Luanne Rasmussen

Background

About Luanne Rasmussen

Professional Experience Owner & Operator Fat Crow Gourmet, Troy, NY July 2019 – March 2025 • Founder and manager of packaged food line specializing in jams, sauces, mustards, BBQ rubs and scone mixes • Coordinated brand, product and business development strategies, growing product offering to 29 SKUs and market presence throughout the US • Produced all jams and scone mixes (14 SKUs) • Wholesale account management, cultivated relationships and ensured customer satisfaction • Managed day-to-day operations of retail store, including purchasing, facilities maintenance, inventory control, scheduling, displays • Offsite event management THREE Group Research, LLC, Saratoga Springs, NY February 2013 - May 2019 • Provided direct support to the VP of Operations and Director of Finance • Quickbooks - Set up new clients, vendors, projects, created and billed client invoices, entered and paid vendor invoices, approved charges and reconciled credit cards, made entries to bank register and reconciled monthly • Concur Expenses - Trained employees how to use Concur expense software, reviewed and approved reports, billed clients for billable expenses and reimbursed employees for items paid with cash • Payroll - Ran Intuit Payroll bi-weekly, computed 401K from payroll and paid contributions, paid state and federal income taxes, processed W-2's and 1099's • Travel - Managed travel reward programs • IT - Kept track of equipment purchases and warranties, recycled phones and computers as needed. • Insurance - Updated health, disability and life insurance accounts and paid insurance bills Tyree Organization, Ltd, Latham, NY October 1997 - July 2012 • Contract Administrator - Administered several multi-million dollar government contracts for tank replacement/modification in NYS (unit price, lump sum, T&M) as well as various contracts for private clients, pre-construction meetings, site walks, permitting, change order negotiation, contract compliance, job profitability, project and contract close-out, O&M manuals • Project Manager - For NYS Tank ID program as well as several smaller projects, scheduling technicians, ordering materials, client billing, vendor invoices • Facilities Manager - Petty cash management, ordering office supplies, equipment and office repairs and maintenance Education and Certifications • Hudson Valley Community College - A.S. in Individual Studies with a concentration in business • Cornell Food Venture Center – Food Safety and FSMA Regulations for Small Food Processors Skills • Experience with Quickbooks Online, Microsoft Excel and Word