2025 Speakers

ryan-bakst

Ryan Bakst

Director of Research & Development
Cafe Spice

Virgilio Felix

Virgilio Felix

COO
Cafe Spice

Brock Furlong

Brock Furlong

President & CEO
Stampede Culinary Partners

Giovanni Gomez

Giovanni Gomez

VP FSQA
Cafe Spice

Heaggans

Samara Heaggans

Director of Process Quality Engineering
Feastables

Heiner

AJ Heiner

Vice President of Manufacturing
The Campbell’s Company

Andrew Hurley

Dr. Andrew Hurley

Keynote Speaker
Professor
Clemson University

Tom Kelly

Tom Kelly

Keynote Speaker
CEO
Automation Alley

Sameer Malhotra

Sameer Malhotra

Co-Founder and CEO
Cafe Spice

Dan Me=yers

Dan Myers

CEO
Carolina Foods

Smith

Stuart Smith

COO
Carolina Foods

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Shalima Sreenath

Head of Downstream Processing
Cellibre

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Tony Hernandez

Director of Site Operations
The Campbell’s Company

Jason Roethig

Jason Roethig

Senior Director of Engineering Services and Project Execution
The Campbell’s Company

Platinum Sponsors
Blentech Burns & McDonnell Whiting Turner
Gold Sponsors
Austin Dennis Group Kerr Food Safe Drains Unified Purchasing Group
Silver Sponsors
Doral EATS