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Confirmed 2012 Speakers Included:

The confirmed speakers for the 3rd Annual Food Manufacturing & Safety Forum 2013 will be appearing here shortly.
If you would like to be considered, please contact Melissa Young Sing, Head of Conference Production, World Trade Group North America T: +1 416 214 1144

Pablo Cussatti
Pablo Cussatti
VP Supply Chain Operations, West Dairies
Dean Foods
USA

Pablo Cussatti is the VP of Supply Chain Operations for the West Operations of Dean Foods. He is responsible for the Manufacturing and Warehousing operations of 29 facilities that produce milk,... [ view bio ]

Stacey M. Taylor
Stacey M. Taylor
Vice President Ingredients / Enterprise Procurement
ConAgra Foods

Stacey Taylor joined ConAgra Foods in July 2006 as Vice President, Indirect & Capital Procurement. She was responsible for developing and refining ConAgra’s indirect procurement team. ... [ view bio ]

Neil Marshall
Neil Marshall
Global Director, Quality & Food Safety
The Coca-Cola Company
USA

Global Director, Quality & Food Safety The Coca-Cola Company Neil Marshall, Global Director Quality & Food Safety for The Coca-Cola Company. His overarching responsibility is to l... [ view bio ]

Gillian Kelleher
Gillian Kelleher
VP Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Wegmans Food Markets
USA

Born in Cork, Ireland and possessing a degree in Food Science from University College Cork, Gillian has worked in the food industry in Ireland, the U.K, France and the U.S for over 25 years. Gill... [ view bio ]

Susanne Roslon
Susanne Roslon
Divisional Vice President Manufacturing
Abbott Nutrition
USA

Susanne Roslon joined Abbott Nutrition in 2009 as Director, Global Engineering, Technology and Innovation. She was responsible for the technical development and delivery of Abbott’s global... [ view bio ]

Dexter Manning
Dexter Manning
Partner, Audit Services, National Food & Beverage Practice Leader
Grant Thornton LLP
USA

Dexter serves as national food and beverage industry practice leader for Grant Thornton LLP. He has over twenty years of experience in financial accounting and advisory services specializing in... [ view bio ]

Jenny Scott
Jenny Scott
Senior Advisor to Director, Office of Food Safety, CFSAN; FSMA Preventive Controls Team - Preventive Controls Guidance Work Group Lead
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
USA

Jenny Scott is Senior Advisor to the Director of the Office of Food Safety at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. In that position she develops... [ view bio ]

Amir Ghannad
Amir Ghannad
Director – Atlanta Plant & N.A. Lean and Workplace Excellence
Sunny Delight Beverages Company
& Registered Corporate Coach, Facilitator, Trainer

USA

Amir Ghannad has over 25 years of experience in leadership and organizational development at Procter and Gamble and Sunny Delight Beverages Company. Amir, who holds a Masters Degree in Mechanica... [ view bio ]

Bradd Eldridge
Bradd Eldridge
Director of QA Compliance, Food Safety and Strategy
Abbott Nutrition
USA

Bradd Eldridge is the Director of Quality, with Abbott Nutrition. He started with Abbott in 1990 and held a variety of roles with increasing responsibilities in quality and manufacturing across ... [ view bio ]

Bob Branham
Bob Branham
Director Customer Sustainability
General Mills

Melissa Nippert
Melissa Nippert
Senior Director, Engineering
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC
USA

Pinnacle Foods, based in Cherry Hill, NJ, is the country’s largest privately held food company, with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Vlasic, and Hungry Man. Pi... [ view bio ]

Laura Batcha
Laura Batcha
Vice President
Organic Trade Association
USA

Laura Batcha, who lives on an organic vegetable farm in Southern Vermont, joined the staff of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in 2008, and currently serves as OTA’s Executive Vice Presi... [ view bio ]

Karen Hanner
Karen Hanner
Director Manufacturer Partnerships
Feeding America
USA

Karen Hanner is the Director of Manufacturer Partnerships for Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization. She leads the manufacturer product sourcing team and drives c... [ view bio ]

Christine Bushway
Christine Bushway
CEO
Organic Trade Association
USA

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Christine Bushway joined the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in 2008. Christine opened OTA’s first DC office to enhance the Association’... [ view bio ]

Dr. Steven Schwartz
Dr. Steven Schwartz
Managing Site Director, Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (CAPPS)
Ohio State University
USA

Professor Steven J. Schwartz was educated at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S. 1976, Chemistry) and completed his graduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.S.... [ view bio ]

Dr. Kantha Shelke
Dr. Kantha Shelke
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC

Michael Page
Michael Page
VP Global Quality and Regulatory
Starbucks
USA

Mike Page joined the Starbucks Coffee Company in July of 2011 as Vice President of Global Quality & Regulatory. Mike’s responsibilities include but are not limited to; aligning Starbuck... [ view bio ]

Michele Buchanan
Michele Buchanan
Director, QUALITY - North America
Unilever
USA

Marianne Elbertson
Marianne Elbertson
Acting Director, Food Defense Assessment Staff, Office of Data Integration and Food Protection, Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA

Marianne Elbertson is the Senior Food Defense Analyst in the Office of Data Integration and Food Protection for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS... [ view bio ]

Dr. Aaron Malone
Dr. Aaron Malone
Director Quality Assurance
Whitewave Foods
USA

Dr. Malone received his Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition/Food Microbiology from The Ohio State University with his research focusing on stress resistance and adaptation of foodborne pathogens.... [ view bio ]

Tyler Singleton
Tyler Singleton
Director of Quality Systems
Golden State Foods
USA

Tyler Singleton is a seasoned Quality professional with a combined 12 years of experience with Golden State Foods, Ralcorp, Western Quality Foods, Darigold, and Glanbia. He holds an MS in Food Sc... [ view bio ]

Denise Durham
Denise Durham
Director Quality
Zentis
USA

Denise Durham is the Director of Quality for Zentis Food Solutions North America. Ms. Durham holds a masters degree in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, ... [ view bio ]

Julie Larson
Julie Larson
COO
Hampshire Pet Products
USA

With over 30 years in the pet food industry, Julie Larson joined Hampshire Pet Products in 2000. Manufacturing baked pet treats for several of the nation’s leading brands, the 160,000 sq f... [ view bio ]

Richard Tester
Richard Tester
Vice President, CDC Factory
CDC Software
USA

Richard Tester is Vice President at CDC Factory the fastest growing division of CDC Software specializing in Manufacturing Operations Management Software, Operational Excellence and shop floor be... [ view bio ]

Matthew J Smith
Matthew J Smith
iCiX Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
iCiX
USA

Matthew started in the Australian financial services software market where he led sales and services for Megabus, a leading Australian integrated accounting solutions software vendor. Growing ... [ view bio ]

Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith
Sr. Director Food Safety and Quality
Hearthside Foods
USA

Mike Rozembajgier
Mike Rozembajgier
Vice President of Recalls
Stericycle ExpertRECALL
USA

Mike Rozembajgier is Vice President of Recalls for Stericycle ExpertRECALL™. Mike is responsible for all aspects of recall service offerings, including development of strategic recall busi... [ view bio ]

Mark Hepburn
Mark Hepburn
VP Worlwide Sales
ICONICS
USA

Mark Hepburn is Vice President of Worldwide Sales for ICONICS, Inc., the leading provider of Visual Intelligence solutions based on open standard communications and the latest Microsoft technolog... [ view bio ]

Ryan Friedman
Ryan Friedman
Project Team Manager
Sensitech
USA

Since joining Sensitech Inc. in 2004, Ryan Friedman has been responsible for leading and managing cold chain improvement projects for the company’s food division. He works closely with maj... [ view bio ]

Bill Schiel
Bill Schiel
Director of Business Development, Food and Beverage
Invensys Operations Management
USA

Bill is currently responsible for the Wonderware Application for Corporate Energy Management, a product targeted at those who have sustainability goals for energy and water. He also leads the Foo... [ view bio ]

Ken Bubeck
Ken Bubeck
CEO
ithos inc.
USA

Mr. Bubeck, Founder of Ithos Global and innovator of the Ithos Business Concept, has worked in the target market space from 2003 through the present. Ithos is Mr. Bubeck’s second enterprise... [ view bio ]

Andrew Dolvig
Andrew Dolvig
Project Management Consultant
Integrated Project Management
USA

Mr. Andrew Dolvig is a Project Management Consultant at Integrated Project Management, Inc, a project management consulting company with a focus in the food/beverage and the life sciences industr... [ view bio ]

Tim Oberg
Tim Oberg
Director of Food and Beverage Markets
Spraying Systems Co.
USA

Tim Oberg is the Director of Food and Beverage Markets at Spraying Systems Co. and has more than 20 years experience in a wide variety of spray technology applications. He has worked extensively ... [ view bio ]

Arun Ramabadran
Arun Ramabadran
Director of Market Solutions
Spraying Systems Co.
USA

Arun Ramabadran is a Director of Market Solutions at Spraying Systems Co. and has spear-headed two areas of recent sales growth at Spraying Systems Co. Specifically, Arun specializes in food safe... [ view bio ]

Ashley Kerman
Ashley Kerman
Director of Product Management – Recalls
Inmar
USA

With over 25 years of reverse logistics experience, Ashley Kerman is currently the Director of Product Management – Recalls for Inmar. Her responsibilities include managing the recall pro... [ view bio ]

Don Hsieh
Don Hsieh
Director, Commercial and Industrial Marketing
ADT Security Services
USA

Don is the Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at ADT Security Solutions. He is responsible for developing and driving the go-to-market strategy for a broad spectrum of vertical mark... [ view bio ]

Tom Barlow
Tom Barlow
Pre-Sales Manager
EtQ
USA

With over a decade of experience, Tom Barlow has been helping to demonstrate and innovate solutions within the Quality and Compliance industry as Pre-Sales Manager for EtQ, Inc. Tom has an ... [ view bio ]

2011 Speakers Included:
Gary Neff
Gary Neff
Group Leader, Packaging Innovation
H.J. Heinz Company

Dr Kantha Shelke
Dr Kantha Shelke
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC

Kantha Shelke, Ph.D. is a diversified scientist, expediting new product and technology development in food and nutrition. She is the Founder and Principal at Corvus Blue, a consumer packaged good... [ view bio ]

Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
VP, Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Keystone Foods

William (Bill) Griffith joined Keystone Foods, LLC in January 2009 as Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance. In his current role, Bill is responsible for food safety and quality as... [ view bio ]

Humberto Garcia
Humberto Garcia
Sr. Packaging Manager, Ice Cream, Spreads and Dressings, North America
Unilever

Humberto Garcia is the senior packaging manager for the Ice Cream, Spreads and Dressings categories in North America, responsible for packaging innovation, cost optimization, technology explorati... [ view bio ]

Deborah Bowles
Deborah Bowles
Group Manager, Performance Excellence
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc

Ms. Deborah Bowles has over 25 years of leadership experience in multi-billion dollar consumer products and consumer and industrial chemicals industries. Her enviable professional expertise enco... [ view bio ]

Bryan Armentrout
Bryan Armentrout
Director of Quality Assurance Systems
Morningstar/ WhiteWave Foods

WhiteWave Foods is a pioneer in creating healthy, innovative, responsibly-produced foods, including organic and natural leaders Horizon Organic® milk, Silk® Soymilk, as well as other ... [ view bio ]

Steven Mavity
Steven Mavity
SVP, Quality Assurance
Bumble Bee Foods

Mr. Mavity is currently Senior Vice President – Quality Assurance for Bumble Bee Foods. He has held this position since August of 2005 and leads the company’s Quality, Consumer Resp... [ view bio ]

Dr Al Baroudi
Dr Al Baroudi
VP, Food Safety & QA
The Cheesecake Factory

Dr. Ata (Al) Baroudi joined The Cheesecake Factory in 2008 with broad experience in the food industry as a quality assurance executive. He is an agricultural engineer with a MS degree in Food Sc... [ view bio ]

Yves Dufort
Yves Dufort
Global Food, Beverage & CPG Industry Solutions
Invensys Operations Management

As the industry lead for Food, Beverage & CPG, Yves helps coordinate product and solution strategies for this dynamic industry sector. Working with an extensive client base, plus industry an... [ view bio ]

Kevin J Duffy
Kevin J Duffy
Global Vice President, Operations Improvement
Kepner-Tregoe

Kevin Duffy, Global Vice President, Operations Improvement, Kepner-Tregoe. Kevin leads a global industry team of management consultants working with clients in North America, Europe, Australia, ... [ view bio ]

Darren Priddy
Darren Priddy
Quality Assurance Manager
Beam Global Wine and Spirits, Inc.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
Senior Technical Director, SQFI
Food Marketing Institute

The SQF (Safe Quality Food) Institute is a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), established to administer the SQF Program, a leading, global food safety and quality certification and m... [ view bio ]

Matthew Littlefield
Matthew Littlefield
Senior Research Analyst
Aberdeen Group

As a Senior Research Analyst with the Aberdeen Group, Matthew drives Aberdeen's manufacturing research agenda and studies how manufacturing enterprises manage people, process, and technology to a... [ view bio ]

Mike Powers
Mike Powers
Associate Director, Global Product Supply
Procter & Gamble

With a career at P&G spanning 35 years, Mike’s experiences have included global supply chain planning and coordination, and global strategic planning and acquisitions for the company... [ view bio ]

Joe Stout RS
Joe Stout RS
Former Director of Global Product Protection & Hygenic Design
Kraft Foods

A food scientist by education, Stout has worked for Kraft Foods for 28 years in the areas of operations, sanitation, and quality. He is a registered sanitarian with the State of Pennsylvania. Sto... [ view bio ]

Glenn McCarty
Glenn McCarty
Chief Executive Officer
EtQ Inc

With over 18 years of experience, Glenn McCarty has been helping to shape software technology within the Quality industry with his company, EtQ, Inc. Before founding EtQ, Glenn gained 11 years of... [ view bio ]

Daniel Ruble
Daniel Ruble
VP, Sales & Marketing
Matcon Inc.

Dan Ruble, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Matcon, has more than fifteen years experience in providing solutions for handling and processing powders. A primary focus of Dan’s wor... [ view bio ]

Martin Stein
Martin Stein
Vice President
Competitive Capabilities International

Dr. Stein is an experienced management consultant with extensive experience as an economist for the public and private sector. He has specialized in strategic implementation, quantitative analysi... [ view bio ]

Mark Sutcliffe
Mark Sutcliffe
Senior Vice President
CDC Software International
& President
CDC Factory

Mark Sutcliffe has served as Senior Vice President of CDC Software International and President of CDC Factory, one of CDC Software’s Enterprise Divisions, since October 2006. Mr. Sutcliffe... [ view bio ]

Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings
Vice President, Sales
IBS America, Inc

As a longtime team member of IBS, Stephen Cummings has spent the last 15 years helping quality professionals and their companies achieve their quality goals. He has over thirty-five years of expe... [ view bio ]

Ian Rowledge
Ian Rowledge
Director of LineView solutions
OptimumFX

Ian is an entrepreneur, who has the ability to review an entire operations facility and pinpoint areas where the most value adding improvements can be achieved. His success in this is founded th... [ view bio ]

Ginny Edleman
Ginny Edleman
Director, Product Excellence Program and Quality Information Management
The Hershey Company

Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell
Business Consultant
ASECO Integrated Systems

Jay Gouliard
Jay Gouliard
VP, Global Packaging
Unilever

Unilever is a founding member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, which has over 160 members, including packaging users, producers and retailers. Unilever is also a member of EUROPEN (the Eur... [ view bio ]