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Take advantage of our special combination pricing and gain full access to both SmartPack 2020 and E-PACK US 2020 Online!
SmartPack US 2020 Online will take place October 26, 2020 - focusing on industry collaboration and innovations that accelerate the commercial adoption of active and intelligent packaging applications, which can be integrated to complement and enhance e-commerce packaging solutions.
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Jon is the SVP/General Manager at Grove Collaborative and has over 20 years in the product space, ranging from food to home furnishings and housewares to consumer packaged goods. His career started in the kitchens of fine dining restaurants before making the transition to the retail world. He has a passion for how things are made and has spent countless hours inside hundreds of factories in more than 20 countries trying to further his understanding of how to bring innovation to product development. At Grove Collaborative, he leads development of new brands and new products across a broad spectrum; home cleaning, personal care and wellness. Grove has an eye on bringing sustainable innovation to the CPG space and Jon focuses on making sure Grove achieves those goals.
Ed Thorne is is the Head of Business Development for Loop (TerraCycle company) in Europe. Loop is a global platform that enables consumer product companies and retailers to shift from a disposable supply chain to a durable one.
Ed joined Loop in early 2020 and heads up partnerships and new business with retailers, brands, and others who are looking to develop durable supply chains across Europe.
Prior to joining Loop, Ed had a range of commercial and general management experience with innovative businesses in SaaS and corporate intelligence in Europe and East Asia.
Dan Felton is Executive Director of AMERIPEN – the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment. He is a well-known policy and trade association leader who has worked within the bottled water, credit card, healthcare and information management industries. He is particularly passionate about environmental, sustainability and packaging issues and has engaged extensively in those areas at the state and federal levels. He has chaired committees and led task forces for several national trade associations and has served on the board of the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC) where he is a graduate of the their nationally recognized professional certificate programs. A former professional actor and musician, he has run the finances and served on the board of a nationally recognized theatre education non-profit. He has also been involved with the Commission on Presidential Debates since 2000 in support of their quad-annual presidential and vice presidential debates. A graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, Dan lives in the Washington DC area.
Tania Montesi is Business Development Manager/E-Commerce Packaging Manager at H.B. Fuller.
Detailed Bio Coming Soon!
Nicole is a senior sales and marketing executive with extensive experience across early-stage and Fortune 100 packaging and consumer packaged goods companies. Nicole currently serves as Vice President of Commercial and Business Development for AeroFlexx, an Innventure portfolio company, and is responsible for the entire customer collaboration and commercialization process for new partners and products, from initial pak design to e-commerce launch and on-shelf brick-and-mortar execution.
Nicole joins AeroFlexx from Be Green Packaging, where she led the effort to build the corporate sales and marketing functions from the ground up to support the growth and expansion of Be Green’s retail consumer goods compostable packaging business. Prior to Be Green, Nicole worked for more than thirteen years with Mars, Inc. During her tenure with Mars, Inc., Nicole worked across several business units and every retail class of trade to build teams focused on achieving sales and marketing goals. Nicole’s final position at Mars, Inc. was to oversee and grow Mars Food’s large customer relationships, working across Walmart, Target, Meijer and regional grocery chains, drug, natural/speciality, and military channels to grow e-commerce and support overall business development and growth. Nicole’s team won the 2017 Mars Food Team of the Year due to their support of overall growth across major retailers.
Speaker bio coming soon.
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.
Yi is responsible for global ecommerce & business development based in Amcor’s headquarters in Zurich. Yi joined Amcor in 2008 and held multiple roles in marketing, innovation and business development based in USA and Europe. Yi’s packaging and market knowledge span across diverse end-use segments and across rigid, flexible packaging and folding cartons. Her passion is connecting the dots between market insights and solutions to drive growth for Amcor and its customers. Prior to Amcor, Yi previously worked for Philips in retail marketing and management in China. Yi holds an MBA from Henry B. Tippie School of Management, The University of Iowa, USA.
Brent Lindberg is annoying, and he knows it. It’s more than just the corny jokes and odd quirks. With a curiosity that rivals George, Brent has the habit of relentlessly asking questions like a 5-year-old. He also has an obnoxious appetite for the unexpected (as anyone who’s seen his wardrobe can tell you).
Together these traits produce an unorthodox approach to structural packaging design which has built a culture at Fuseneo, the creative studio he started. And somehow, it seems to be working. Their incessant inquisition and boundary-pushing has been reshaping packaging experiences across retail and e-commerce for more than a decade.
Rian Mabry is the Director of Procurement - Packaging for HelloFresh. HelloFresh is a meal-kit delivery company focusing on delivering fresh food to customer around the world. Rian came to HelloFresh to focus on driving innovation in the meal delivery industry. Through continued sustainability and food safety of packaging materials. Rian has a strong desire to see the meal-kit industry drive changes into how e-commerce packaging is perceived.
Rian is a graduate of Michigan State University School of Packaging. Since completing his education he has worked in Pharmaceuticals, Confections and Beverage industry focusing on packaging innovation and productivity.
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.
Dustin is Director, Global R&D at SC Johnson leading product development teams in delivering growth through the eCommerce space. He is passionate about creating consumer value and views eCommerce as more than “a brown box” and “another sales channel.” To Dustin eCommerce presents an opportunity to tell meaningful brand stories and capture the consumer. He is energized with the challenge of profitably being where the consumer is anytime, anywhere, and shaping this fast-growing space.
Dustin joined SC Johnson in 2010 and has held roles across multiple R&D and Supply Chain functions including New Product Development, Design to Value and Commercialization. Prior to SC Johnson Dustin was developing new products and packaging with teams at Syngenta and Mattel Toy Company.
Dustin holds a Masters Degree in Product Design and Development Management from Northwestern University and a B.S. degree in Packaging from The University of Wisconsin-Stout.
