Partners
MVP Services Group is committed to providing you with the best food facilities design and management consulting services available. We approach every project with a focus on sustainability, functionality, cost, and efficient process workflow.
Edwin J. Norman, President
Ed Norman is president of MVP Services Group a foodservice consulting firm that offers Food Facilities Design, Interior Design and Management Advisory Services. MVP Services Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 after Ed already had many years of consulting experience as a sole proprietor. The company is now operating as Gen2DESIGN, Inc. dba MVP Services Group.
Ed is degreed in Foodservice Management (1972) from Iowa State University and is a professional member of both the Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI) and The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). He has extensive background in foodservice operations and supply chain management.
Ed has been consulting to the foodservice industry for over 25 years. He also served as Vice-president and a managing partner of Mississippi Valley Purchasing Company (1997-2004), a buying group representing over 350 independent foodservice operations in four states.
With more than 40 years of high volume food production, distribution management, and professional consultant experience Ed confidently faces design and advisory challenges. He has consulted on a wide range of projects in nearly every sector of the industry. His life experiences bring a unique blend of knowledge to the table for his client base.
Ed has been consulting for the past 14 years in private practice. He is the Chair of the FCSI America’s Division and past-president of the FCSI Education Foundation. Ed also serves on the FCSI Worldwide Board as a Director. He is listed as a Top 20% Scholar on the Council of Advisors for The Gerson Lehrman Group in New York City and has worked with clients such as Pioneer Investments, Bain & Company, and Highfields Capital Management.
Eric E. Norman, Vice-president
One of the younger members of the industry and yet already a veteran, Eric Norman decided to go the foodservice consultant route at the young age of 22, joining his father Ed Norman full-time at the family consulting business. Now as vice president of the firm Norman oversees a plethora of projects both locally and nationally, including many k-12 school foodservice jobs. Eric is an active member of FCSI, including having earned his FCSI professional designation and leading the next generation of consultants through the Associations's ICON group for emerging professionals.
Eric earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management at Loras College in Dubuque, IA. He was recently accepted into the International Hospitality Design and Management Consulting Masters Degree program at Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK.
Eric's experience in a multitude of foodservice venues coupled with his knowledge of business and his continued desire for education, both at the collegiate level and with-in the industry, provide the client with fresh eyes and new ideas while working through their individual projects.