Andrew Wulf
US, 32, building European operations for agribusiness multinational, co-founded reforestation firm in Panama
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.plantingempowerment.com |
| Industries: | Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Databases, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Spanish, Windows, Windows applications |
| Next step: | Currently managing teams across diverse cultures in N. Europe, S. Europe, N. Africa and South Africa with European headquarters in the Netherlands. Next step will be continuing work in reforestation impact investing (Planting Empowerment), and further multinational agribusiness fieldwork. |
| Location: | the Netherlands |
| Groups: | Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10 |
| Visas: | USA, the Netherlands, Panama |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | agribusiness, bay area, cycling, international development, international relations, Latin America, panama, Peace Corps, reforestation, Running, spain |
| Schools: | Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, University of California System - Los Angeles |
FEATURED STARTUP
Planting Empowerment
Planting Empowerment
Planting Empowerment creates sustainable solutions to rainforest reforestation. Through innovative partnerships between poor landowners, indigenous communities and impact investors, bio-diversity and prosperty thrive in critical conservation hotspots
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Stage: Growth
FULL BIO
BA from UCLA (2002), major Int'l Econ and Spanish Lit.; MBA from Thunderbird (2008), focus Int'l Strategy and Development; Mgmt Rotation with #1 berry multinational Driscoll's (2008-10); Manager Supply and Strategic Planning with Driscoll's (2010-current); Co-founder of Planting Empowerment (2006-present)
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Driscoll’s |
| Position: | Manager of Supply and Strategic Planning |
| Time period: | June 2008 - May 2011 |
| Description: | In Driscoll’s first rotational program, gained a wide breadth of knowledge through Finance, International Operations, and Product Business Management departments, working and coordinating with diverse teams throughout company.
Within Product Business Management team, managed various internal resources to successfully direct 9 different regional production areas, representing $37 million in revenue, $5.7 million over Budget for corresponding time period. Worked across cultural boundaries with Chilean partners to improve financial management tools, grower settlement. Supported Finance department in profit margin analysis, budget process, grower returns, capital investment support. Currently managing diverse teams throughout Europe and Africa in supply coordination with European operations headquarters based in the Netherlands. |
| Employer: | Driscoll’s |
| Position: | Business Analyst |
| Time period: | May 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | Introduced new consumer-based performance metric, Net Promoter Score, to senior level executives, resulting in likely company-wide adoption to more accurately measure performance-to-date and future growth potential.
Constructed new marketing regression analysis to measure production impacts on worldwide market trends, thereby creating a more precise forecasting capability and improved budgetary allocation. Built spreadsheet structure behind new financial report to develop streamlined profitability estimation and helped design innovative production forecasting model in order to improve company sales and marketing positions. |
| Employer: | Planting Empowerment, S.A. |
| Position: | Co-founder and Strategic Advisor |
| Time period: | November 2006 - September 2009 |
| Description: | Launched sustainable forestry company and non-profit based in Panama and New York, raising new impact investment capital to fund innovative business model, partnering with poor and indigenous rainforest communities in reforestation.
Working across diverse stakeholders including local government, non-profits, the U.N., investors, poor farmers and indigenous communities to build from ground-up, resulting in native species reforestation in Darien rainforest. |
| Employer: | Peace Corps, Panama |
| Position: | Ag-Business Consultant / Project Manager |
| Time period: | May 2003 - May 2006 |
| Description: | Designed and managed first market research study of microfinance NGO, measuring product penetration among over 3,000 clients, which resulted in improved marketing and financial focus, as well as increased fundraising capabilities.
Created and led strategic business development efforts, resulting in a 30% growth in exportation of primary product (watermelons) in one growers’ association and the first-ever profitable exportation in a second association. Designed and directed business consulting training of 20 new Peace Corps volunteers, leading to potential impact on over 35 rural development groups and 4000 community members, earning “Outstanding Technical Trainer” Award. Supervised team of four expert survey practitioners in the implementation of difficult rural analysis survey. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | International Strategy and Development, MBA |
| University: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
| Time period: | 2002 |
| Degree: | International Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Avid distance runner/mountain biker |
| Hobbies: | world traveler |
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Planting Empowerment
Planting Empowerment creates sustainable solutions to rainforest reforestation. Through innovative partnerships between poor landowners, indigenous communities and impact investors, bio-diversity and prosperty thrive in critical conservation hotspots