Rick Lingle Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, United States

I manage the Packaging Channel at PlasticsToday.com similar to those described below for Packaging Digest.

Oak Brook, IL

Duties include writing packaging features centering on technical developments; Seeking and vetting contributors; Selecting/editing/posting copy and images to the PD website regularly and preparing weekly and monthly enews editions; Contribute to social media messaging. I also attend industry events, especially Informa's regional shows that I support with.

Lombard, IL

The company conducts independent contract work for editorial-related projects that include case studies, articles or other content through:1. Writing. 2. Editing. 3. Assisting the client's marketing game plan.The business specializes in developing content related to packaging materials/containers and machinery.Note: 3PE is currently dormant while I work.

I was the Beverage Editor for the PMMI's PACK EXPO Connected Communities site for 6+ months creating and posting at least two columns weekly.

Joined the Packaging Group of BNP in August 2009. For the first 18 months as Executive Editor I was primarily involved in split duties for Food & Beverage Packaging and Packaging Strategies, providing editorial content for both while also supporting PackStrat's conferences on location. I also had a part-time role on Flexible Packaging magazine that.

Greater Chicago Area

Summit is an entrepreneurial, privately-held company that launched Packaging World (PW) in 1992 and subsequently Automation World and numerous eNews and custom publications.* Initiated and fielded features and news articles related to packaging machinery, materials, technologies, and issues. * Conducted dozens of in-plant visits to production operations.

Greater Chicago Area

Cahners Publishing/Reed Business Information (RBI), Des Plaines, ILCahners was the largest B2B publisher in the United States, operating 85 publications valued at $1 billion. Packaging Digest had a circulation near 110,000 during my tenure.* Initiated and fielded features and news articles related to packaging machinery, materials, technologies.

Greater Chicago Area

With a knack for and love of writing, I made a successful jump from industry into trade journal editorial with Prepared Foods magazine covering food industry news from the production side. It was a magazine that I was familiar with from the reader side while in technical services at the R.T French Co. so this was an especially gratifying career switch.I.

Shelley, ID

Technical services department work, including research and development projects related to dehydrated potato processing operations for flake and granular products at a major dehydrated potato processing facility. Plant was subsequently sold to Pillsbury.* Ran various lab-, pilot plant-, and plant-level projects.* Managed pilot plant portions of the.

Clinton, Iowa

Major corn wet-milling facility that produced fructose, dextrose and related products from corn. Approximately 1,500 employees. Former Clinton Corn Processing Co. owned by Standard Brands that merged with Nabisco to form Nabisco Brands; in 1982 facility was sold to Archer Daniels Midland.* Worked as part of a team of six technicians conducting pilot plant.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Science

Aa Degree, Science