American Food Styles is managed by its president, Scott Florence.  Scott holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

After five years’ experience in the food and hospitality business, Scott moved on to serve as President and CEO of Hill & Valley, Inc., America’s leading supplier of sugar-free and NSA (no sugar added) baked goods.

Prior to that, he was the President of Nancy’s Pies, Inc. and led the team through a sale to a private equity firm, Circle Peak Capital – and remained as President and CEO for the following six years.  During his tenure, he launched over 200 SKU’s generating a cumulative value at retail of roughly a half a billion dollars.

“Scott is an accomplished company president providing steady leadership to his firm and as well as outstanding financial results for his board. He possesses a unique set of skills ranging from business finance and capital management, customer creation and optimization to the implementation of modern manufacturing approaches. All of these skills combine to drive his company’s gains in market share and higher than industry returns. I highly recommend Scott as a competent and capable President for any firm focused on building its presence in consumer products vertical markets.” – Bill Pierrakeas, Founder, aThirdView

Scott has been a member of the American Society of Baking, the Independent Bakers Association, The Development Association of Rock Island (DARI) and Illowa Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  Scott is married and has two sons.