Our Team

Chris Adderton, President & CEO, BCG Solutions LLC
Mr. Adderton has extensive experience in sales and marketing with 25 years in the food brokerage, food processing and consumer packaged goods industry. His major role in a family food brokerage business increased annual revenues to $90+MM exceeding industry average profit by 40%. His various roles at ConAgra Foods, Inc. included the efficient consolidation of customer facing systems resulting in increased efficiencies and reduced expenses. As Vice President of Sales for the Frozen Foods Group, Mr. Adderton was responsible for organizing sales and customer service operations to improve account penetration and product influence resulting in an increase in sales from $1.9B to $2.2B. He also worked closely with major retailers to accelerate the growth of the Company’s product lines, as Senior Vice President of Customer Services. In addition to his work in the food industry, Mr. Adderton has vast sales and marketing experience in various industries where he developed marketing and sales plans designed to increase revenue. While Senior Vice President, U.S. Client Service, he was responsible for sales and services for major consumer packaged goods companies, with over 700 associates ultimately generating $800MM in annual revenues. Prior to joining BCG Solutions, Mr. Adderton was President & Chief Executive Officer for CardioReady Certification Corp. where he consulted the Company on its strategic business plan, developed the sales strategy and marketing plan, solidified relationships with trade partners and negotiated service level agreements with manufacturers and training providers. Mr. Adderton holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Robert Peyton, Chairman, BCG Solutions
Mr. Peyton joined America First Companies in 1995 to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Manager. In that capacity, he has overseen the investment of $100,000,000 in food and agribusiness companies in the former Soviet Union. Mr. Peyton has 37 years experience in agribusiness and investments with 20 years experience in the CIS region. Mr. Peyton’s previous experience includes 17 years with Cargill, Inc. and ten years with ConAgra, Inc., holding top management positions with both companies. Most recently, Mr. Peyton served as Executive Vice President of ConAgra International and President of ConAgra International Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Mr. Peyton currently serves as a Director of two API Portfolio Companies: Rasko (Glass Bottle Producer) and Chicken Kingdom (Integrated Broiler Company – Chairman). Mr. Peyton was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Russian-American Chamber of Commerce®. Mr. Peyton is a graduate of Kansas State University.

Daniel Lynn, Executive Vice President Technology, BCG Solutions LLC
Mr. Lynn has 20 years experience in the sanitation and food safety industry and has worked with companies world-wide to analyze, develop and implement food safety programs focused on sanitation and health/safety. Mr. Lynn is the inventor of several patents in the United States for intervention sanitation technologies that allow food processors around the world lower production costs and increase efficiencies. He was the founder and CEO of Westman Industrial Services, an internationally recognized industrial cleaning company for the food industry where he developed sanitation technology used in major processing plants. Following his tenure at Westman Industrial Services, he was President and CEO of Ozone International. Mr. Lynn holds a bachelor of science in industrial management and a master’s of science in applied science and technology. Mr. Lynn is also HACCP Certified through the United States Department of Commerce and is a Certified Safety Officer. He holds a Masters Certificate in Electrical Safety and certification in Agro-terrorism from the University of Tennessee.

Michael Draper, Chief Financial Officer, Burlington Capital Group
Mr. Draper joined the Burlington Capital Group in April 2004 as Director of Accounting and Finance. Mr. Draper was formerly with Transgenomic, Inc., a publicly traded biotech company, from 2000 to 2004 where he served as CFO and previously as Controller. From 1997 to 1999 he was Vice President of Accounting and Finance at Midland Systems, Inc. (MSI Systems Integrators). MSI provided computer hardware and networking solutions and services to customers throughout the Midwestern United States. Mr. Draper also spent eight years in public accounting with the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1989 to 1997. Mr. Draper holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Nebraska.

Drew Worlie, Project Manager, BCG Solutions, LLC
Mr. Worlie will be responsible for overseeing the installation and implementation of sanitation systems that use the Company’s patented ozone technology. Prior to joining BCG Solutions, Mr. Worlie was employed at Hubbard Feeds (Watertown, SD), Emmpak Cooked Meats (Nebraska City, NE) and Excel (Dodge City, KS) which is owned by Cargill. Mr. Worlie received his B.S. in business from South Dakota State University.

Ali Petersen, Executive Assistant, BCG Solutions LLC
Ms. Petersen is responsible for assisting team members in the Omaha and Moscow offices with a variety of projects. Prior to her current position, she was a Staff Assistant/Receptionist with the Burlington Capital Group. Ms. Petersen joined the AMC team in January 2006. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.