Invention & Commercialization Leader at Five Fortune Fortune 500 Companies
Founder & President
ReleaseGENIUS LLC, Mercer Island WA – Innovation firm delivering technical solutions
Founder & President
STARBUCKS CORPORATION, Seattle WA – $13 billion International coffee company
VP R&D Advanced Technology, Appliance, Manufacturing Process and Packaging
DIAGEO, Norwalk, CT – $14 billion international spirits, wine and beer producer
Vice President R&D North America, Latin America, and Caribbean
SARA LEE, Chicago, IL – $11 billion bakery and meat food corporation
Vice President of Innovation, Food & Beverage Division
KELLOGG, Battle Creek, MI – $10 billion international cereal and snack food corporation
Senior Director R&D of Fruit Snack & Cereal Innovation
FRITO LAY (PEPSICO), Plano, TX – $12 billion international salty snack food corporation
R&D Manager – Lay’s and Ruffles Innovation – Led 2nd Lay’s reformulation in 50yrs
R&D Manager – Tostitos Scoops Innovation – Led Tostitos Scoops! invention
Research Manager R&D – Doritos and Tostitos Innovation – Led commercialization of new Doritos
Research Manager – R&D Business Strategy
Research Engineer and Tech Manager – Technical expert for 8 manufacturing plants
Engineer in Process Design and Capital Implementation Group – Led design and start-up of manufacturing lines