AdvancePierre Foods — Platform Build-Out for Oaktree Capital

Private Equity  |  Consumer Proteins  |  Multi-Acquisition Integration

Oaktree Capital acquired Pierre Foods out of bankruptcy in 2008 and set out to build a market-leading protein platform. I led the integration work as Oaktree executed a series of acquisitions — including Advance Foods and Barber Foods — consolidating them into what became AdvancePierre Foods.

I led a cross-functional team of company leads and external IT consultants to integrate operations, systems, and supply chain across the combined entities. The work spanned manufacturing, procurement, and back-office functions across multiple facilities and geographies.

The platform was taken public in 2016 and acquired by Tyson Foods in 2017 for $4.2 billion — one of Oaktree's most successful PE investments.

My role: Integration Lead — independent consultant to Pierre / AdvancePierre Foods