10 Leprino Foods operations leaders
Mark Cramer, Senior Vice President Operations and Technical Services at Leprino, heads this list of ten Leprino Foods operations leaders, joined by vice presidents of operations and production operations and directors running plants, production and warehousing. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Leprino Foods from people who have held the role.
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Brandon Carrier
LinkedInExperience: Director of Production Operations · Leprino
Brandon Carrier has been Director of Production Operations at Leprino since August 2023, based in Hanford, California, and was Production Manager there from 2021 to 2023. Brandon Carrier also held Cheese Department Manager, Quality Assurance - Sanitation Sr Supervisor and Warehouse Supervisor roles at Leprino from 2009 to 2021.
Gary Germaine
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Production Operations · Leprino
Gary Germaine has been Vice President of Production Operations at Leprino since September 2017, based in the Visalia-Hanford area, and was Vice President - Global Quality at Leprino Foods Company from 2015 to 2017. Gary Germaine was also Director of Quality Assurance at Leprino from 2010 to 2015 and Director of Operations at Land O'Lakes, Inc. from 2006 to 2010.
Ismail Khan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Plant Manager · Leprino
Ismail Khan has been Senior Director - Plant Manager at Leprino since August 2025, and the profile headline names the Waverly plant in New York. Ismail Khan held Director - Assistant Plant Manager at Leprino in 2025, Director - Cheese & Nutrition Process Engineering from 2021 to 2025 and Associate Director - Nutrition & Controls Engineering from 2020 to 2021.
Jim Grahlmann
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Leprino Foods
Jim Grahlmann was Vice President Operations at Leprino Foods from March 2014 to November 2020 and has listed Retired at Beginning Second Career since November 2020, based in Fountain Hills, Arizona. Jim Grahlmann was also Plant Manager at Remington 1816 from 2011 to 2014 and Vice President Operations at Conagra Brands from 2009 to 2011.
Joe Herrud, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Environmental Operations · Leprino
Joe Herrud, P.E., was Senior Director of Environmental Operations at Leprino from February 2012 to January 2023, and the profile lists biological wastewater treatment, capital project execution and regulatory support of cheese/whey/lactose production facilities. Joe Herrud was Maintenance Manager at General Mills from 2007 to 2012, based in Denver, Colorado.
Kevin Davis
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Warehousing, Inventory and Deployment · Leprino
Kevin Davis has been Director Global Warehousing, Inventory and Deployment at Leprino since July 2023, based in Brighton, Colorado, and held Director Global Transportation and Warehouse Operations there from 2021 to 2026. Kevin Davis also held Director Global Warehouse Operations at Leprino from 2018 to 2022 and Associate Director Warehouse Operations and Technical Services from 2014 to 2018.
Marc Rycroft
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Operations · Leprino
Marc Rycroft has been Sr. Director of Operations at Leprino since November 2025, based in Waverly, New York, and was Plant Manager there from 2017 to 2025. Marc Rycroft also lists Director, SSi MES Production Process Execution Operations at Leprino as a current role since 1987.
Mark Cramer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations and Technical Services · Leprino
Mark Cramer has been Senior Vice President Operations and Technical Services at Leprino since May 2024, based in Littleton, Colorado, and held Senior Vice President Technical Services there from 2021 to 2024. Mark Cramer also held Vice President Global Engineering, Vice President Research and Vice President Technical Services Cheese Production and Processing at Leprino from 2013 to 2021.
Steve Fritzler
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Leprino
Steve Fritzler has been Vice President Operations at Leprino since January 2020, working in Denver, Colorado. Steve Fritzler held Plant Manager roles at Leprino from 2007 to 2020, was Production Manager there from 2005 to 2007 and Cheese/Whey Manager from 2000 to 2005, and every role listed on the profile is at Leprino.
Terry Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Sr. VP Production - Technical Services · Leprino
Terry Anderson has held Sr. VP Production - Technical Services at Leprino since April 1988, based in Denver, Colorado, and the profile headline reads Sr. VP Production - Technical Services at Leprino Foods. It is the one role listed on the profile, and the about section repeats the same title.
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