Speakers

The program for the upcoming American Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit 2015 is currently being developed. If you would like to submit a paper or be considered, please contact Chris Chapman at: +44 20 7202 7588  or E-mail [email protected]

Feeding America
Karen Hanner
Managing Director, Manufacturing Product Sourcing
JBS USA
David Wagner
Head of International Logistics
Texas A&M; Center for Food Safety
Dr. Gary R. Acuff
Director
Jasper Wyman & Son
Shannon Fickett
Director of Quality Assurance
Bay Valley Foods
Brian Perry
VP Food Safety & Quality
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Mike Hackney
Plant Manager & Senior Director of Manufacturing
Leprino Foods Company
Edith Wilkin
Staff V.P. & Fellow Food Safety/Regulatory Compliance
U.S. Army
Dr. Christopher Doona
Senior Research Chemist
Chobani Inc.
Hugh Roddy
Senior Director Global Automation Controls & Energy Management
Costco
Craig Wilson
Vice President/GMM
CP Kelco
Gary Jansen
Global Director QMS and Regulatory Affairs
United States Department of Justice
Stuart F. Delery
Acting Associate Attorney General
Keurig
Dick Sweeney
Co-Founder
The Center for Food Integrity
Charlie Arnot
CEO

Key speakers in 2014 included:

Owner
Bradd Eldridge
QMP, LLC
Former Abbott Nutrition
Former Director QA & Compliance, Food Safety & Strategy
Tyco Integrated Security
Don Hsieh
Director, Commercial and Industrial Marketing
Corvus Blue LLC
Dr. Kantha Shelke
Principal
Nutrition Business Journal/Functional Ingredients Magazines
Editor-at-Large
GE Intelligent Platforms
Katie Moore
Global Industry Manager - Food and Beverage
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Colleen Barnes
Executive Director of Food Regulatory Modernization
EtQ, Inc.
Tom Barlow
Pre-Sales Manager
Christian Schulze
Business Development Manager
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Mike Hackney
Plant Manager & Senior Director of Manufacturing
Sensitech
Barry Conlon
Senior Vice President Cargo Security & Intelligence
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Thomas Mort
Global Energy Director
Ready Pac Foods
Brian Zomorodi
VP Research & Development, Quality
Texas A&M; Center for Food Safety
Dr. Gary R. Acuff
Director
FDA
Priya Rathnam
Compliance Specialist
Nestlé Purina
Ken Dean
Vice President, Quality Systems
Solving Efeso
Bruce Ellis
International Expert
Stericycle ExpertRECALL Solutions
Jim Badalati
Director, Recall and Retrieval
Bay Valley Foods
Brian Perry
VP Food Safety & Quality
Golden State Foods
Suzanne Mailman
International Food Technologist & Quality Systems Specialist
TraceGains
Gary Nowacki
CEO
Dairy Management Inc.
Geri Berdak
Senior Vice President, Health & Wellness
President
Bob Schiffmann
International Microwave Power Institute
R.F. Schiffmann Associates, Inc
President
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership
Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker
Author
University of Michigan
Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
McKinsey & Company
Katy George
Director
Grant Thornton
Philip Higginbotham
National Director of Analytics
Integrated Project Management Company, Inc.
Andrew Dolvig
Regional Operations Manager