LiDestri Food and Drink
Kevin Lause has extensive experience in IT management and leadership roles. Kevin served as the Sr Director of IT at LiDestri Food & Drink, where they led the development and implementation of IT strategies, improved customer satisfaction, and ensured security resilience. Prior to that, they were the Information Services Manager at Reliant Community Federal Credit Union, where they managed the IT department and played a key role in the successful migration to new financial systems. Kevin also served as the Network Operations Manager at Sentry Group, overseeing global IT operations, managing budgets, and enforcing security policies. Kevin started their career as an IT Manager at PICS Telecom International, where they led network infrastructure maintenance and revamped systems to meet contemporary needs.
Kevin Lause obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology between 1995 and 1999. Additionally, they have acquired certifications such as "Knowing Self, Growing Others" from Leadership Coaching, Inc. in 2023 and "MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional" from Microsoft in 2013.
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LiDestri Food and Drink
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LiDestri Food & Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and then producing innovative food and beverage for national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs more than 1,200 people at five U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) and the most highly inventive retailer brands. In food, LiDestri has deep experience in making pasta sauces, salsas, dips and spreads, and in the beverage category, we manufacture juices, energy drinks, and milk products. We offer state-of-the-art processing, which is key to unlocking growth in the healthy and natural beverage market, including high pressure processing (HPP), cold fill aseptic and hot fill. Customers tell us they appreciate our commitment to creating the highest quality products using efficient state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and following the best manufacturing practices. Our Innovation Center provides our national brand and private label partners with the facilities, equipment, and expertise necessary to develop products from scratch in an environment that accurately simulates full-scale production. Our product development connoisseurs, certified tasters, process improvement experts, and packaging designers help our partners improve their existing products to craft and produce some amazing original offerings.