Jennifer Barta
Fractional CEO, COO, R&D, Strategist | R&D Director | Food Product and Packaging | Packaging Engineer | Former General Mills R&D Leader | Driving Growth Through the Product Lifecycle | Angel Investor
- Role
- Angel Investor at Discoverymn Angels
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jennifer Barta
R&D leader with a track record of successful innovation and significant cost savings identification and execution. Development of focused product strategies and continuous improvement across functional and technical teams in food production, ingredients, breads, doughs, desserts, dairy (butter, pudding desserts, yogurt, cheese), food packaging, frozen foods (pizza and snacks), and snacks (bars, fruit, cereal). j••••••••@gmail.com.Former General Mills Research and Development leader with a passion for developing, mentoring, and leading people in a partnership-focused, cross-functional team environment. Strong influence and advocacy skills capable of operating at the senior-most levels within a Fortune 500 company. Significant experience with change implementation leadership and entrepreneurial connectivity. Product Development, Packaging Engineer, Process Engineer, Continuous Improvement, Margin Management, Cost Savings, Innovation, Technology Roadmaps, Innovation Pipeline Development, Sustainability are all areas of expertise. Contract, fractional work, consulting and part-time employment are of particular interest.
Experience
Angel Investor
Nov 2024 — Present
Education
University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering
UMN Carlson School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Strategic Management
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Chemistry
Skills
- Supply Chain
- Management
- Food Industry
- Snacks
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategy
- Volunteering
- Gmp
- 5s
- Tpm
- Product Innovation
- Cost Savings
- Process Improvement
- Leadership
- Food Science
- Consumer Products
- Continuous Improvement
- Food Safety
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Commercialization
- Frozen
- Quality System
- Frozen Food
- Product Development
- Design of Experiments
- Fmcg
- R&D
- Customer Insight
- Consumer Product Development
- Haccp
- Food Packaging
- Volunteer Management
- Food Processing
- Food
- Research and Development (R&D)
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