Our Associates
Pallidan Partners is fortunate to have a trusted network of
business, financial, technical, and human resource
professionals, most of whom are former principals of our company. These specialists are engaged on an as-needed basis to meet your specific
project needs on a cost effective basis. There is no better "Board of
Directors" on the planet. Jerry
Wright
Associate 
Mr. Wright was President/CEO of Norsun Foods and prior to that was President/CEO
of Authentic Specialty Foods. He is the former VP General Manager of Embasa Foods, and served as a board member of two
inter- national food corporations. He has held executive positions
with General Mills and H.J. Heinz. He has successfully introduced over 22 new
retail products and has
lead both domestic and international turnarounds. He speaks fluent Spanish.
Mr. Wright has both his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Brigham Young University.
He focuses on Pallidan Partners’ retail marketing, strategic planning, international,
acquisition and consolidation issues.
Raun Singleton
Associate 
Mr. Singleton is an experienced financial leader.
He was Sr. VP & CFO of Weber’s Four-S Baking Company,
Martino’s Bakery, and CFO of Sara Lee Fresh Bakery. Prior to that
Raun was GM and Controller of Carriage
House Foods and held key finance positions with Foster Farms, Albertson’s and
Clover Club Foods. Mr. Singleton
has managed turnaround and rapid growth companies. He has built infrastructure
for large and small, private and public companies. Raun holds a
B.S. degree in Accounting from Weber State University and an M.B.A. from Golden
Gate University.
Mr. Singleton confers on all
financial aspects of Pallidan Partners. This
includes raising investment capital, financial analysis of turnaround or
acquisition candidates, developing annual and long-range operating plans,
working capital strategies, corporate integration, hands-on financial management and
business model development.
Robert Henry
Associate 
Mr. Henry introduced SK Foods to the Foodservice market, developing their
product lines and sales network. As a first year supplier, SK Foods was named as
the "Manufacturer of the Year" by Dominos Pizza. Prior to joining SK Foods as
Executive VP, he served Hunt-Wesson Foods as Senior Vice President
of Sales. He created the National Accounts Sales Organization at Hunt-Wesson and
led that division to sales leadership in the Foodservice Industry. Mr. Henry has a
B.S. from the University of Iowa. He watches Pallidan Partners’ sales and business development interests.
Tom Underhill
Associate 
Mr. Underhill is President of Creative Continuum, Inc., a creative sales
think-tank. Prior to that, he was VP of Marketing Technologies at
Yes Online, Inc. Mr. Underhill is a specialist in turning product benefits into
compelling sales programs. He is also an expert in data based marketing. Tom has
a track record of developing sales campaigns that work. We consider him our
"Creative Spark". Mr. Underhill studied biochemistry at California
State University at Fullerton. Tom leads our creative sales area and also
oversees development of all our sales materials and printed media.
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