Coincidentally, grew up on a farm only 24 miles north of The Schwan Food
Company’s headquarters in Minnesota, although he had no formal relationship with the company
until his hiring. The well-known yellow delivery truck came to his farmhouse every week. “It was
a great event for a kid on a farm to have this truck pull up full of pizza and ice cream. It was a
wonderful thing!” he says. “I remember, as a young boy, having a toy truck and making roads
around the farmyard, pretending that I was a Schwan route driver making stops throughout the
countryside. I even drew a duckling on the Schwan truck! I always admired the company. So when
the opportunity arose to join Schwan, I eagerly accepted.”