Presentations
Welcome to the presentations page!
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 2024 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 Foods

Phil Gautrin
General Manager, USA
Proaction International


Eric Whitley
Director, Industrial Transformation
L2L


Rodney Duran
Area VP, Manufacturing Practice Head
L&T Technology Services

Brian 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 Foods

Larry Homuth
Customer Success Manager
SafetyChain


Michael Phillips
Director, Sales and Business Development
Kanadevia Inova

Joe 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 International

Luis 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
Diageo

Courtney 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 Redzone

Mohamed Azim
Global Solutions Director
QAD Redzone


Chester Boyt
Chief Revenue Officer
Amerisan


Mikael Bengtsson
Director, Industry and Solution Strategy, Food and Beverage
Infor

Justin Honaman
Worldwide Retail and Consumer Goods Go-To-Market, Amazon Web Services
AWS

Nishant Pillai
Managing Director
Apex Systems

Alex Blahus
IT Director
Pompeian


Willemijn Schneyder
Founder, SwipeGuide and Chief Strategy Officer, L2L
SwipeGuide

Chris Luecke
Podcast Host
Manufacturing Happy Hour

Joris Stolk
Brewery Manager
HEINEKEN


Eric Whitley
Director, Industrial Transformation
L2L


Kyle Jenson
VP, Sales
BIOIONIX


Juliana Giraldo
Application Sales Executive
Anaplan

Brian Mehr
Vice President
Vuealta

John 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 Mills

Fernando Hernandez
Senior Director, Supplier Diversity, Global Procurement
The Coca-Cola Company

Jeannette Robles
Director, Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion
ADM


Catherine Davidson
VP, Supply Chain, Food Safety and Quality
Pepsico, Sabra

Courtney Andersen
VP, Supply Chain
General Mills

Tola Alade-Lambo
VP, Food Safety and Quality
McCain Foods

Jennifer Williams
VP, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Tyson Foods

Liz Palmer, PhD.
Senior Director, Quality
Barry Callebaut Group


Sanjay Barnwal
VP, Plant Engineering, North Americas
L&T Technology Services Limited

Brian 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 & Company

Kirk Santos
SVP, Global Talent, Constellation Brands
Constellation Brands

Sabina Gebczyk
Global Director, Talent, Organization Development, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, Equity
Griffith Foods

Laura 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, Sabra


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 Foods

Rodger Ziolkowski
VP, Global Food Safety and Quality Systems
Griffith Foods

Junior Rogers
Director, North America Operations
ADM

Natalie Hadley
SVP, Quality, Food Safety and Regulatory
Flowers Foods


Michelle Vickers
SVP, Global Labor, Employment, Diversity and Compliance
Dawn Foods

Natasha Miller-Williams
VP, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ferrara Candy Company

Daphne Banks
Director, Inclusion and Diversity
Campbell Soup Company

Paul Davis
VP, Chief Diversity Officer
Tyson Foods

Henry Ford Jones
Senior Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Conagra Brands

Lorelei 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
Infor

Justin 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 Company

Dawn Pickett
VP, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Smithfield Foods

Cheryl Burn
VP, Safety, Food Safety and Quality
Kerry Group

Sherry Williamson
VP, Global Quality and Food Safety
Kellogg Company

Kristen Coady
SVP, Corporate Affairs
Dairy Farmers of America


Richard Kilmer
Founder and CEO
CargoSense

Jeff Newman
Chief Strategy Officer
CargoSense

Mike Jones
Head, Technology and Innovation
Pallet Alliance

Tina 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 Automation

Daniel Stauft
Director, Operational Technology
SugarCreek


Adrian Wood
Director, Strategic Business Development
Dassault Systemes


Willemijn Schneyder
Founder and CEO
SwipeGuide

Joris 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 Group

Duncan Gilsenan
Business Development Manager
Falcon Group

Bob 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 Group

Devin 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 Motors

Matthew 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 Systems

Miriam 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
Parsable

David 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 International

Enrico 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 Company

David Benzaquen
Co-Founder and CEO
Ocean Hugger Foods

Kevin Mpambou Do Dang
CFO, Away From Home
Kellogg Company

William Watts
Senior Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center
Walmart

Pete Swanson
Director, Regional CPG
ParsableIntegrating Connected Workflows into Your Quality System to Boost Productivity and Safety
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Elhay Farkash
CEO
Zira

Philip Bronstein
Assistant Administrator, FSIS
USDA

Bob Wolpert
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Golden State Foods

Hugo Gutierrez
Global Chief QHSE Officer
Kerry Group

Al Almanza
Global Head, Food Safety and Quality
JBS

Arthur Liang
Senior Advisor, Food Safety
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Cloeann 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 Group

Dave Fusaro
Editor-in-Chief
Food Processing

Kellie Campbell
Director, Quality Assurance
Ingredion Inc.

Natalie Hadley
VP, Quality and Food Safety
Ferrara Candy Company

Steven Hinkle
Director, Contract Manufacturing
Clif Bar & Company

Jason Grooms
VP, Operations Services
Burger Lounge

David Cech
SVP
Slayton Search Partners

Alison Taylor
Chief Sustainability Officer
Archer Daniels Midland

Bruce Wisnefske
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Operations
Sargento Foods Inc.

Anthony Doss
VP, Engineering
Tyson Foods

Dave Watson
Consultant
The Austin Company

Phillip Simulis
CEO
Simtelligent