Dean Karkazis

Dean Karkazis has held a variety of roles in the food and beverage industry since 2000. Dean began their career at Vitality Foodservice Inc as a Supply Chain & Warehouse Manager in 2000. In 2007, they joined Ubiquity Brands, LLC as a Manager - Materials Resource Planning and also joined McCain Foods USA in the same year as a Manager - Packaging Purchasing and a Manager - Plant Supply & Purchasing Systems. In 2010, they moved to Brookside Flavors and Ingredients and held the roles of Director of Operational Analytics and Strategic Initiatives, Director of Business Finance, and General Manager.

Dean Karkazis earned their MBA in Operations Management from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago between 1998 and 2000. Prior to that, they obtained a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign between 1994 and 1998.