Operio Group
Deb Blackwell.
Fort Worth-based Operio Group, an emerging holding company building a global body of brands supplying and supporting the solid dose manufacturing industry, announced on Wednesday the hiring of Deb Blackwell as chief revenue officer.
“I am really excited to have Deb Blackwell join our team,” said CEO Alastair Sanderson in a statement. “I feel like she adds a perspective, background, and experience to Operio Group that will really propel us forward.”
An accomplished executive, Blackwell has an extensive record of facilitating top sales and marketing as well as building high-performance teams in the food, beverage, CPG and SaaS industries, according to a press release. Her expertise lies in brand management, retail/food service, direct, broker, warehouse and DSD leadership experience. She has also demonstrated the ability to manage budgets in excess of $400 million and a proven history of developing high performing sales teams and implementing successful strategies to generate revenue growth at Coca-Cola, Unilever, Mondelez, Kraft, Cadbury, Procter & Gamble and Fresh Technology, Inc.
“It thrills me that Deb is not from [the solid dose] industry. Operio Group is working to bring a new offering to our customers and meet their unmet challenges in new ways,” Sanderson said. “Deb’s lateral thinking and fresh eyes allow her to more objectively solve these issues at hand.”
“My belief is that our core values and vision for the organization are fully aligned,” Blackwell said. “I bring a unique perspective to business that can accelerate our growth, enrich our culture and set our customers up for success as a single-source solution.”
The company said the hiring advances its endeavors to expand and strengthen its position in the global solid dose manufacturing industry.
“By understanding that manufacturing is supported not by machinery vendors, tooling providers or ingredient suppliers but rather by the combination of these, Operio Group brings expertise and support that sets us apart and allows us to set new standards,” said Blackwell.