Outfox Management Team
Ed Tatro, Founder and CEO
Ed is the founder of Outfox Solutions and a seasoned entrepreneur and corporate executive with over 35 years of operations and consulting experience. His experience has included P&L responsibility, venture capital start up and direct responsibility for large scale e-commerce project implementations. In a consulting capacity he has successfully created and contemporized information systems and telecommunications organizations in response to new business strategies.
In a consulting capacity, he has successfully completed projects developing technology solutions for leading companies in the consumer packaged goods (CPG), and food services (restaurant) industries. He has led the development of technologies and markets for Enterprise Application Integrated (EAI) solutions used in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). He has assisted Internet software providers in solving complex e-commerce supply chain implementations involving over 60,000 small and medium size Asian suppliers.
He spent over 15 years with General Foods and Kraft Foods in a variety of senior management positions. Significant accomplishments included providing business and technical leadership in solving complex Supply Chain issues enabling the Company and customers to better manage inventories and customer demand. Several programs with major customers resulted in a 28 day average reduction of on hand inventory. While with General Foods, Ed had a key business planning and implementation role for improving food handling quality control of frozen and refrigerated products.
In a senior information management consulting role for Avon Products, Ed was responsible for revitalizing and modernizing the Company’s information technology infrastructure including successfully planning, re-engineering and implementing the Company’s Supply Chain Management system. This implementation generated over $15 million in annual out of pocket savings.
Ed managed a $100 million dollar retail home furnishings chain, designed and staffed several technical outsourcing organizations for private investors and has provided consulting services to Fortune 500 telecommunication companies. He has served on the board of several small and medium size companies.
He began his career with Price Waterhouse (Price Waterhouse – Coopers) and accomplishments included directing and developing the firm’s management consulting practice for the Connecticut region.
