Kim Virtanen

Kim Virtanen serves as the Vice President of Commercial Enablement at Alside since September 2024. Prior experience includes roles such as Senior Director of Commercial Strategy & Growth at Republic National Distributing Company from 2022 to 2024 and Senior Director of Sales & Go-to-Market Transformation at Sysco between 2019 and 2021. During a significant tenure at PepsiCo from 2005 to 2019, positions included Head of National Foodservice Distributor Account Sales, Senior Director of Sales Transformation, and Market Director. Earlier experience includes serving as a Technical Sales Account Manager at United Technologies from 2000 to 2005. Educational credentials feature a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from SMU Cox School of Business.