{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders","title":"Sean O'Scannlain, President & CEO of Fortune International – Reeling in Success: Utilizing tech to take the seafood industry global","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/256ddcf6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1758,"description":"The food industry is a tough business that relies on tight planning and logistics, but today's guest has created a finely-tuned operation by taking advantage of tech innovations. \nOn this episode, we're sitting down with Sean O'Scannlain, who founded Fortune International in 2001. Since then, the company has grown both organically and through numerous acquisitions into one of the country's leading processors, distributors, and importers of quality seafood, meats and gourmet products.\nToday, Fortune International employees over 1,300 people and is the parent company of Fortune Fish and Gourmet Fortune Imports, Chef Martin, Coastal Seafood, D'Artagnan and Lobster Gram. The company handles more than 15,000 seafood and gourmet products daily throughout the central, southeastern and northeastern United States. \nIt's no surprise that Sean is well respected in the seafood industry. Among many leadership positions, he’s a past chairman of the National Fisheries Institute, and he’s a founding member of SeaPak group of seafood companies dedicated to driving continuous improvement of social, economic, and environmental responsibility throughout the global seafood chain.\n\nHighlights:\nSean describes Fortune International's reach and background (3:04)\nHow Sean started the business (3:54)\nHow Fortune finds its customers (6:51)\nIndustry changes, and new tech (8:43)\nHow seafood travels (11:37)\nUsing acquisitions to expand 14:20)\nMaking acquisition decisions, and the finding the right fit (16:46)\nFortune's most recent acquisition, and future growth plans (18:09)\nDirect-to-consumer project (20:05)\nThe senior team at Fortune International (21:37)\nThe current economy's effect on business (23:55)\nThe company's total addressable market (25:16)\nSean's favorite products, and locations for seafood (26:02)\nLinks:\nICR Twitter\nICR LinkedIn\nICR Website\nSean O'Scannlain on LinkedIn\nFortune Fish & Gourmet on LinkedIn\nFortune International Website\nFeedback:\nIf you have questions about the show,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VPbFZOgoHk78hrWlplrfMSrQROUNxI8jcZ2Gv-hyKm4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYmFh/NWFlNGJjY2Y0NGFk/YmM2NWJiMTI4NmVh/OWQ4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}