Business View Magazine | May 2019

310 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MAY 2019 improved communication on a regular basis.” Going forward, Becker says he would like to see Columbia Nutritional expand its manufacturing capabilities. “Our goal is to increase our business to utilize a lot of unutilized capacity that we currently have,” he states. “We could probably double or triple our plant output over the course of the next three or four years without any major infrastructure investments, and our team has been focused on systems design and more experienced personnel in key areas. I just, recently, promoted our Vice President for Quality, Brea Viratos, to take the company to a higher level of certification status. I’ve also brought in a 15-year industry expert in customer service and product development support to lead up our team in those areas. I’m also expanding our internal expertise from an industry experience basis to get ourselves positioned for growth, and to be able to support larger brands that require higher standards than they may typically find in the industry.”