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Kuestermeyer receives Schwan's President's Award

(Marshall, Minn., March 20, 2002) – Kevin Kuestermeyer was an integral member of a cross-functional project team that received the Schwan’s President’s Award for developing new financial reporting tools for Schwan’s Home Service field management. Kuestermeyer is an information services employee at Schwan’s. He lives in Tyler, Minn. with his wife Anna.  He graduated from Dakota State University (Madison, SD) in 1999.

Schwan’s President and CEO Lenny Pippin recently presented the award to the team for its accomplishments in developing new tools to distribute, view and analyze profit-and-loss reports more frequently and in greater detail via the corporate Intranet.

"When the team demonstrated the new system at a recent conference, we were amazed," Pippin said. "This tool creates all kinds of new opportunities to identify and manage costs we’ve not been able to look at easily until now. Kevin was key to the team’s success. It’s a pleasure to honor his hard work, creativity and initiative."

The team developed a system that allows all levels of Schwan’s Home Service management to view financial performance data for their areas of responsibility. It also supports the line item budgeting being implemented this year. Managers can view all sales and expense items for which they’re responsible.

Dan Herrmann, vice president and chief financial officer of Schwan’s Home Service, nominated team members for the award.

The Schwan’s President's Award is a unique prize given to recognize employees’ substantial continuous-improvement achievements. Pippin presents it spontaneously when company leaders become aware of worthy contributions by word-of-mouth. It includes no specific form or level of compensation, and winners can receive various forms of recognition ranging from letters of appreciation to plaques to cash awards.