Career veteran at finding & developing innovative ingredients & solving complex food formulation problems. Responsible for development of hundreds of new ingredients, systems, and new food products from internal company developments and external sources. Served on technology steering teams with multiple partners. Built extensive ecosystem within the food industry globally.

Noted expert on food texture (Food Texture Design and Optimization); spearheaded efforts to advance consumer preferred texture, Dial-in® texture, and texture mapping approaches at Ingredion along with the creation of texture and sweetness languages and formulation tools.

Founder of Food Loving Ventures, LLC, which is focused on helping everyone love and appreciate food more.

Retired from Ingredion as Global Vice-president of development/ingredient technology and co-creation/open innovation functions, working across 5 regions and 29 Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centers. Built industry-wide recognized capabilities in food formulation, CULINOLOGY®, sensory, automated texture measurement and the Inside Idea Labs™ Virtual Lab.

Served on the Mista Foods Membership team and IFT NEXT Think Tank. Current member of the IFT Annual Meeting Scientific Program Task Force, IFT Feeding Tomorrow Board of Trustees and the State Theatre of NJ President’s Council and Diversity and Inclusion Committee.