Peter K. Oberacker

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The son of a German sausage maker, Peter grew up working in his family’s meat market in Schenevus, New York, starting at just eight years old. It was there he learned the values that still guide him today, hard work, discipline, and finishing the job. From his father, he learned the day doesn’t end by the clock, but when the work is done. From his mother, a local elected official, he learned that public service is about giving back to the community that raised you.

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Peter took those lessons and built a life rooted in both business and service. He launched a career as a food scientist, where among his many successes he led the research and development team that created the Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich. He went on to found FormTech Solutions, growing it into a successful multi-million-dollar international food innovation company. In 2017, he made the uncommon decision to move the company’s headquarters back to his hometown in Upstate New York, bringing jobs and opportunity with him, without taking a single dollar of taxpayer assistance.