Chris Williams has over 15 years of experience in meat production operations. He is currently Sr Vice President of Operations and Business Development at Pineland Farms Natural Meats in New Gloucester, Maine where manages an adept group of people that raise and produce some of the finest natural beef products in the US. Under this umbrella of oversight are operations associated with whole carcass butchery, all sales and marketing efforts, research and development, and Pineland’s first production facility which he designed and helped to open in 2020. Chris was responsible for the processing layout and equipment selection, recruitment of a close-knit team, and designing and developing food safety systems.