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 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 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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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, 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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC
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 ]
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. 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 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 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 ]
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 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 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 ]
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 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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 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 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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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. 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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 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 ]
Director, Product Excellence Program and Quality Information Management
The Hershey Company
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 ]


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