Kanga
Kooler™ was designed by a team of
professional food and nutritional scientists and
a group of concerned parents who were looking for
a healthy, nutritional, great tasting beverage for
their kids. The development of
Kanga Kooler™
has taken more than five years with the technical
challenges associated with creating a children’s
beverage that meets the strict quality and safety
qualifications that were adopted at the beginning
of the project and the strict qualifications by
kids who wanted a thirst quenching, delicious drink
that tasted great!
Introducing Team Kanga Kooler™
is Rikki Roo our kangaroo character and mascot from
the land down under representing the best all natural,
low in sugar flavored fruit punch drink mix on the
market! As Rikki would say, “Kanga Kooler
is a beaut for all your ankle biters!” (i.e.-Great
tasting drink for all your kids!)
“Hi Mates! I’d like you to
meet my cobbers ( friends) at Kanga Kooler™!·"
Raymond Basa is a chemist and
flavor expert. Educated in Chemistry in the Philippines,
Ray formerly led the R&D effort for Omni Pack
where he developed nutritional products for Herbalife,
Weider, EAS Labs, and Atkins. Ray is the cool dude
who makes our Kanga Kooler flavors taste totally
fantastic!·
Wendy Cullen spent 13 years in
sales and sales management roles in the consumer
packaged goods industry working for companies such
as Kraft Foods, Borden Consumer Products, and Bristol
Myers. Wendy also has had a successful career as
a “direct to consumer” expert in executive
sales leadership roles in telecommunications companies
such as AT&T Broadband, Media One, and Adelphia
Communications. Wendy’s “Head Mom”
of the “Mom Approved Advisory Board”
for Kanga Kooler™. Wendy is also “Head
Mom” at her house with three busy children.
Shawn Giffin is an entrepreneur,
successful executive and the father of two boys.
He is the co-founder and former CEO of Balboa Capital
Corporation. Under his leadership, Balboa Capital
was twice recognized by Inc. as one of the 500 fastest
growing companies in the U.S. He was named Entrepreneur
of the Year for Southern California by Ernst
& Young and USA Today. Currently, Shawn
is President of Score Line Channel, LLC, a sports
entertainment company.
John Kensey, MBA. John is a member
of Tech Coast Angels and President of Avalon Capital
Corporation, a private investment and consulting
firm whose clients include several start ups. John
received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford
University and his MBA from the Harvard Business
School. John has a real passion for health and nutrition.
He’s also totally up to date on all the latest
technology and gadgets. You should see him at our
meetings! John has two sons.·
Edward Lieskovan, Pharm.D, MBA.
Dr. Lieskovan, (Even though he’s a doctor,
we call him Ed), is a professor of Pharmacy at the
University of Southern California. Ed is a really
smart dude! He is President/CEO of Performance Research
Laboratories and was formerly with Eli Lily and
Company. He brings over 25 years of experience to
Kanga Kooler™. Ed is the father of one son.·
Bill Sanderson, MBA. Bill has
founded several companies in the food and restaurant
industries. He has 20 years experience in starting
and growing new ventures. (Good news for us at Kanga
Kooler!) Bill is President of Golden State Service
Industries, a subsidiary of Golden State Foods.
Bill believes in eating right, exercising and having
lots of fun. He enjoys his free time playing with
his three children who all LOVE Kanga Kooler™.
That’s our awesome Kanga Kooler™
team, mates!”
Your
buddy,
Rikki Roo
