turning your passion into shelf space. Natural Food Brokers
Getting your brands in more hands. Getting products on shelf.
Our Team
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Taylor is a UC Santa Cruz graduate with a degree in Business Management Economics. He excels (pun intended) at providing high level reporting and analysis. He brings an action-focused organizational strategy to each client relationship. After 9 years with Burst, Taylor utilizes his long standing history with each retailer to steer our cli
Taylor is a UC Santa Cruz graduate with a degree in Business Management Economics. He excels (pun intended) at providing high level reporting and analysis. He brings an action-focused organizational strategy to each client relationship. After 9 years with Burst, Taylor utilizes his long standing history with each retailer to steer our clients towards growth and profitability and getting products on shelf.
Mike Robinson - President and CEO
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Mike has 40+ years of experience in the CPG industry, working in corporate brokerage operations, national distributors, working with many natural food brokers and as a VP of sales for many emerging brands. He champions the mission behind Burst Management, over communicating with our clients, providing comprehensive overviews of each opportunity, and transparency.
Rachel Parsons - COO and Account Manager
Taylor Romatoski - CFO and Account Manager
Rachel Parsons - COO and Account Manager
Rachel has a Masters in Business Administration and is excellent at building and maintaining relationships with industry professionals at all levels. Her favorite compliment from a buyer was that she is ‘respectfully persistent.’ Rachel is extremely effective in finding successes for our clients with a creative, yet pragmatic approach to getting products on shelf.
Samantha Staton- Account Manager
Samantha Staton- Account Manager
Rachel Parsons - COO and Account Manager
Sam has spent 15+ years in the CPG industry as both an Inside Sales and Outside Sales Manager. She is known internally as our ‘WOO Girl’ and supports her clients’ growth with passion. As a former championship boxer, she brings that energy to fight for our clients on slotting and promotional negotiations and create win-win partnerships with retailers.
Gary Messmore - Account Manager
Samantha Staton- Account Manager
Gary Messmore - Account Manager
Gary Messmore hit the Sunshine State in 1984, and has made waves in the natural food broker industry since. He has held various high level positions across Natures Plus, Tree of Life, Natural Specialty Sales, and back to Kehe as VP of Natural Sales in the Southeast. Gary could not willingly fully retire and now enjoys the boots on the ground approach with his local stores he knows like family.
Sarah Grady - Account Manager
Samantha Staton- Account Manager
Gary Messmore - Account Manager
Sarah has a longstanding career in CPG starting with Whole Foods on the sales floor up to Category Management which provides valuable insights for our clients. She emphatically relates to our clients to provide an individualized approach to growth. Sarah is our resident wordsmith and utilizes her extensive vocabulary to resonate with buyers and convey the need for your product on shelf.