A team committed to quality.

Dan hoskins

President and Chief Executive Officer

Widely regarded as a category professional as well as a start-up and growth expert, Hoskins brings to Sundia more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry.

Hoskins was previously with Odwalla, Inc., where he led the sales and distribution organization that turned the regional brand into a preeminent, nationwide fresh juice brand and natural foods leader. In 1996, when tainted apple juice resulted in a massive product recall, his stellar crisis management skills enabled the company to regain profitability within three quarters and garnered him recognition among industry leaders and business schools throughout the country.

Hoskins food and beverage career began at the Pepsi Cola Company. Between Odwalla and Sundia, he spent a stint at Hello Direct, Inc. where he honed his skills in leading organizations through change, redefining roles and responsibilities, and establishing effective and efficient processes.

Hoskins holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from The University of California, Berkeley, where he was also a member of the Men's Varsity Swim and Crew teams. He is also a graduate of several prestigious executive development programs, including the Pepsi Cola Executive Management Institute and the Dale Carnegie Sales and Leadership Training Program.

Brandt Lincoln

Chief Financial Officer

Brandt oversees finance and accounting for Sundia. Previously, he was the CFO of several consumer companies. The first was a privately-held fashion design firm for retailers such as Target and WalMart followed by a venture-backed photo company that produced photo gifts and prints for major retailers and online affiliates. More recently, he was the CFO of a San Francisco winery where the customer was the winemaker. Brandt began his career in investment banking, focusing on M&A, leveraged buyouts and public equity offerings. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and can often be spotted mountain biking, skiing, or trail running in the High Sierra when not
analyzing numbers.

Anne Thys

Vice President of Operations

Anne manages Sundia's international and domestic logistics as well as Sundia's Customer Service team. Anne's background is in manufacturing and operations and she has worked for companies ranging from the textile and furniture industries to those serving the computer, aerospace, and nuclear industries. Anne attended the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Graduate Business, Charlottesville, and is an avid skier.

Mark Sherburne

Vice President of Sales

Mark has extensive food industry experience with several US food companies including Nestle USA, Ocean Spray, POM Wonderful, Vitasoy and Ken’s Foods on regional, national and international basis. He has held senior level positions for Fortune 50 companies as well as start-up/entrepreneurial ventures which brings just the mix of experience that Sundia needs to build on its strong sales growth momentum.

During his 12 years at Nestle USA, he was the Team Leader for New England as well as managing Publix, Super Valu, Office Supply and the Club Store channel. Mark served as the National Director of Private Label, Export, DSD and Club Stores at Ken’s Foods for four years. He also spent several years at POM Wonderful initially as their Eastern Sales Director before becoming Director of Sales-North America. At POM, Mark had extensive involvement in produce, logistics, co-packing and distribution. Mark also served as General Manager of Ocean Spray’s Fresh Produce initiative and as Director of Sales-Marketing-Logistics at The Currant Company. Most recently, Mark was the Director of North American Sales for Vitasoy.

He attended Providence College, earning a bachelor’s degree in Finance and was a Varsity member of the NCAA Division I Hockey team. He also completed his MBA at Rivier College.

Kathleen Gilbert

Vice President of Food Safety, Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs

Kathleen has been in the Food Industry for 25 years. She has worked for The Pillsbury Co., The Quaker Oats Co. and has been the President and Founder of FSS Corp, a Food Safety Consulting Business, for the past 16 years. Kathleen also has conducted an accredited HACCP training program thru the International HACCP Alliance and has been a certified auditor and consultant for several of the GFSI auditing schemes as well as YUM! Brands Food Safety and Quality Systems, Costco, Quizno’s, McDonalds HACCP and GMA SAFE. Kathleen holds a certification for thermal processing, which includes; aseptic packaging, acid foods, acidified foods and low acid canned foods.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and Business from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her work experience includes field to table experience, from GAP (Good Ag Practices) to frozen and thermal process packaging, milling and dry packaging to Juice and fruit and vegetable processing. Kathleen is qualified as a Six Sigma Champion thru ASQ and is a member of ASQ, holding a certificate as a Certified Quality Auditor. Kathleen resides in Wisconsin with her family where she enjoys her horses and life in the country. Kathleen prides herself on good communication, a positive attitude and loves to work with a diverse work staff.

Bradford S. Oberwager

Founder and Chairman

Brad Oberwager has been leading consumer products companies since 1997.

Prior to founding Sundia Corporation in 2004, Oberwager served as CEO of OpenWebs, a SoftBank Company, until the company was sold to CarParts Technologies. Oberwager came to OpenWebs through SoftBank Venture Capital where he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence assisting in the formation of start-ups while also building on his knowledge in “start-up” how-to’s.

Previously, he served as chief operating officer of more.com, a company he founded and which brought pharmacies and drugstores online until its acquisition. Before that, Oberwager was CEO and founder of Acumins, a patent recipient for new manufacturing and marketing techniques in the nutritional supplement field; Acumins was bought by Drugstore.com.

Brad holds an MBA in Strategic & Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School and a degree in finance from Georgetown University.