Andrew Topus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Andy has held senior management positions in the food industry for more than 30 years, including key positions at
Vienna Beef, Armour-Swift Eckrich, Jac Pac and ITC.
Scott Schwartz
Principal
Scott is a food industry veteran with twenty years of experience in sales and marketing. He worked at Vienna Beef,
IBP (now Tyson) and LaBrea Bakery, as well as technology companies ADP and Paylocity. As the co-author of Paylocity’s Alliance and Partner Strategy, he
was instrumental in helping that company grow from 35 employees and 800 customers into a technology powerhouse with over 600 employees and 10,000
customers when he left to join SmartPrice.
Scott is now focusing on strategic partnerships and product development at SmartPrice. He merges his extensive knowledge of food, sales, and marketing with proven problem solving ability to
provide SmartPrice customers and vendor partners with creative, yet practical, business solutions. He attended The University of Iowa, and enjoys
participating in community theater and serves on several non-profit boards.
Debbie
Trauner
Operations
Manager
Debbie Trauner has been with SmartPrice Sales & Marketing, Inc. since 2003.
She is currently serving as the Operations Manager for the rapidly growing business. She has been with Smartprice since start-up, helping to define and establish efficient procedures in all areas of the company. Debbie is actively involved in all day to day aspects of the business, including operations, accounting, IT, marketing, and customer service. She is responsible for setting operational standards that best serve our clients and providing support and guidance to the team, coordinating day-to-day procedures to ensure the smooth operation of an efficient team.
Prior to joining SmartPrice, Debbie has had extensive experience in the food service industry. She enjoyed many years at Vienna Beef serving as Office Manager, Branch Manager, Operations Manager and Director of Customer Service. She attended St. Petersburg College with a focus on business.
Cindy Kreppein
Logistics
Coordinator
Cindy is an Administrative Assistant and Logistics
Manager for the company with over more than 20 years of food industry experience.
Prior to joining SmartPrice Sales, she spent 11 years with Orval Kent Food Company in customer service as well as the sales department as an
Administrative Assistant and 4 years as the National Accounts Promotions and Pricing Coordinator.
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