Cover Story ORCHE S TR ATING BY JOEL CREWS jcrews@sosland.com AFTER A HISTORICALLY COLD AND SNOW-PACKED CHICAGO WINTER, Dan Milovanovic is one of the few people who didn't look forward to the spring thaw. An avid snowmobiler, hunter and skier, he'd be happy with year 'round winter and would thrive in the cold long after even the most robust of Chicagoans would cry 'uncle'. Milovanovic, senior vice president of North America operations with OSI Group LLC, is a little unconventional like that, and it has spilled over into his successful career. With a toughness and intensity that brings to mind NFL coaching legend Mike Ditka, and an unrelenting pursuit of excellence that inspires a team of operationally diverse processing experts, Milovanovic has unquestionably earned the title of Meat&Poultry's Operations Executive of the Year. 16 * Meat&Poultry * July 2014 * www.MeatPoultry.comhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com