John Szramiak

Experience

1. Innovation & Product Development Leader, R & d

   Pet Honesty

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Lead company’s innovation strategy, including 2-year strategic Innovation Roadmap, Stage Gate process, & new product ideation• Lead end-to-end product development for key new innovations and renovations: ideation, formulation, prototyping, testing, scale-ups/pilot runs, commercialization• Manage variety of research & testing programs (palatability, efficacy, claims substantiation, shelf life)• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across all areas of the business, both internally and externally• First full-time R&D hire; helped build out R&D and Innovation programs from scratch• Key Projects: Successful launches into brand new adjacencies (cat, dental, grooming), major platform overhauls, technology transfers; products have won several Pet Innovation Awards, patent-pending designations• Key Traits: Strategic, Innovative, Scientific, Collaborative, Entrepreneurial, Ownership Mindset

Education

• Questrom School of Business, Boston University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Finance & Economics

  2010 — 2014

• Columbia Business School

  Masters of Business Administration, Innovation & Technology

  2018 — 2020

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Risk Arbitrage
• Value Investing
• Social Media
• Teamwork
• Free Cash Flow
• Time Management
• Leadership
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Event Planning
• Visual Basic
• Dcf Valuation
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Social Networking
• Bloomberg Terminal
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Public Speaking