Donald Robert Vehlhaber

Donald R. Vehlhaber, Jr., "Don," age 67 of Fort Collins, died February 4, 2015 at his home. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 11th at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Following additional Services, interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Seasoned executive as Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President, CEO and COO levels for 14 years and Professional Consultant for 34 years in all areas of business (Manufacturing, Distribution and Retailing,) associated with consumer package goods. Serviced over 200 clients on 3 continents with Business Policy, Strategy, Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance, Accounting, Distribution, Logistics, Store Operations, Technology, (fluent in RFID and bar coding,) and Change Implementation and Management. Clients include small start ups to the largest trading company in the world. Frequent speaker at industry events, author of several articles, trusted interview and comment source for a number of industry periodicals and contributing author of the Supply Chain Handbook. Known in industry circles for thought leadership and study of all machine readable technologies for the UCC and Volunteer Inter-Industry Communication Standards. He started his own consulting business and operated on two continents for over 15 years.