Dennis Acebo currently leads the business development and partnerships team at Local Express; In which he advocates the use of technologies for growth and savings with grocery stores, delis, bakeries, and other food & beverage retailers. In his previous role, Dennis was the Vice President of Customer Success overseeing accounts for their long-term growth and profitability and increasing the customer lifetime value as the chief customer voice for Local Express. Prior to Local Express, Dennis held senior managerial positions at GTE/Verizon and successful start-ups providing strategic planning to performance marketing services in the digital ecosystem including e-commerce services, mobile applications, and programmatic advertising.

As the UW Madison Center for Dairy Research Dairy Safety & Quality Coordinator, Alex O’Brien assists dairy plants with food safety plans, quality issues, and performs third party audits. Alex has worked in the food industry for the past 9 years, serving in various quality supervisory and management roles. He has worked at Kerry Ingredients and Maple Leaf Cheese Company. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014 with a Food Science degree. Alex is a Wisconsin native with long family ties to the dairy industry. His grandparents and parents previously dairy farmed in east-central Wisconsin and his in-laws are dairy farmers.