Galen Karlan-Mason

Galen Karlan-Mason

Expert in retail-tech, grocery, CPG, digital personalization, product content, food data, nutrition data, & sustainability data - strategy and ops.

7 yrs experience · San Diego, CA · 10-20 hrs/week

About

Turned around failing maple syrup biz (VermontMapleSyrup.com) as fractional-CEO, growing revenue from $90K to $500K+ in under 1 year working 15 hours/week. Founded & run GreenChoice.co - the most comprehensive science-based nutritional and sustainability product attribution and ratings platform for food, with a database of 500K+ products and award-winning shelf-edge and e-commerce plugins enabling food retailers to instantly provide enriched product content, personalized healthy shopping, and food as medicine for hundreds of thousands of users in-store and online. Named by Google 1 of the 3 “Best Apps for Good” in the US, featured by Forbes, FastCompany, CNN, & Martha Stewart. MBA focusing in Sustainability from Brandeis University.

Skills

Amazon FBAConsumer BehaviorE-CommerceHealthMobile App DevelopmentNutritionRetailStrategic PartnershipsSustainabilityWeb Development

Experience

  • CEO · Vermont Maple Syrup01-01-2023 – 02-01-2024

    Turned around failing maple syrup biz (VermontMapleSyrup.com) as fractional-CEO, growing revenue from $90K to $500K+ in under 1 year working 15 hours/week.

  • CEO & Founder · GreenChoice01-01-2019

    Founded in 2019, GreenChoice.co has built the most comprehensive science-based nutritional and sustainability product attribution and ratings platform for food, with a database of 500,000+ products and award-winning shelf-edge and e-commerce plugins enabling food retailers to instantly provide enriched product content, personalized healthy shopping, and food as medicine for hundreds of thousands of consumers in-store and online. GreenChoice was named by Google one of the three “Best Apps for Good” in the U.S., featured by Forbes, FastCompany, CNN, Martha Stewart, and Boston Globe, and is backed by Katapult Ventures, BonBillo Ventures, the former-EVP of Stop & Shop, the founder of Custom Ink, the founder of Epidemico (acq. by Booz Allen Hamilton), and more.

Education

  • Brandeis UniversityMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Concentrating in Sustainability
  • Brandeis UniversityDual-BA in International Global Studies and Business, Concentrations in Real Estate & Environmental Studies

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