Overview
Brian Updegraff has been appointed director of financial planning and analysis for Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI — The Food Industry Association. In his new role, he will guide the SQFI team in developing and executing financial strategies while collaborating on revenue initiatives to support the global food safety and certification program.
“Brian comes to SQFI with a proven track record of supporting cross-functional business units, both at a corporate level, as well as in the field,” said SQFI Chief Food Safety Assessment Officer and SVP Gigi Vita. “I look forward to his contributions and leadership.”
Responsibilities
- Guide the SQFI team in developing and executing financial strategies.
- Collaborate on revenue initiatives to support the global food safety and certification program.
Qualifications
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis.
- Spent 24 years at Amtrak in leadership roles; most recently senior director of operations, financial planning and analysis, coordinating and managing planning, forecasting and financial reporting activities.
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
- Lives in Fulton, MD; will regularly collaborate with the Arlington, VA-based SQFI team.
About FMI/SQFI
FMI administers the SQF program, a global food safety and quality certification and management system. The SQFI mission is to deliver consistent, globally recognized food safety and quality certification programs that are based on sound scientific principles, applied across all industry sectors and valued by all stakeholders.
As the food industry association, Arlington, Va.-based FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — retailers, producers and service providers — to amplify the collective work of the industry.
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