Carson Potter is the head of product for AMP, where he focuses on automated facility development and applications of artificial intelligence. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in computer science, and brings to AMP a background in machine learning and large scale data systems. Before joining AMP, he led a product team and the machine learning and data strategy for a company in the home services industry. At AMP, he works to understand market conditions and develop processing solutions for single-stream, municipal solid waste, and secondary materials. He has helped develop industry-leading systems and technologies, including work across multiple Department of Energy awards focused on characterization and chemical control of waste feedstocks for novel production of biofuels, pyrolysis oil, and low-carbon products.
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Dr. Ganesh Nagarajan is the Senior Director of Plastics at WM. He leads WM initiatives towards increasing recycling and recovery of plastic materials. He is additionally responsible for value creation and stakeholder engagement. Prior to WM, Dr. Nagarajan worked at LyondellBasell for over two decades in multiple roles including Application Development, Sales, Marketing & Business Management. He also supported the development of numerous recycling projects as a thematic expert for the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, as well as an Executive Advisory Board Member of Cyclyx. His international assignments include roles as Marketing and Sales Manager for Northeast Asia and Australia at Basell Asia Pacific Limited and as Managing Director for Basell Polyolefins India Limited.
Brendan B. Adams joined The Kraft Heinz Company in March 2019 and currently serves as Associate Director, Government Affairs. Mr. Adams is a liaison to government officials and trade associations on various issues that impact the company and its employees. As the lead on sustainable packaging policy, Mr. Adams works with internal and external stakeholders to develop policy positions that align with the company’s ESG goals.
Prior to working at Kraft Heinz, Mr. Adams served as Political Affairs Manager at Corning Incorporated, Special Assistant to the President & CEO at the Transportation Intermediaries Association, and Special Assistant for Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Mr. Adams received a Bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College with a major in Political Science and minor in Communication Arts. He also received a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.
Bob Render is the president and CEO of Lakeside 360 Partners, a sustainability and recycling consulting firm that develops strategies and programs for companies to reduce their carbon impact. This includes incorporating recycled and renewable content in products, feed stock development and preprocessing strategy for advanced recycling, and measuring carbon impacts.
Bob was recently selected as a Notable Leader in Sustainability by Plastics News for his over 40 years in plastics recycling and sustainability. Bob was the chair of the Plastics Industry Association Recycling Committee and is a former national board member. He serves on the advisory board of REMADE, is a member of the board of Recycling Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers and serves on the Executive Committee of HPRC (Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council). He serves on his local community sustainability advisory commission in Skokie, Illinois
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Dr. Ganesh Nagarajan is the Senior Director of Plastics at WM. He leads WM initiatives towards increasing recycling and recovery of plastic materials. He is additionally responsible for value creation and stakeholder engagement. Prior to WM, Dr. Nagarajan worked at LyondellBasell for over two decades in multiple roles including Application Development, Sales, Marketing & Business Management. He also supported the development of numerous recycling projects as a thematic expert for the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, as well as an Executive Advisory Board Member of Cyclyx. His international assignments include roles as Marketing and Sales Manager for Northeast Asia and Australia at Basell Asia Pacific Limited and as Managing Director for Basell Polyolefins India Limited.
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Carlos graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He worked in industry before moving to the United Kingdom, to do his Ph.D at the University of Cambridge. During his doctoral research and subsequently as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, he developed the basis of the Enval process to recycle plastic aluminium laminate pouches, sachets, tubes, etc.
As a result, Carlos founded Enval where he is CEO. The Company now has a commercial plant recycling laminates in the UK and is in the process of installing further units in other locations. Enval has also started to develop recycling processes for other materials, creating a link between the packaging world and the waste handling sector.
Jesus Atias is the North America Sustainability manager for Packaging & Specialty Plastics. Jesus is responsible for expanding the Hefty® EnergyBag® program, which represents a collaboration with strategic customer Reynolds Consumer Products and participating communities, diverting more plastics from landfill by converting them to valuable energy resources. He focuses on program growth and identifying partners across the value chain, including new end markets and applications. He is managing Dow’s responsibilities as the first Hefty® EnergyBag® program launches in Canada.
Jeremy has been leading the development, operation, and commercialization of Alterra’s Plastics Circularity technology since 2011 when he joined a very small team working out of an entrepreneurial garage in Akron, OH, USA. He is a co-inventor of the technology with four published patents and numerous trade secrets. Previously, he spent 12 years at GE leading manufacturing plants within its Healthcare and Lighting divisions. His passion is inspiring and mentoring future leaders to carry on the responsibility of creating a cleaner planet for future generations by keeping discarded plastic in the economy and out of the environment, thus replacing virgin, fossil-derived resources. Jeremy earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and an MBA in Banking & Finance from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He is a GE certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Mfg. Expert.
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