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Broomfield, Co, Us

Broomfield, Co, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Executive Leadership: Served on the core team with broad responsibilities for our food and growth through innovation; directed R&D teams to create, improve, and launch new products; drove prioritization process across all initiatives that impacted the P&L; represented the BU in front of internal and external stakeholders to garner support.• Innovation Ecosystem: Scouted R&D partners in categories of interest to develop concepts and to create differentiated food and pack solutions; led co-man identification and onboarding processes to rapidly expand manufacturing footprint.• Technology Development: Directed and provided oversight to a Joint Venture tasked with creating new-to-the-world gluten-free ingredient technology; replaced functional egg ingredients to unlock vegan claims; patent work ongoing.• Business Development: Led efforts to create partnerships with foodservice customers of scale, using innovative food stimulus to secure incremental premium business; goal is to double net sales in three years via new approach.

• Business Consulting: Custom work across IP strategy, food design, nutrition optimization, and plant start-ups. • Primary Research: Generative AI in product and packaging development, consumer science, and menu creation.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Executive Presence: Responsible for creating a vision for all R&D activities within the Pacific Foods business, leading a team of 15 employees with strong growth aspirations focused on platform innovations, sustainability, cost containment, regenerative agriculture, and capacity expansion in the organic alt-milk beverage, soup, and broth categories. Functioned as a valued LT partner to Brand & Insights, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Human Resources.• Portfolio Management: Prioritized, resourced, and drove execution of a full-force growth agenda, aligned to enterprise and divisional strategic plans, and fueled by a proprietary dataset called Campbell’s Insight Engine. Launch model was built to commercialize 2 new platforms/year to sustain the target of >10% sales from new products (FY’22=14%).• Technology Platforms: Developed and scouted technology platforms for plant-based alternative proteins, gut health, functional beverages, and cooking convenience; executed quickly in high-growth organic and natural channels.• R&D Capabilities: Designed and built a new R&D facility in Portland including a new pilot plant, research lab, demonstration kitchen, and Barista testing area for on-site rapid prototyping with industry leaders and experts.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Responsible for identifying, defining, and solving complex technical problems that are encountered during the commercialization of Campbell Snacks projects, with special emphasis on front-of-funnel of key growth brands of Goldfish and Late July, but also supporting the crackers, cookies, pretzels, potato chips, tortilla chips, sandwich crackers, and deli snacks categories.• Practice and advance the use of Agile methodology within Campbell and R&D, with the goal of streamlining decision-making rights and getting to better product designs faster.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Ownership: Responsible for all Product Development activities within the Meals & Sauces business unit worth nearly $900MM, with a mandate to own all aspects of innovation, cost savings/avoidance, consumer benchmarking, quality improves, supply continuity, and complaint reductions; managed 7 employees directly plus 13 indirectly.• Business Savvy: Conceived of and rigorously tested a plan to overhaul the Prego master-brand based on dynamic consumer feedback, including improvements to product formulation, relevant power claims, process capabilities, and package design; recognized as a best practice and resulted in share growth to a #1 leadership position.• Trend Activation: Identified and executed a strategy of plant-based innovations in the Italian sauce category, utilizing novel protein sources, creating new external partnerships for rapid development, and launching pipeline worth $50MM.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Strategic Vision: Built strategic operating plan for Global Science & Technology for 3 years; drove linkage of the long-term pipeline of technologies to divisional strat plans; led strategic communication for function; designed primary consumer research each year in areas of interest; defined and reported KPIs to operationalize the R&D strat plan including valuation of technology streams such as fermentation, allergen-free, and preservation with a focus on IP.• Futures Analysis: Drove foresight work, partnering externally to identify and synthesize weak signals related to food and packaging; used foresights to hypothesize ideal product models for key brands across the enterprise; used 2x2 tools with stakeholders to anticipate future trends for war-gaming purposes, leveraged Open Innovation to execute.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Innovation Mindset: Pushed category limits by creating new products and technology solutions for the bakery business, served as SME for fresh, frozen, and baked snacks businesses; liaised with intra-company innovation teams and commercialization teams across categories; won or placed in annual Employee Innovation Fair each year.• Disruptive Thinking: Championed novel use of 3D-printing technology across the enterprise as a means to produce food prototypes with more agility, resulting in a 90% reduction in cycle times and a 50% reduction in prototyping cost.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Technical Expertise: Supported numerous initiatives across snacks, fresh, and frozen bakery; expertise included formulation for shelf-life extension, rotary die design and optimization, and oven/baking technologies.• Capital Management: Served as project lead for national expansion of Deli Flats, including scoping and selection of various manufacturing strategies, approval and implementation of $5MM in capital, organizing schedules due to key plant management gaps, and managing project budget and timeline.

Marshall, Minnesota, Us

• Execution: Led or participated in numerous new product development teams as process engineering lead or support roles, with focus on frozen pizza and other baked or fried dough formats; responsible for innovation, cost, and quality.• Research: Scouted, scoped, and validated new technologies to reduce oil-pickup of fried products, to automate hand-stretching of pizza doughs, and to control ice crystal size in frozen food; filed patent applications for novel work.

• Compliance: Built and led a new site-specific Quality Assurance function; developed and implemented a QA Manual with policies and procedures; ensured compliance with FDA, C&BP, and state agencies; received AIB Superior rating.• Regulatory: Calculated and analytically validated label content including NFP, LOIs, and Claims for 350 products; led teams during trans fat and allergen labeling initiatives; attended industry events to ensure compliance.

Bs, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry

Master Of Business Administration - Mba