Consumer Products Innovation
Four Decades of Evolution & Lessons Learned

Come join us for our October event co-sponsored by Women in Product. Dr. David Thomas will discuss his career in the food and beverage industry as innovating on consumer products with some of the most recognizable names including Keurig-Dr. Pepper, Gerber, General Mills, and Unilever. His talk will feature some of his lessons learned in what is arguably the first industry to embrace product management as a formal discipline.

So, join us on October 26th with our gracious host, Chase Bank, at their offices in Plano. As always, food, beverages and tickets are complementary. Just click on the registration link below to help us plan ahead and bring enough to serve everyone.

About the SPEAKER

David is currently the Owner/Principal at FoodSci Advisory LLC. David recently retired after 32 years in the food and beverage industry. He spent the last 17 years at Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) on the Executive Leadership Team as Chief Research & Development Officer.
Prior to his tenure at KDP he held executive and R&D leadership positions at Gerber, General Mills, and Unilever. Dr. Thomas earned his BS in microbiology and MS and PhD degrees in food science / food chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He was recently appointed to serve on the Advisory Board of the University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability.

About Women in Product

Women In Product was founded in 2016 by a group of women product leaders committed to connecting women in the field and increasing their participation and visibility. Five months after the first casual networking event, Women In Product hosted their inaugural conference. 300 attendees gathered but the 3,000 women on the waiting list validated that the organization had identified a critical need.
Today Women In Product is a welcoming community of over 30,000 women and non-binary folk in product.
We believe that true inspiration, impact, and change depends on hearing from, and listening to, people with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. We strive for our events and our whole organization to include, encourage, and recognize people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, religions, background, income, sexual orientation, and military service.