Presentations
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Here you will find speaker presentation slides and videos from our past American Food Manufacturing Summit. We are currently hard at work editing the videos! Please stay tuned as the videos will be added to the website shortly. However, the presentation slides are now available for the 2020 summit below.
To view a presentation, please select the session you would like to view. Please note that speakers reserve the right to omit their sessions from our knowledge center. To view a full list of speakers, visit the Speaker Faculty page.
Beginning 2024, the vast majority of our American Food Manufacturing Summit presentations will now only be available via our new Generis On-Demand platform.
Jeffrey Naegle
Plant Manager
McCain FoodsPhil Gautrin
General Manager, USA
Proaction International
Eric Whitley
Director, Industrial Transformation
L2L
Rodney Duran
Area VP, Manufacturing Practice Head
L&T Technology ServicesBrian King
Head, Plant Engineering, Americas
L&T Technology Services
Angelo Stracquatanio
CEO and Co-Founder
Apprentice.io
Increasing Manufacturing Capacity with AI: Deploying Next-Gen Accelerated MES
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Jihan Miller, Ph.D.
VP, Research and Development
Egglife FoodsLarry Homuth
Customer Success Manager
SafetyChain
Michael Phillips
Director, Sales and Business Development
Kanadevia InovaJoe Szczepkowski
Sales Manager
Kanadevia Inova
Maximizing the Value of Food and Beverage Waste from Manufacturing
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Virag Vora
Technical Sales Engineer
TwinThread
Willemijn Schneyder
Founder, SwipeGuide and Chief Strategy Officer, L2L
SwipeGuide
Nikos Manouselis
Founder and CEO
Agroknow
Ben Toro
Strategic Business Developer, Design and Manufacturing
Autodesk
Putting Your Data to Work: Reducing Project Risk and Go-to-Market Time
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Kurt Spyke
Director, National Accounts and Strategic Products
Big Joe Forklifts
Elevate Your Success: Optimizing Material Handling with Advanced Solutions
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Sam Zheng
CEO and Co-Founder
DeepHow
Accelerating Workforce Operational Excellence with AI-Powered Multimodal SOPs
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Lindsey Cole
Sales Director, Food and Beverage
FuelCell Energy
Decarbonizing Food and Beverage Production with Fuel Cell Technology
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Kyle Jenson
VP, Sales
BIOIONIX
Chester Boyt
Chief Revenue Officer
Amerisan
Phil Gautrin
General Manager, USA
Proaction InternationalLuis Munoz Estrada
VP, Operations
Yamamotoyama
Helen Davis
SVP and Head, Operations, North America
The Kraft Heinz Company
Adam Armstrong
VP, Customer Success
Specright
Charles Buckley
Senior Director, Sales-Renewables
Vanguard Renewables
Jim Prunesti
SVP, Engineering, EHS and Manufacturing Excellence
Conagra Brands
Andrew Jarrick
Director, Environment and Sustainability
DiageoCourtney Andersen
VP, Supply Chain
General Mills
Alexandre Eboli
EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Conagra Brands
René Lammers
EVP and Chief Science Officer
PepsiCo
Chris Stanovic
National Account Director
QAD RedzoneMohamed Azim
Solutions Director
QAD Redzone
Chester Boyt
Chief Revenue Officer
Amerisan
Mikael Bengtsson
Director, Industry and Solution Strategy, Food and Beverage
InforJustin Honaman
Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Go-To-Market, Amazon Web Services
AWSNishant Pillai
Managing Director
Apex SystemsAlex Blahus
IT Director
Pompeian
Willemijn Schneyder
Founder, SwipeGuide and Chief Strategy Officer, L2L
SwipeGuideChris Luecke
Podcast Host
Manufacturing Happy HourJoris Stolk
Brewery Manager
HEINEKEN
Eric Whitley
Director, Industrial Transformation
L2L
Kyle Jenson
VP, Sales
BIOIONIX
Juliana Giraldo
Application Sales Executive
AnaplanBrian Mehr
Vice President
VuealtaJohn O’Brien
VP, FP and A
American Sugar Refining
Mahirwan Bhagia
VP and Chief Food Safety and Quality Assurance Officer
PepsiCo
Jody Bayne
Director, Supply Chain Quality
Ferrara Candy Company
Courtney Andersen
VP, Supply Chain
General MillsFernando Hernandez
Senior Director, Supplier Diversity, Global Procurement
The Coca-Cola CompanyJeannette Robles
Director, Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion
ADM
Catherine Davidson
VP, Supply Chain, Food Safety and Quality
PepsiCoCourtney Andersen
VP, Supply Chain
General MillsTola Alade-Lambo
VP, Food Safety and Quality
McCain FoodsJennifer Williams
VP, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Tyson FoodsLiz Palmer, PhD.
Senior Director, Quality
Barry Callebaut Group
Sanjay Barnwal
VP, Plant Engineering, North Americas
L&T Technology Services LimitedBrian King
Head, Plant Engineering, Americas
L&T Technology Services Limited
Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew Jacobs
Senior Director, Quality and Regulatory
McCormick & CompanyKirk Santos
SVP, Global Talent, Constellation Brands
Constellation BrandsSabina Gebczyk
Global Director, Talent, Organization Development, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, Equity
Griffith FoodsLaura Cespedes
VP, HR, Operations and Procurement, North America
The Kraft Heinz Company
Paul Kiecker
Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA-FSIS
Josh Chou
Chief Supply Chain Officer
McCormick & Company
Catherine Davidson
VP, Supply Chain, Food Safety and Quality
PepsiCo
Ted Combs
Industry Principal, Consumer Products
AVEVA Inc
Hugo Gutierrez
Global Chief Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Officer
Kerry Group
Mark Moorman
Director, Office of Food Safety
FDA
Carlos E. Parodi
VP, Brewery Operations
Constellation Brands
Process Optimization Techniques to Improve Your Manufacturing Portfolio
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Mike Mehrwin
Strategic Technical Solutions Executive
Autodesk
How Facility Teams Can Use Software to Accelerate Manufacturing Project Timelines
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Eric Whitley
Director, Smart Manufacturing
L2L
Tola Alade-Lambo
VP, Food Safety and Quality
McCain Foods
RETHINKING, REINVESTING, AND REINVIGORATING OUR QUALITY AND OPERATIONS PROCESSES
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Mark Kalous
Director, Continuous Improvement
McCain FoodsRodger Ziolkowski
VP, Global Food Safety and Quality Systems
Griffith FoodsJunior Rogers
Director, North America Operations
ADMNatalie Hadley
SVP, Quality, Food Safety and Regulatory
Flowers Foods
Michelle Vickers
SVP, Global Labor, Employment, Diversity and Compliance
Dawn FoodsNatasha Miller-Williams
VP, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ferrara Candy CompanyDaphne Banks
Director, Inclusion and Diversity
Campbell Soup CompanyPaul Davis
VP, Chief Diversity Officer
Tyson FoodsHenry Ford Jones
Senior Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Conagra BrandsLorelei Whitney
AVP HR, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader
Cargill
Erin Augustine
Director, Supply Chain Sustainability
Oatly
The Push for Plant-Based and Sustainable Manufacturing Today: Bettering Operations
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Paul Kiecker
Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA-FSIS
Eric Austvold
VP, GM, Food and Beverage
InforJustin Honaman
Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Go-To-Market, Amazon Web Services
AWS
Doug Sutton
EVP, Manufacturing
Smithfield Foods
Vinetta Howard-King
Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations – East
FDA
Claudia Vilar
Director, Product Safety and Quality
Starbucks Coffee CompanyDawn Pickett
VP, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Smithfield FoodsCheryl Burn
VP, Safety, Food Safety and Quality
Kerry GroupSherry Williamson
VP, Global Quality and Food Safety
Kellogg CompanyKristen Coady
SVP, Corporate Affairs
Dairy Farmers of America
Richard Kilmer
Founder and CEO
CargoSenseJeff Newman
Chief Strategy Officer
CargoSenseMike Jones
Head, Technology and Innovation
Pallet AllianceTina Cappuzzello-Klejko
GDP Compliance and TC Development Manager
Expeditors Chicago
Michael Lichte
SVP
Dairy Farmers of America
Redefining Innovation in The Dairy Industry: Changing Your Mindset to Change the Landscape
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Leah Caplanis
Founder and CEO
SOCIAL Sparkling Wine
Kevin McClusky
Chief Technology Architect
Inductive AutomationDaniel Stauft
Director, Operational Technology
SugarCreek
Adrian Wood
Director, Strategic Business Development
Dassault Systemes
Willemijn Schneyder
Founder and CEO
SwipeGuideJoris Stolk
Plant Manager
Lagunitas Brewing Company
The Manufacturing Brain Drain is Real - This is How You Can Solve It
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Craig Wilson
VP, Quality Assurance and Food Safety
Costco
Laura Maxwell
SVP, Supply Chain
PepsiCo
BUILDING THE FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY OF THE FUTURE: TOOLS, TECH AND TEAMS
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Emma Clark
Global Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Falcon GroupDuncan Gilsenan
Business Development Manager
Falcon GroupBob Belshaw
Senior Sales Executive
Falcon Group
Monica Anderson
Director, Operations Excellence and Transformation
Land O' Lakes
Doug Lawson
CEO
ThinkIQ
Adam Jackson
Director, Sales
Prometheus GroupDevin Peters
Functional Consultant
Prometheus Group
Barb Callander
VP, Operations Excellence and Learning
Maple Leaf Foods
Scott MacIntire
Program Director, HAF West, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations
US Food and Drug Administration
Taoufik Arif
VP, Operation Digital Transformation
Olam
John Budin
VP, Product Safety and Quality
FONA International Inc.
Craig Slavtcheff
EVP, Chief R&D and Innovation Officer
Campbell Soup Company
Ben Locwin
Senior Consultant, Public Health Outreach
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Brian Perry
SVP, Food Quality and Safety, Chief Safety Officer
TreeHouse Foods
Lee Perry
VP, Food Quality and Safety
Archer Daniels Midland
Philip Bronstein
Assistant Administrator, Office of Field Operations, Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA
Denise Lefebvre
SVP, Foods R&D
PepsiCo
Susan Bond
VP, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs
Kerry
Matt Rendall
CEO and Co-Founder
OTTO MotorsMatthew Chang
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
Pulse Integration
Jaime Urquidi
Regional VP and Head, CPG Industry
Parsable
Daan Assen
Founder, Chief Product Officer
SwipeGuide
Kim Peterson
Director, Environmental & Sustainability Development
Morton Salt
Anthony Doss
VP, Engineering
Tyson Foods
Jim Bressler
Director, Product Management
Plex SystemsMiriam Melo
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Plex Systems
Darrell Portz
Global VP, Food Safety & Quality,
Griffith Foods
Donzel Leggett
VP, Global Manufacturing Excellence, Global Platforms and Asia, LATAM Supply Chain
General Mills
Sharon Lindan Mayl, J.D.
Senior Advisor for Policy, Office of Food Policy and Response
FDA
Sarah Keller
VP, R&D and QA
Lindt & Sprüngli (USA) Inc.
Carlos E. Parodi
VP, Brewery Operations
Constellation Brands
Arthur P. Liang
Senior Advisor, Food Safety
Center for Disease Control
Michael Leonard
Chief Technology Officer
Motif FoodWorks
Patricia Phan
Director, Manufacturing
Danone
Christie Lagally
Founder and CEO
Rebellyous Foods
Tod Virden
Manufacturing Solution Architect
GrayMatter
Shannon Bennett
Strategic Account Executive
ParsableDavid Dietsch
Business Development
Parsable
Gary Nowacki
CEO
TraceGains Inc.Prateek Bhasin
Project Manager
iRelyThe Future of Food Safety Traceability and Tracking Through Enterprise Software
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Taoufik Arif
VP, Digital Manufacturing and Innovation
Olam InternationalEnrico Manes
VP, Manufacturing and Engineering, Americas
Campari GroupKey Factors to Integrate Within Your Manufacturing Plants to Ensure World-Class Operations
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Darryl Riley
SVP, Quality, Food Safety and R&D
Hostess Brands, LLCWhere Product Development Opportunities and Manufacturing Realities Intersect
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Erik Heggen
Nutrition Chief Commercial Officer
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyDavid Benzaquen
Co-Founder and CEO
Ocean Hugger FoodsKevin Mpambou Do Dang
CFO, Away From Home
Kellogg CompanyWilliam Watts
Senior Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center
WalmartPete Swanson
Director, Regional CPG
ParsableIntegrating Connected Workflows into Your Quality System to Boost Productivity and Safety
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Elhay Farkash
CEO
ZiraPhilip Bronstein
Assistant Administrator, FSIS
USDABob Wolpert
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Golden State FoodsHugo Gutierrez
Global Chief QHSE Officer
Kerry GroupAl Almanza
Global Head, Food Safety and Quality
JBSArthur Liang
Senior Advisor, Food Safety
Centres for Disease Control and PreventionCloeann Durham
VP, Quality
Coca-Cola Bottling Company ConsolidatedEnhancing Food Safety and Quality by Focusing on Training and Culture Development
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Vijay Krishna
VP, Food Safety and Quality
Sargento Foods Inc.Kirby Childs, Ph.D.
VP, Food Safety and Technical Services
Foundation Food GroupDave Fusaro
Editor-in-Chief
Food ProcessingKellie Campbell
Director, Quality Assurance
Ingredion Inc.Natalie Hadley
VP, Quality and Food Safety
Ferrara Candy CompanySteven Hinkle
Director, Contract Manufacturing
Clif Bar & CompanyJason Grooms
VP, Operations Services
Burger LoungeDavid Cech
SVP
Slayton Search PartnersAlison Taylor
Chief Sustainability Officer
Archer Daniels MidlandBruce Wisnefske
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Operations
Sargento Foods Inc.Anthony Doss
VP, Engineering
Tyson FoodsDave Watson
Consultant
The Austin CompanyPhillip Simulis
CEO
Simtelligent