About Pioneer

As one of the principals of the company, Darren brings 30 years of experience in working with retailers and importing. Before forming Pioneer Strategic Sourcing, Darren spent 13 years with Primo Water Corporation, a publically traded company on Nasdaq (PRMW) as Senior Director of Global Sourcing and Logistics.

In his 13 years at Primo, he has helped develop products that drove sales from zero to over 53 million dollars and helped Primo obtain over a 75% market share in retail water dispenser sales.

As one of the Officers of the company, Darren brings 30 years of experience in working with retailers and importing. Prior to forming Pioneer Strategic Sourcing, Darren spent 13 years with Primo Water Corporation a publicly traded company on Nasdaq (PRMW) as Senior Director of Global Sourcing and Logistics.

In his 13 years at Primo, he helped develop products that drove sales from zero to over 53 million dollars and helped Primo obtain over a 75% market share in Retail Water Dispenser category.

Prior to joining Primo, Darren worked for UniFlame Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Rhino Corp a publicly traded company on Nasdaq (rino) until April of 2004 when it was purchased by Ferrell Gas, a NYSE company with over 1.2 billion in annual revenues. UniFlame had annual revenues of $80 million a year and did business with almost every one of the top ten retailers, acting as the designer, importer and supplier of finished good gas BBQ grills, Patio Heaters, Skeetervacs, and Fireplace accessories.

Our team and network of factories handled over 2,500 containers annually. Additionally, our division was responsible for supplying our parent company with over 1 million new 20lb propane cylinders and 2.5 million OPD Valves per year. The products division was named supplier of the year by Wal-Mart twice during his tenure with Blue Rhino.