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Jessie Schwartz is a Senior Manager of Strategy and Designed For Life Philosophy at Lovesac, one of the fastest growing furniture brands in the US. The Designed For Life (DFL) product design framework is dedicated to creating better products that are more circular and more consumer and environmentally friendly. The framework covers our products and packaging, but also influences the way we design our showroom, e-commerce experience, logistics and operations. She leads strategic change management projects for the organization and contributes to the strategic road map to further the circular vision. She is passionate about sustainability and would love to exchange favorite book titles on that or other business topics with you. She has been with Lovesac for 6 years, before that she was a management consultant at Accenture.
Saloni is the CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer at EcoEnclose, the world's most innovative provider of sustainable shipping solutions for ecommerce brands. She is passionate about helping conscious companies thrive and pursuing advancements that help build towards a truly circular materials economy. Prior to EcoEnclose, Saloni was a Managing Director at New Venture Advisors, a consultancy that supports the development and growth of sustainable food and agriculture. Professionally, Saloni's career has balanced social justice, environmental progress, and strategy - including the launch of Fresh Takes Kitchen, a social enterprise committed to improving healthy food access and serving as a Director at Teach For America. Saloni lives in Colorado with her three children, whose deep and growing passion for the planet and all of its biodiversity inspires her for what the future may bring.
Evan Abel is a consumer-focused innovator with over 15 years' experience building novel products, services, and business models. He currently leads service design and sustainability at The Rounds, a modern-day milkman model for zero-waste delivery of household essentials. Previously, Evan led circular economy initiatives at Walmart, including Reuse and Beyond the Bag. He joined Walmart in 2018, as part of an acquisition to develop the InHome Delivery service. Evan co-founded Frank, a peer-to-peer money lending platform grounded in behavioral economics principles. He also co-founded Friends of Rockaway, a disaster-relief nonprofit after Superstorm Sandy. Additionally, Evan teaches a product design and development course as an adjunct professor at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. Evan is an avid bicycle-commuter, novice surfer, and proud Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Master Composter.
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Chantal believes that leveraging the right technology at the right time has the power to solve problems in magical ways. As a software engineer, she has been able to bring these solutions to life building tools and experiences.
Today, she applies these principles as the CTO and Co-founder of LimeLoop, developing smart sustainable packaging and the digital platform to support them
In those rare moments, when she steps away from the computer, you can usually find her with her head down in the arts & craft hobby of the month or testing out new recipes in the kitchen.
Tania's experience in packaging manufacturing, marketing and innovation spans nearly 20 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications from Hautes Études Commercials (HEC) in Montreal, with focus in marketing management. Ambitious and determined, Tania is successful at discovering new customer insights, and developing sustainable solutions that fulfill unmet market needs. She's passionate about the circular economy and thrives on identifying innovative & sustainable ways to redesign e-commerce packaging.
EFI™ is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analogue to digital imaging. We are passionate about fuelling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalised documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. (www.efi.com)
We provide corrugated packaging industry an ecosystem of solutions that include the most advanced single-pass inkjet printer for corrugated as well as EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite, the industry’s only end-to-end corrugated workflow solution that integrates manufacturing, business and production processes.
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Brent Lindberg is annoying, and he knows it. With a curiosity that rivals George, he has a habit of relentlessly asking questions like a 5-year-old. And anyone who knows him can tell you he has an obnoxious appetite for the unexpected. But somehow these odd traits create a perfect storm for real innovation. This has become the culture of Fuseneo, the packaging innovation team he formed over a decade ago. Together they help brands find unexpected opportunities in packaging by combining daring creativity with serious expertise.
Jacquie Patterson is formerly a Senior Manager of Package Engineering for the Sustainability Team at Hasbro. In her role, she focused on sustainability across Hasbro’s portfolio of toy and game packaging. In particular, she was proud to help drive Hasbro’s efforts to phase out plastic from its new packaging.
Ms. Patterson was with Hasbro for 15 years, beginning in a Packaging Engineer role before transitioning into managing Hasbro’s group of Packaging Engineers for its wide portfolio of toys and games. Ms. Patterson drove implementation of many steps along Hasbro’s sustainable packaging journey, including the switch to bio-based PET plastic packaging and the rollout of How2Recycle® labeling on-package. She was also responsible for collaborating on broad packaging initiatives, such as packaging for e-Commerce, which helps Hasbro’s consumers save time and get to the fun faster. She has helped to drive Hasbro’s e-Commerce packaging initiative since its inception close to 10 years ago, knowing that this initiative is also making a difference for the environment.
Ms. Patterson has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Packaging Science from Rochester Institute of Technology. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and children – especially outdoors.
Graduate of the University of Southern California. Started as a sample maker at Bay Cities while attending college. Became a Salesperson and rose to the President’s position in 1995. Became CEO shortly thereafter and named Chairman in 2002. Served as Chairman of the Association of Independent Corrugated Convertors in 2014/2015. Serves as Board of Director member of the AICC, International Corrugated Packaging Foundation, and Fiber Box Association. Advisory Board member of California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo CA. Member of Vistage International.
Shyamala is an experienced Product Management and Strategy leader with an entrepreneurial spirit. She has an extensive experience in E-Commerce, Marketplace strategy, Digital Marketing and Mobility. Led various strategic initiatives in major retailers such as Macy’s , Bloomingdale’s, Toys ‘R’Us, Sears & Kmart, Alfuttaim Retail, Sainsbury's across multiple geographies - USA, UK, UAE & India.
Jie Yan is Sr. Manager in PepsiCo Global R&D located in Valhalla, New York. She leads packaging innovation of PepsiCo Beverage North America (PBNA) ecommerce platform as well as commercialization of leading CSD brands, including Mountain Dew, KickStart, and GameFuel. Jie is also responsible for developing new packaging platforms in PBNA beverage business unit.
Jie Joined PepsiCo in 2004 and held roles across multiple R&D functions, including Sensory & Consumer Research, Analytical Science & Brand Sustainability and PepsiCo Advance Research, where she has advanced the packaging agenda base on renewable material.
Jie holds two Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology, a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. She is also a PMI Certified Project Management Professional.
