Brian Guzzi
Mechanical Engineer experienced in process, equipment, and product/package development
- Role
- Senior Research & Development Associate at Sonoco
- Location
- Hartsville, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Guzzi
I am an accomplished mechanical engineer with 28 years of expertise in product and…
Experience
Senior Research & Development Associate
Oct 2018 — Present · Hartsville, SC, US
Developed business plans and innovative rigid paper packaging solutions to align with company and customer sustainability goals, focusing on high paper fiber content designs such as paper bottom closures, paper overcaps, molded fiber bowls and trays, closures, and shaped paperboard canisters.Represented the company to customers by conducting product requirement reviews, auditing production facilities, and collaborating on solutions for transitions to my company’s products, including defining customer scope and internal workstreams.Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including marketing, customer insights, finance, engineering, operations, regulatory, sustainability, and external customers, to develop products and validate business opportunities.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor's Degree
1992 — 1996
Carnegie Mellon University
MS
1996 — 1998
Skills
- Packaging Design
- Root Cause Analysis
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- R&D
- Lean Manufacturing
- Composite Canister
- Product Innovation
- Product Design
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
- Product Development
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Excel
- Fmcg
- Consumer Products
- Engineering
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Composite Canisters
- Packaging Engineering
- Continuous Improvement
- Solidworks
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