Columbia Distributing Of Seattle LLC CEO and leadership

Chris Steffanci is a VP:Central Region at Heineken UK and is based in Greater Seattle Area. He has worked as VP:Northeast Region at Heineken UK, Sales Director at Diageo, and Chief Operating Officer at Pabst Brewing Company. Chris works or has worked as President at Columbia Distributing. He studied at Plymouth State University between 1992 and 1996.

Dave Stander is a Chief Operating Officer at Columbia Distributing and is based in Washington, District of Columbia. He has worked as SVP Business Development at Columbia Distributing, Principal at CAT Corp., and National Account Director at Heineken. Dave works or has worked as General Manager at Premium Distributors.

Strategic oriented and tactically accountable IT and logistics executive. Equally skilled leading Operations, Information Technology, and Transformation organizations. Significant experience in customer facing roles (both account management and sales). Global experience leading internationally distributed employees and partner/vendors.

Particularly effective identifying and cultivating talent to create energized, engaged, diverse and high performing work groups. Effective presenter and communicator in all mediums. Comfortable leading and supporting significant change and organizational transformation efforts.

MBA specializing in Supply Chain Management and Strategy

Certifications and Proficiencies: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification; Lean Office; Six Sigma Green Belt; Business Process Mapping; IT Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing; Department Budgeting and Planning; Financial Analysis; Leadership Development; Operations Management; Contract Negotiation; Vendor Management; Integration; Enterprise Software.

Specialties: Technology Strategic Planning; Business Process Re-engineering and Transformation; IT Governance & Best Practices; IT Cost Allocation and Pricing Strategy; Matrixed Organizations; IT Organizational Development; Lean for the Professional Services Environment