Accomplished Career in the CPG Industry Spanning Six Decades
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Patrick Franzen's 40 YR Award Winning Corporate CPG Management career consists of a very long track record of superior business results in large, highly competitive CPG categories that are well documented. Consistently recognized as a results-oriented manager throughout the CPG industry. A strategic thinker and motivational leader with the proven ability to identify, attract and develop new businesses and individuals that inspire multifunctional teams towards delivering on corporate objectives.
Started in Patrick's spare time while employed full time as a CPG Executive, Proactive Publishing and CareerSuccess360.com was founded in 2003 as a vertically integrated publishing platform of elite career enhancement content. Via Amazon Kindle & CareerSuccess360.com, 14 Career Books, all authored by Patrick are sold in 16 Countries.
Patrick has strived not to be a one-dimensional person, yet lead a diverse, wide-ranging career and life as a self-made man, while amassing a successful and versatile career body of work that includes:
2026 Founded Franzen Media Group
2026 Marquis Top Professional - Publishing Industry
6-Time National CPG Fortune 500 Award Winning Manager
2025 Inductee to Marquis Who's Who Global Publishing
2023 UW-Platteville Outstanding Alumni Award Winner-BILSA
2022 UW-Platteville Distinguished Alumni Award Finalist
1984-2021 Accomplished Corporate Career spanning across 5 decades '80's - '20's as a CPG Corporate Manager
2008 Award Winning Publisher
2007 Amazon Best Selling Author
2007 Award Winning Entrepreneur
2003 Founded CareerSuccess360.com
2003 Founded Proactive Publishing
1984-1992 Succeeded in 8 Vertical Corporate Positions of increasing accountability and responsibility within Fortune 500 Employers first 8 years of career
1983 UW-Platteville Bachelor's Degree
1979 - 1983 - Self-Funded 100% of University Education.
1979 Champion Head Coach Little League Baseball Team.
1979 UW-Richland Outstanding Student Award
1976-1982 Award Winning, Record Holding Student Athlete HS & University Level
1976-1978 5 Star High School Letterman
3-Time Team Basketball Captain at the University Level UW-Richland & UW-Platteville
'77-'78 Nominee first ever McDonald's High School Basketball All-American Team
Mr. Franzen has founded multiple Media Companies during the past 25 years. They include Franzen Media Group - Proactive Publishing - CareerSuccess360.com
★Fully Vested 5 Yrs+ Employment Tenure with 5 different CPG Employers spanning 37 Yrs
★48 Yrs of CPG W2 Earnings
★Keynote Speaker
★BS Degree
★2,000+ HRs of Life-Time Volunteer Work
★Life Long Philanthropist
Spanning across 5 decades, Patrick held Executive Management positions with Fortune 500, International Companies and the Biggest Names in the Food Industry that includes:
Campbell Soup
Tyson Foods
ConAgra Brands
Sara Lee
Nissin Foods
Pre-Fortune 500 Experience
Age 14–23
Dick's Supermarkets - Platteville, WI
Store Clerk
Age 12-14
Capitol Newspapers Madison, WI
Daily Delivery
Patrick held Corporate Sales Management positions with both Fortune 500 and International Companies that included, but not limited too, the Campbell Soup Co, Tyson Foods, ConAgra Brands, Sara Lee, and Nissin Foods USA.
His accomplished 50 Year Employment Career in the Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry, started in 1971 at age 12 with Capitol Newspapers, and progressed vertically within the Corporate CPG Management Arena through the year 2020. Earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville.
Via Patrick's four-decade-long Corporate Management Career, his career-long record of superior business results in large, highly competitive CPG categories is well documented. Consistently recognized as a results-oriented manager throughout his career. A strategic thinker with excellent consumer, CPG Industry, and account insight. Motivational Leader with proven ability to identify, attract, and develop new businesses and individuals that inspires multifunctional teams towards delivering on corporate objectives. 30+ Years' experience as a Corporate Hiring Manager. Utilizing his career talent and experience, Patrick incrementally expanded his employer's revenues in the Tens-of-Millions-Dollars throughout his corporate career which is substantially documented.
Patrick has created and written over 30 career titles during the past two decades while being employed in the corporate management arena. His vast library of career publications are specifically created and published to assist and educate any level candidate how to achieve and enhance their true career potential.
Patrick is a well-traveled corporate executive manager who has traveled over 2 Million Career Business Miles for his employers throughout his four-decade-long corporate career. Patrick's exposure and positive educational knowledge acquired from other very diverse, demographical business operations and people throughout his career resonates throughout all his publications.
Based on his successful, diverse career, Patrick is in a position to draw a wealth of expertise in a number of career areas, both within the business world and career enhancement arenas. Proactive Publishing career publications have been in print for close to twenty years, updated annually, to ensure readers are exposed to the most "cutting edge" career advice and direction available. Thousands of readers across the U.S. and abroad have benefited from Proactive Publishing career content. Achieving career success can only be defined by the person who achieves it, on their terms. That is why, "Career Knowledge is Power" that can be used towards achieving success within your career.
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