James Matthews
New Product Innovation - Operations - Quality - Private Equity
- Role
- President at Jem Innovations
- Location
- Melbourne Beach, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Matthews
Food Industry Executive in Food Product and Packaging Innovation, Quality Assurance and New Business Development /M&A Jim led technology teams that have created over 500 successful new products. He championed the creation of the Heinz Innovation Center, a state of the art technical facility provides the tools and talent to innovate in product, packaging, convenience and nutrition. Education - Bachelor of Science in Biology/Medical Technology from SUNY Geneseo and a Masters of Business Administration in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jim is a director and has chaired various industry boards, including the American Frozen Foods Institute and The Frozen Food Foundation, and is on the Cornell University Food Science Industry Advisory Board. Key Competencies - Global New Product Development, Innovation Portfolio Management, Business Development and Food and Beverage Quality Assurances Support for Mergers and Aquisitions
Experience
President
Aug 2013 — Present · Melbourne, FL, US
R&D Strategy, Innovation and Execution in the food industry - Organizational Design and New Product Development - We also assist in transition to acquisition. Our team is an organization of highly qualified R&D and Quality professionals available to support client growth and innovation needs.
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MBA, Management
1984 — 1986
SUNY Geneseo
BS, Medical Technology - Biology
1972 — 1976
Skills
- Food Manufacturing
- Product R&D
- Dairy
- Customer Insight
- Food Processing
- Food Service
- Quality Management
- Grocery
- Meat
- Innovation Management
- Fmcg
- Food Safety
- Management
- Commercialization
- Consumer Products
- Flavors
- Gmp
- Food Industry
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
- Food Technology
- Product Development
- Ingredients
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Bakery
- New Product Development
- Product Innovation
- New Business Development
- Business Development
- Quality Assurance
- Haccp
- Food & Beverage
- Food Science
- Frozen Food
- Food
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