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This list showcases the top New York based COO’ operating in the Food and Beverage space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Letta
COO and General Partner of Human Ventures
Michael Letta is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Human Ventures. Michael comes to Human Ventures from charity: water where he served as CFO. He was hired by the founder to lead various finance, operations and administrative functions through a rapid expansion of the organization from $9M to $45M in annual revenue; where headcount grew from 20 to 75 employees, and the unique supporter base from 56K to more than 700K. During this same period, collective fundraising efforts brought in more than $175M of both working capital and international investment funding. The latter will help bring more than 6M people in 24 developing countries clean, safe drinking water. Prior to charity: water, Michael led teams at Thomson Media and Deloitte. He’s a CPA and holds a BS/BA from The Ohio State University.
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About Human Ventures: Human Ventures is a business creation platform, comprised of a venture fund, studio and enterprise agency.
Sam Avshalom
COO of Variety Fun
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About Variety Fun: Variety Fun is an online a monthly subscription-based snack foods delivery service for business and home.
Alex Wolf
COO of AF Ventures
Alex manages AF’s daily operations, including marketing, recruiting, and business development. Prior to joining AccelFoods, Alex worked in non-profit development and marketing. Alex holds a Masters in Food Studies with a concentration in sustainable food systems from New York University and a B.S. in Environmental Studies from the Parsons School of Design at The New School. Hailing from Alaska, office legend has it that Alex can catch a wild salmon with his bare hands while standing in the snow barefoot.
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About AF Ventures: AF Ventures invests in visionary founders building authentic, next-generation consumer brands driving omnichannel innovation.
Sarah Sanders
Co-Founder, COO & Board Member of Native
Sarah Sanders is a co-founder at Native AgTech, a B2B platform designed to democratize agricultural data. Previously, Sarah was a territory account executive at Toast. Sarah Sanders holds a bachelor of business administration degree in management from the University of Kentucky.
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About Native: A platform using A.I. to understand consumer preferences and helping companies create products that people love!
Tracy Luckow
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Whipnotic
Tracy Luckow is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Whip & Whimsy.
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About Whipnotic: Revolutionizing Whipped Cream. Whipnotic is a whipped cream company that aims to disrupt and modernize through flavor, color, and health.
Ted Snyder
Co-Founder & COO of Hiline Coffee
Ted is a born entrepreneur with a passion for great value and customer service. Always a bundle of natural energy, he is a decaf drinker. He’s never satisfied with second best and insists that we deliver the same quality and service to our customers that he demands as a customer himself.
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About Hiline Coffee: HiLine’s mission is to offer delicious & finest coffee on earth, named after our favorite spots in our hometown New York.
Adam DeMartino
Co-Founder / COO of Smallhold
Cofounder and COO of Smallhold.
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About Smallhold: Smallhold is a farming technology company that provides automated, modular remotely-managed, and subscription-based growing systems.
Brett Spiegel
COO of Koala
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About Fuzz Productions, Koala: A customer experience platform for restaurants.
Madhuri Sharma
Co-founder and COO of Global Belly
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About Global Belly: Global Belly is the first platform that monetizes the reach and IP of food influencers, by launching their branded products.
Britton Smith
COO of Sanavi
Britton Smith joined Gotham Consulting Partners as Senior Vice President in 2020.
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About Gotham Consulting Partners, Sanavi: Sanavi is the first organically flavored sparkling Spring water in the market.
Devin Cohen
Founder & COO of Timetab
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About Timetab: Timetab is a mobile app where users can find a bar, order beverages, and pay their tabs.
Shannon Diesch
COO / Co-Founder of Solar Flare
Shannon Diesch is the COO and co-founder of Solar Flare.
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About Solar Flare: Solar Flare is a food company that created products that have flown to the ISS and whose founders attract massive media attention.
Claudio Locascio
COO of Joyride Coffee Distributors
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About Joyride Coffee Distributors: Joyride is better beverage: better tasting, better for you, better for the environment, and better for your bottom line
Joseph Cardin
Chief Operating Officer of NOMU Inc
Joseph Cardin brings his over 10 years of project, product, and operational management experience, often times playing all three roles at once, to NOMU. His experience comes from both large corporations, like Key Bank and Kaplan University, as well as his latest role at startup Trilogy Education Services. Joseph earned his MBA in 2011 and is also PMP certified. He works out of New York City where he has loved living for the past 6 years, right up there with his love of CrossFit.
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About NOMU Inc: On Demand Drink Ordering App for Nightclubs, Bars, Restaurants, and Hospitality Venues.
George Dimitrov
COO of Oxalis
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About Box2Table, Oxalis: Oxalis offers varieties of tea, premium coffee, dried fruits and energy bars.
Bobbie Lloyd
Chief Baking Officer & COO of Magnolia Bakery
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About Magnolia Bakery, Magnolia Bakery: Magnolia Bakery is a pastry shop, best known for cupcakes and banana pudding.
Daniel Cody
Chief Operating Officer of SnagMobile
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About SnagMobile: SnagMobile offers software apps that bring restaurant menu directly to customer’s phone.
William Finkelstein
CFO/COO of Happy Tree Maple Water
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About Happy Tree Maple Water: Leading organic treewater manufacturer
William Finkelstein
CFO/COO of Happy Tree Maple Water
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About Happy Tree Maple Water: Leading organic treewater manufacturer