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be good preparation for furthering his career
in the business. He attended James Madison
University in Harrisonburg, Va., and received
his degree in accounting.
" I can't claim I'm a very good accountant, "
Shafer said. " But it certainly gave me a
background to the numbers, and it gave me an
understanding and prepared me for the future. "
After college, Shafer went to work as a
broiler technician for Rockingham Poultry in
Harrisonburg. After a few years Rockingham
offered him a trainee position to get into plant
management. He moved through the program
and eventually became a plant manager and
a superintendent.
" I got to run my first plant when I was 26
years old for Rockingham Poultry, and they
gave me more opportunities and eventually got
to run several plants for them, " Shafer said.
Shafer's career then took him north to Jack
Frost Gold'n Plump Poultry in St. Cloud, Minn.,
as vice president of operations. Then back to
Virginia and WLR Foods where he worked in
many roles including plant manager, director
of operations and vice president of chicken
operations until 2001 when Pilgrim's Pride
Corp. acquired WLR Foods.
" I held many positions with Pilgrim's from
senior vice president of the East Coast division
to senior vice president of the East Coast
prepared foods, executive vice president of
their prepared foods operations, executive
vice president of big bird operations, executive
vice president of retail operations, and
eventually the executive vice president of all
US operations, " Shafer said. " My last position
with them prior to actually doing this project
[Lincoln Premium Poultry] was executive
vice president of all other technical services
operations for Pilgrim's. "
Of all the positions in all the departments
and divisions that ultimately led Shafer to
Lincoln Premium, he admits his bias toward
managing plants and operations. He waxes
poetic about starting young in processing
plants and his fondness of operations. He liked
the pace. He liked the people. He liked the
processes. He liked the ability to make changes
and see the results in real time.
" Plant manager is the best job I've ever had
and the worst job I've ever had, " Shafer said,
laughing. " The highs when you're doing great
are very high and the lows, if something's not
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