Providing proven process management solutions is only deliverable by having the right team in place. The staff at HSFA is uniquely qualified to bring greater efficiency to your operation and maximum value to every dollar.
Senior Managing Partner
Before establishing HFSA in 2006, Tom Stewart spent more than thirty years working in the foodservice industry, including more than twenty in multi-unit account contract management. His strategic insight, penchant for organizational improvement, and ability to manage highly complex trade relationships led to successful tenures at the industry’s leading food service companies, including DMA, Alliant Foodservice, and U.S. Foodservice.
Today, Tom’s expertise is squarely focused on providing superior value for HFSA clients. By establishing strong relationships with the best distributors and suppliers, streamlining processes and advancing communication, he continues to help define the future of our industry.
Senior Analyst
Connie Billington’s more than 30 years in the foodservice industry include positions with Premier, Inc. and Foodbuy, LLC. She has worked in account management, contract negotiation and administration, and supply chain management. As a result, she brings an especially well informed perspective to her duties as senior analyst for both HFSA and our affiliate, Axis Purchasing. Passionate about foodservice and its ever-changing possibilities and opportunities, Connie and her team provide outstanding customer, manufacturer, and program analytics, including conversion opportunity and program compliance analysis.
Purchasing Specialists
Invado, Inc. Procurement Division provides consultation services to Axis Foodspend Solutions. The support for HFSA involves providing a liaison to the manufacturing community as well as overall short-term and long-term strategic planning. The Procurement Division of Invado also provides support to a large investment firm on Wall Street as well as close-out sale/excess inventory support.
Southern California
Rich Leivenberg has joined Healthcare Foodservice Sourcing Advantage (HFSA) as its Southern California Regional Manager. Leivenberg will be the sales and marketing liaison between HFSA and its restaurant, healthcare, distributor and manufacturing customers in the Southern California area. Leivenberg, who most recently was Executive Vice President of Jody Maroni’s Sausage Kingdom, brings more than 20 years of foodservice sales and marketing experience to HFSA.