companies. During his career, he has installed over $100M in capital equipment, commercialized over 2000 products, and received a patent in tomato peeling. He teaches Food Engineering and Food Processing at Mount Mary University. He serves on the Board of Directors for IFT and is a strong advocate for emerging and scaling brands. He also serves as Den Leader for his son and Dungeon Master for his weekly D&D campaign.