About

Karen Morton

Product Manager — Seafood

Sysco Corporation

Career

2023 — Present

Product Manager — Seafood

Sysco Corporation

Category strategy, pricing optimization, supplier negotiations. Self-taught Python to build production analytics systems. Developed learning agents, diagnostic engines, and tools that turn complexity into action.

2022 — 2023

National Director of Foodservice

Brasmar — Portugal

Worked for a European seafood company setting up sales infrastructure in the United States.

2018 — 2022

Director of National Sales

The Fishin Company

Led efforts to grow sales of the Portico Brand for Sysco Corporation.

2016 — 2018

National Sales Manager

The Fishin Company

Developed and launched new items based on assortment analysis and logistics capabilities.

2016 — 2017

Category Manager — Sysco Corp. Contractor

The Fishin Company

Led category-level performance analysis across regions for suppliers in Sysco's Imported Aquaculture Catman Program.

2014 — 2016

Sales Manager

Fog River Seafood

Specialty fresh and frozen seafood sales in the Intermountain West; retail and foodservice.

2013 — 2014

Territory Manager

U.S. Foodservice

Territory street-level sales in the Salt Lake Valley.

2010 — 2013

General Sales Manager

Pacific Seafood

Led Pacific Seafood's Utah division. Oversaw transportation and sales departments.

2007 — 2009

Marketing Associate

Sysco Intermountain

Territory street sales, Salt Lake Valley.

Where It Started

2006 — 2007

Server

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse — Salt Lake City

2002 — 2006

Lead Server

Spencer's Steakhouse — Salt Lake City

1998 — 2002

Server / Manager

Bambara, Kimpton Hotel — Salt Lake City

Restaurants didn't ask questions. They asked if I could show up. I thought it would be temporary. It rebuilt me instead.

"Show me your weakness, and I'll make it irrelevant."

What I've Built

Category Analysis Engine

~9,000 lines of Python

Automates category intelligence, detects margin leakage, identifies improvement opportunities.

Price Analysis & Optimization Engine

~6,300 lines of Python • Learning Agent

Pricing optimization with a learning agent that improves recommendations as it accumulates knowledge.

fishlib

Open Source • PyPI

Product standardization library for seafood industry data analysis.

Skills

Analytics

Python, SQL, statistical validation, predictive modeling, Power BI

Systems

Production code, learning agents, data pipelines, automation

Web

JavaScript, HTML, CSS — self-taught through building this site

Domain

Seafood procurement, pricing strategy, category management

Other Work

The Cosmic Harmony Project

Founder • cosmicharmonyproject.org

A nonprofit supporting Mexican composer Juan Luis de Pablo Enríquez Rohen. I built the website myself.

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