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Kristine Tonkonow
Executive Food & Beverage Operations Leader specializing in CPG manufacturing and multi-unit hospitality
Clarksville, MDFounder & CEO17 years experienceExecutiveFood & BeverageHospitalityManufacturing
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About
Exited founder who spent 12 years building and operating The Konery, scaling it from a parents’ kitchen into a nationally distributed CPG manufacturing business in Brooklyn and selling it in 2025. Deep hands-on operator with end-to-end CEO experience, including doubling capacity through machinery implementation and running SQF certification for five years with two perfect audits.
Experience
Founder & CEOThe Konery
Moet Hennessy Portfolio ManagerEmpire Merchants
Director of Food and Beverage OperationsThe Crosby Street Hotel
Director of Food and Beverage OutletsThe Warwick New York Hotel
Room Service ManagerThe Peninsula New York
Assistant Food and Beverage ManagerThe Peninsula New York
Education
University of Delawarebachelor, Human Services, Education and Public Policy (Major: Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management) (2008)
Key Strengths
- Scaled a gourmet waffle cone business from a home kitchen to nationally distributed CPG manufacturing
- CEO-level ownership across operations, finance, staffing, sales, systems, and regulatory compliance
- Implemented new machinery that doubled production capacity
- Led SQF certification program for 5 years with two perfect audit scores
- Successfully exited via sale of the business (2025)
- Structured go-to-market approach: customer definition, channel selection, pilot validation, margin/pricing, pipeline build, marketing
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