Hillary Sandrock, CFS, Senior Scientist, Merlin Development Hillary Sandrock is a Senior Scientist at Merlin Development. She has spent the last 13 years working on product development, formulation, scale-up, and commercialization of new products, emphasizing...
Jaime Reeves, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Product Development & Commercialization, Mattson Jaime Reeves is Executive Vice President, Product Development & Commercialization at Mattson. She is responsible for leading product development &...
Phillip S. Tong, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Dairy Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Tong is a Professor Emeritus of Dairy Science at Cal Poly State University and currently consults for the Food and Dairy sector. He served as...
Emma Laing, MSc, Program Facilitator, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Emma Laing is the Program Facilitator at the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre. Emma completed her B.S.A. in Food and Bioproduct Sciences, with an emphasis in food...
Jonathan Gordon, Ph.D., Founder and President of Glasgow Growth PartnersDr. Jonathan Gordon is the Founder and President of Glasgow Growth Partners, a full-service technical product development consulting company. Glasgow Growth Partners offers world-class food and...
Malcond Valladares, Ph.D., Food Scientist, Product and Process Development, The National Food Lab, Inc.Malcond Valladares is a Food Scientist at The National Food Lab. Malcond’s extensive product development expertise includes conducting microbial risk assessments for...
Lindsay Wisener, MSc, Owner & Lead Product Developer, WiseBevLindsay Wisener is the founder of and lead developer for Chicago-based WiseBev Labs. After receiving her BS and MSc degrees in Food Science at Purdue University, she worked for more than a decade as a...
Paulo de Boer, Ph.D., Scientist / Project Manager, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR)Paulo de Boer is currently working as a scientist/project manager at Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR). There, he’s scientifically leading and coordinating...
Julia Thompson, Culinologist III, CuliNex, LLCJulia Thompson is a Culinologist III at CuliNex, a food product development consultancy that has pioneered innovation and development in the clean label and plant-based food category. She plays an integral role on the...
David Lafond, Ph.D., MBA, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer, Celestaand a member of Global Food Forums' Advisory BoardDavid Lafond, Ph.D., MBA, is CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of Celesta. Dave brings almost 43 years of experience in food research and development to...
