#37 – Will Clark (USMC) – Seaboard Foods

This is the first in a series of interviews we plan to do with a variety of military veterans at Seaboard Foods in an effort to showcase the diversity of careers possible within the animal protein space.

“You never know what someone’s influences are on the type of decisions they make until you really get to know them“

Our first guest is Will Clark – International Sales Representative for Seaboard Foods – a top US pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries. Will is one Seaboard’s more than 5,000 employees across five states and specializes in exporting their products to the Japanese market. In addition to maintaining Seaboard’s relationship with their Japanese clients, Will is responsible for price tracking, inventory management, and new product development.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Will’s early career in the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan with a Police Transition Team
• How he used these experiences to better understand how individual circumstances make a huge impact on personal decisionmaking
• The nuances of the Japanese pork market and their focus on traceability
• Labor shortages and the pros/cons of technology to solve these problems