Mars Wrigley Gum School Global Program co-creator and instructor responsible for:- Selecting and managing the participation of our other subject matter experts.- The management, collection, and review of content material. - Providing input on the agenda, class structure and other logistics. - With my co-head, prioritizing student enrollment for the biannual 3-day courses.- Subject matter expert MW Gum School instructor for: - Chewing Gum Development and Design - Fitting a Product to a Concept - Sensate Ingredients and Texture ManipulationAlso in my current role: - Make recommendations to R&D Product Development on the formulation design towards optimization/troubleshooting against product differentiation, consumer liking, processing, ingredient cost, and stability challenges. - Share insights on new and past research to elevate the technical knowledge of the Product Development and Science & Technology communities. - Acting point of contact and responisible for landscaping adaptogens and other functional actives in the categories of General Health/Anti-aging, Sports Performance, Oral Health and Cognitive Benefits. - The creation and leadership of new confectionary & snacking product initiatives to grow our business - Protect our business with constant awareness of the global supply limitations, regulations, and negative press that may be associated with any of our product ingredients, and then preemptively strategize to reformulate out or replace those ingredients and identify any implications towards product quality, costs, manufacturing and shelf life. - Act as backup point of contact for Gum Shelf Life guidelines and best practices. - Partnering with Product Development on leading clinical research and consumer touchpoints for key projects. - Lead selected Gum 101 sessions for our Mars Family members, Sr. Leadership, new associates, business partners, and key customers.

o Led in depth investigation into coolant ingredients to map coolant profiles, understand coolant synergies, identify the most effective ingredient packages vs. cost (Design to Value), and ideal packaging attributes. This work has resulted in a 500k cost savings in ingredients and has been used in the development of over 10 new products.o Led the creation, prototyping and partnered on the feasibility assessment of next generation gum, confections, and gum-confection hybrid product forms for Wrigley’s top Global initiative. o Tapped to be the Gum 101 facilitator. Created and deployed the Gum 201 program globally, where I personally trained associates from China, Poland, Czech Republic, France, UK and US. o Mentored the Product Development team on gum & confection ingredient functionality, processing, and concept delivery.o Led research, technical feasibility, and consumer validation of technologies to drive Clean & Freshening perception and consumer liking in gum and confection products.o Subject matter expert providing ingredient recommendations, finished prototypes and early execution of Health and Wellness, Sports Performance, Natural, and Anti-Aging supplemented gum & confections products (including Alert Caffeinated Gum). o Recognized expert for Regional R&D Teams on recommendations for formulating new and existing Extra/Orbit brand products for enhanced product performance.o Successfully led multiple interns and oversaw business critical intern projects related to alternative gum/confections technologies.

o Led formula development, scale-up, launch and project management of over 3 dozen global gum & confectionary initiatives across the Orbit, 5, Extra, Lifesavers, Doublemint, Eclipse, and Airwaves brands. o Lead developer and global product development point of contact for the 5 gum brand. o Lead point of contact and subject matter expert for the identification and use of sensate ingredients (heat, tingle, cooling, etc.), for the Regional R&D teams and Marketing partners.o Led ideation and design framing sessions with cross-functional partners for next generation product initiatives. o Collaborated with our factories to co-create systems to identify & mitigate risk, and optimize new product launches.o Co-created and conducted experimental design methods (DOE) to streamline product optimizations, simplifications, cost savings, and harmonization efforts for numerous projects.

o Utilized expertise on Wrigley gum and confections ingredients to transfer knowledge on types, functions, and classification of ingredients into the Wrigley primary specification management system. o Conducted beta testing of the Wrigley Specifications and Management System (SAM).o Assisted in the creation of the system matrix.o Led the transferring of information from the old to current system.

- Led the formula development, scale-up, launch and project management of numerous Sugar-free hard candy, pressed mint, and gummy products for the EU, Scandinavia, Russia, & North America.

- Led the successful development, scale-up and management of the Doublemint Mints Twins products.- Responsible leading the front-end prototyping and research support for global confectionary initiatives. - Supported the then new Eclipse Mints Project launch (team won Innovation award).

- Led quality research projects for product & ingredient stability (Sweeteners, Antioxidants, Vitamin E).- Conducted 95% of the Analytical methods ran in the lab including High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, and titration methods.- Produced, evaluated and optimized experimental gum and gum base prototypes.- Sensory Trained and Qualified Sensory Panelist.- Participated in ISO certification and safety audits.