Greg Candelario

Greg Candelario grew up in Langley Virginia and joined the United States Marine Corps in the height of the war on terror. He had multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict areas serving as a highly decorated Scout Sniper. He was wounded in combat and later served throughout the world with other US government agencies also as a sniper providing special protective services to high ranking government officials to include the President, Vice President, and Secretaries of State before taking on an active role in specialized operations with Black Water and Triple Canopy. Gregory Candelario has been a visionary entrepreneur the last ten years. For several years, he was the general manger in his family’s commercial vineyard and ranch in the Napa Valley area where he honed his skills in the intricacies of viticulture, aquaculture, operations, vineyard expansion and production. He was able to increase the vineyard yield and expand operations. Greg Candelario designed for other entrepreneurs cannabis production facilities in excess of 50,000 ft2 and is sought after by other entrepreneurs for his knowledge of production, speciality designed environmental control facilities, and process capabilities. Greg has an extensive and deep rooted knowledge in the intricacies of continuous micro film cooking and high output starch-free depositing in the organic clean label pectin gummy market that contain supplements for the active functional, nutraceutical and medicated markets which he sees as not only the future of the new emerging demand for vitamin gummies but the key strategic answer on how to solve the supply and demand issue. His focus on creating innovative end-products allied to low-cost production can be seen in his commitment to both process development, formulations, equipment and facility design. He continues to to set the standard for high output starch-free depositing technologies bringing exceptional levels of reliability, efficiency, and hygienic design into high quality confectionary and nutraceuticals. He has installed, set up and moved eight machines in the last year alone making him one of the most experienced personal in the world in this new technology that is able to better suit the new market and soon putting six more starch-less depositing lines online. His first hand knowledge of building facilities geared toward the vitamin gummy market has helped him gained the trust of the equipment manufacturers who have personally invited him to the manufactures facilities to help design starch-free depositing lines making them confirm to US regulations, increase capacity, operator friendliness, and operational output. He is considered the leading pioneer in the starch less active and vitamin confectionary industry in the country and sought after for his expertise and is helping develop one of the largest facilities in the country.