July 19, 2021
Tanimura & Antle announced strategic changes, additions and promotions within its sales team to position itself for strategic growth. The company has hired new key sales team members, reorganized existing sales staff and promoted vital sales team members.
Karen Pflaum
Tom Ryan and Rick Dacey have joined the company’s new dedicated regional sales team as regional sales managers, reporting to Senior Director of Regional Sales Karen Pflaum. Ryan served as a regional sales manager for Tanimura & Antle previously from 2005 to 2014. For the past few years, Ryan has been representing a number of produce companies independently, such as the Organic Grower Summit, Grower Network and Del Fresco Produce. Dacey served as director of eastern region sales for Earthbound Farms for nearly 13 years and has since worked for State Garden/Olivia’s Organics, Pero Family Farms and JBS as a regional sales representative.
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4th generation family member returns to Tanimura & Antle
Grower shipper Tanimura & Antle welcomes back a fourth generation family member, Brian Antle, as the company’s executive vice-president of sales. Antle will oversee the sales department and business development for the company’s fresh produce.
“I m excited to return full time to Tanimura & Antle and look forward to the opportunities and the future that lies ahead. I enjoyed the opportunities I have been given to learn our family and employee-owned business from the ground up and look forward to working with our sales team to apply that full-picture knowledge,” said Antle.
May 11, 2021
Salinas Valley legacy grower-shipper Tanimura & Antle announced the return of fourth-generation family member Brian Antle as the company’s executive vice president of sales. In his new role, Antle will oversee the sales department and business development for the company’s premium fresh produce.
Brian Antle
“I’m excited to return full time to a position at Tanimura & Antle and look forward to the opportunities and the future that lies ahead taking on this new role. I have enjoyed the opportunities I have been given to learn our family and employee-owned business from the ground up and now look forward to working with our sales team to apply that full picture knowledge in a positive way,” said Antle. “Having an understanding of the total process from seed to sales allows us to pivot quickly and find unconventional solutions for some of today’s complex issues.”