Chief Innovation Officer
at
Berlin Packaging
I've spent 35 years teaching and implementing sustainability processes across industries.
As Chief Innovation Officer at Berlin Packaging, I created and led multiple service divisions within the company. I nurtured Berlin's Studio One Eleven group from its origins as a 2-person internal service capability to an internationally recognized flagship group of over 90 with offices in Chicago, Milan, Wijchen, Los Angeles, Hadleigh, Seoul, and Osaka. The business models and practice management principles I developed and instituted have earned ISO9001:2008 certification, numerous design and innovation awards in and outside the US, and over 100 design and utility patents.
I've earned undergraduate degrees in Technical Illustration from St. Louis College, Industrial Design from Purdue University, and a dual MBA in Marketing Management and Corporate Strategy from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
A frequent speaker at events that include HBA Global and the Spirits Packaging Summit,
My client list spans categories from food and beverage to personal care to medical consumables. It includes such firms/brands as AB InBev, Beam Suntory, The Coca-Cola Company, Gillette, Pfizer, Kimberly-Clark, SC Johnson, Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Miller Brewing, Reckitt Benckiser, Colgate-Palmolive, Frito-Lay, Novartis, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Monsanto, and Baxter Healthcare.