Global Packaging & Sustainability Executive | Materials, Printing & Food Safety Expert | Driving Innovation, Quality & Supply-Base Excellence Across CPG Brands

Overview

Packaging and materials engineering leader with a career spanning CPG, manufacturing, and consulting across North America, Europe, and Latin America. Work includes building packaging organizations, designing advanced materials platforms, and defining global strategies across Baby Care, Fem Care, Family Care, Pet Care, Snacks, and Household categories. Expertise includes integrating sustainability into packaging innovation, elevating supplier quality systems, and delivering high-impact cost savings and quality improvements. Brings deep technical command of packaging technologies, printing, barrier systems, and food safety compliance paired with strong leadership in organizational transformation, vendor capability building, and large-scale innovation programs.

Short Bio

Packaging and materials engineering executive with 30+ years leading global innovation, sustainability, and quality systems for major CPG categories. Experienced across flexible, rigid, food, and barrier packaging with deep capability in supplier development and printing technologies. Known for delivering transformational packaging strategies and large-scale cost and quality improvements.

What I Bring

Expertise across flexible, rigid, food, and barrier packaging systems
Leadership in global packaging innovation and sustainability development
Strong capability in supplier qualification, validation, and quality improvement
Deep knowledge of printing, decoration, and 2D/3D design systems
Proven track record of multimillion-dollar productivity and cost savings
End-to-end packaging execution from design through commercialization
Experience building and restructuring packaging organizations
Ability to foresee issues, resolve problems, and drive solutions quickly

Key Technologies & Product Expertise

Flexible packaging: coextrusion, lamination, coating, bag-making
Rigid packaging: injection molding, dispensing systems, formed plastics
Food and barrier packaging technologies
High-definition 2D/3D printing, analog and digital printing systems
Adhesive chemistry platforms for active delivery technologies
E-commerce packaging, sustainable packaging materials
Artwork management, prototyping, packaging specification creation
Supplier qualification, validation, compliance, and food safety systems

Titles Held

Package Design & Material Expert Consultant, 2018–Present
Package Development Associate Director, Global Paper Sector (Baby, Fem & Family Care), 2012–2017
Package Development Associate Director, Global Pet Care, Snacks & Family Care, 2011–2012
Package Development Associate Director, Global Flexibles & Decoration Capability, 2007–2010
Materials & Science Technology Section Head, P&G (Pescara, Italy), 2005–2007
Package Development Section Head Latin America, P&G, 1997–2005
Art & Design Group Manager, P&G Latin America, 1994–1997
Manufacturing Manager, Grupo Plásticos Guarenas, 1983–1994

Career Highlights

Delivered packaging innovation and development for major global brands including Pampers, Always, Tampax, Bounty, Charmin, Pringles, IAMS, and others
Led global packaging organizations and restructured capabilities across multiple sectors
Generated more than $35MM in total annualized packaging material and productivity savings
Key leader in commercialization of breakthrough sustainable flexible packaging (AeroFlexx)
Built quality and food safety compliance systems across global flexible, carton, corrugated, and injection molding suppliers
Directed global flexible packaging innovation platforms across multiple CPG categories
Managed packaging innovation during major divestitures in Pet Care and Snacks
Oversaw manufacturing operations of 200 employees with strong reliability and growth
Developed improvements in plant layouts, supplier networks, food safety, quality systems, and warehouse operations

Education & Professional Certifications

Entrepreneurial Management Post Graduate Certificate, Universidad Simón Bolívar
Bachelor of Science, Polymer Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar

Languages

English- Fluent

Spanish- Fluent

Italian- Fluent

Impact

Advanced packaging innovation for globally recognized CPG categories through material science advancements and design excellence
Improved supplier performance and food safety compliance across global packaging supply bases
Delivered sustainable packaging solutions that improved cost, environmental impact, and quality performance
Built organizational capabilities in packaging, printing, and materials technologies across multiple regions
Elevated packaging quality systems and drove significant productivity savings across categories

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