Shelby Zafiropoulos

Shelby Zafiropoulos, MBA, has a diverse background in finance and consulting. Shelby currently serves as the Business Unit Finance Leader for the Pasta Division at 8th Avenue Food & Provisions. In this role, they are responsible for providing financial leadership and strategic planning to drive sustainable growth.

Prior to their current position, Shelby worked as the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at 8th Avenue Food & Provisions. Shelby built monthly and quarterly financial presentations for the board of directors, highlighting progress towards sustainable growth. Shelby also led the annual budgeting process for over $100 million in SG&A expenses, implementing Workday Adaptive for planning collaboration.

Before joining 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Shelby was a Consultant and Engagement Manager at Maryville Consulting Group. Shelby managed client engagements with Fortune 250 global organizations, consolidating information technology expense reporting and training IT managers to improve solution development and communication with business stakeholders. Shelby also directed a consulting project that consolidated over $100 million in global IT expenses into reporting and budgeting systems.

Shelby's experience also includes working as an Executive Financial Analyst at Mid America Logistics. Shelby developed an analytics platform to improve executive team data-driven decisions and led restructuring strategy planning for the $100 million+ revenue firm.

Additionally, Shelby has experience at Anheuser-Busch InBev, where they held several roles including Senior Analyst, Regional Logistics Forecaster, and Logistic Coordinator. In these positions, they managed sales forecasting, achieved forecast accuracy targets, and improved process standardization and local competitive advantage.

Overall, Shelby Zafiropoulos brings a wealth of financial and consulting expertise, with a track record of driving growth, optimizing operations, and achieving financial targets.

Shelby Zafiropoulos, MBA, obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School, graduating in 2021. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BSBA) in Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia, completing their degree in 2014. In addition to their formal education, they obtained the certification of Apptio Elite TBMA Practitioner in April 2020 from Apptio.