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When: May 11th-12th, 2010 Where: Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois Price: US$700
Summary: The 4th Food Technology, Innovation Key Topics: Food Safety, Quality Assurance, Innovations, Technology, Sustainability, Regulations, New Product Development (NPD), Consumer Insights, Health & Wellness. Website: http://www.thefoodsummit.com Speaker Highlights
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Mark Timbie is President – North American Consumer Foods. His responsibilities include overseeing the North American Consumer Food Group, including the U.S. Consumer and Industrial manufacturing plants, Mexico and Latin America as well as McCormick’s Global Export Department. He is also a member of McCormick’s Management Committee. Mr. Timbie joined McCormick in 1996 as Vice President – Sales & Marketing for the McCorm...more
Todd Hale has more than 30 years of experience in consumer panel analysis, including 24 years with The Nielsen Company, where he has held various marketing and sales management positions. Over the course of his career, Hale has been heavily involved in the development of innovative consumer panel applications for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers. A frequently sought-after industry and client speaker, Hale shares his insig...more
Competence in the field of nutrition and know-how about what is required from a distributor of ingredients, combined with our understanding of Omega-3, make TINE one of very few traders who can help the customers in effective product development, product implementation and product optimizing. Our EPADHA Omega-3 emulsion is developed by a team consisting of researchers and product developers from the dairy industry, with one goal; to make an ingre...more
Elizabeth joined Sensitech in 2004, after spending over 15 years in high-technology strategic marketing and business development roles. At Sensitech, Elizabeth works closely with food industry leaders to stay abreast of market trends and regulatory requirements. She provides leadership for product innovation and marketing outreach. Elizabeth actively participates in global food technology, safety and quality organizations including Global Cold Ch...more
Elizabeth Pivonka is President of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation devoted to increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables. A passionate advocate of greater consumption of fruits and vegetables for America’s better health, Dr. Pivonka has been integrally involved with the Foundation’s efforts since it was incorporated in 1991 as a founding partner of the National 5 A Day for Better Health P...more
Robert Prevendar has 18 years of experience in the regulatory and industry aspect of global food safety training, auditing and certification schemes. He is a licensed Environmental Health Practitioner and a former member of the Board of Directors for Illinois Environmental Health Association (IEHA), where he chaired the Public Relations and Licensing committee. Prevendar spent the first 8 years his professional career working for local government...more
Hollison Technologies, LLC is focused on providing breakthrough solutions for ensuring and maintaining food safety and security. Hollison provides unique products and services for food protection and the detection of contaminants in the food supply chain including, but not limited to, farms, bulk storage facilities, commodity transportation, food processing, food distribution and point of consumption. The company offers capabilities for the prote...more
Annika Mäyrä studied microbiology and dairy technology at Helsinki University. She has worked with microbes, food applications and especially functional foods serving as an R&D director for both Valio Ltd and Raisio Ltd. Annika has always been interested in design, marketing and consumer research and founded Verso Ltd at the end of 2006.
Kraig R. Naasz is the president and chief executive officer of the American Frozen Food Institute. AFFI represents 500 companies engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of frozen foods. Kraig directs the institute’s public policy efforts before Congress and the administration, and sets its strategic agenda for communications, grassroots mobilization and political outreach. In addition, Kraig oversees the efforts of the Frozen ...more
Our roots run deep - Sweet Green Fields brings together three companies, each with over 110 years experience: Sanitarium Founded in Australia, Sanitarium, The Health Food Company's core philosophy is "a better life through better nutrition." At Sanitarium, we're about more than just selling food. Our mission is to help you enjoy more energy and vitality. We've been committed to this philosophy for over 100 years and it's the reason we e...more
With 25 years of experience in the food industry, in the areas of regulatory affairs, food safety, quality assurance and sanitation Holly Mockus has been privileged to work with the exceptional team of professionals at Sara Lee Corporation during the past 5 years. As the Director, Food Safety working across all of supply chain her time at Sara Lee has topped a career which includes increasing levels of responsibility with a diverse variety of foo...more
Kelley Fitzpatrick, M.Sc., serves as the director of health and nutrition for Flax Canada 2015 a unique industry-government relationship with the aim of increasing the overall economic value of flax. In this role, she coordinates funding of private and public initiatives in the areas of human and animal health and nutrition, functional food and natural health product (NHP) development, and plant genetics and agronomy. Fitzpatrick also leads the a...more
Gary M. Smith is the Technical Director of the SQF Institute where he is responsible for the development and coordination of the SQF standards and supporting documents. He also works with committees and certification bodies executing the SQF standard and conducts training courses in implementing and auditing SQF Systems. Gary began his more than 20-year career in food safety as an Environmental Sanitarian with the State of Missouri Department of ...more
Rob Kerfin is an Executive Sales Manager with Red Arrow Products Company LLC in Manitowoc, WI. He also serves as the company's Business Development Manager for Savory Reaction Flavors. Rob is responsible for implementing sales, development, and marketing activities for Red Arrow’s emerging “Cooking-Method” Flavor Business. Prior to joining Red Arrow, Rob worked in strategic sales and management roles with American Maize, Wixon, ...more
Howard Moskowitz is the CEO of i-Novation Inc as well as President of Moskowitz Jacobs Inc., a firm he founded in 1981. Dr. Moskowitz is both a well-known experimental psychologist in the field of psychophysics and an inventor of world-class market research technology. Dr. Moskowitz graduated Harvard University in 1969 with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology. Prior to that he graduated Queens College (New York), Phi Beta Kappa, with degrees in ma...more
Svetlana Uduslivaia is a Research Analyst working in Euromonitor International’s Chicago office. In her role, Svetlana manages the research program on Canadian consumer markets and coordinates a team of in-country analysts located in Canada. Previously, she was working as an in-country Research Analyst for Canada and was located in Montreal, Quebec, covering industries such as Pet Food and Pet Care Products, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Pack...more
Prior to joining Waters, Paul had been employed by the UK Government in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland (DARDNI) for more than 25 years, involved in ensuring compliance with EU food safety regulations. During that time, he also acted as a consultant on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organisation/IAEA Joint Division, offering advice to developing countries. He has organised and delivered training on foo...more
Dennis Quonce is the Professional Services Manager for EtQ, Inc, in Farmingdale, NY. Dennis has over 30 years of experience in various roles in Manufacturing, Quality Management, Compliance—including SQF, GSF, ISO 22000, ISO 9000, ISO 14001, TS 16949, OHSAS 18001—Software Project Management and Lean Six Sigma (LSS). Dennis has over 12 years of experience with EtQ implementations, being one of the early adopters of automated quality ma...more
Greg Horn has been in the beverage industry for over 20 years. He recently accepted a new position at WILD Flavors, Inc. as the Senior Director, Sweetener Technology to manage the commercialization and application of stevia and taste modifiers for high intensity sweetners.Prior to that, Greg was the Senior Director of Technology and Innovation at WILD Flavors where his primary roles were to investigate the benefits, application and commercializat...more
Richard joined Hagelin Flavor Technologies as Technical Director in 1999 and has served as the Vice President of Flavors since 2003. In this capacity, Richard oversees Global Sales, Marketing and Product Development of Flavors. With a BS in Biology and MS in Food Micro-Biology, both from Virginia Tech, he began his career in the flavor industry over 17 years ago in Product Development positions at flavor development companies Givaudan and Interna...more
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 address continually changing market pressures. His areas of expertise include: Manufacturing Operations Management, Enterprise Quality Management and Compliance, Lean, Energy Management, and Technology Interoperability. Over the past three years at Aberdee...more
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