Kevin Ryan

About Kevin Ryan

An innovation and strategy executive with experience in leading both established and new product research in the consumer packaged goods industry at a Fortune 200 company. An expert in the Front End of Innovation, specializing in deep ethnography,strategic mapping, consumer Jobs development, UX design and the facilitation of ideations. Member of an elite internal innovation consulting group with global experience leading teams through the innovation process, building consumer empathy and intuition to link insights to immediate action. An extremely extensive knowledge of food and the food industry. Deep culinary skills from working and consulting with restaurants and bakeries for more than a decade. Advanced graduate training in food science and food chemistry with plant and pilot plant expertise for food product formulation.

Experience

1. Podcast Host

   3 Squares Live

   Jan 2022 — Present

Education

• Aurora University

  BS, Pre-Med

  1997 — 2000

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  MS, PhD, Food Science

  2000 — 2004

• Carlson Executive Education, University of Minnesota

  Executive MBA

• University of Adelaide

  MSc, Gastronomy (Culinary Anthropology)

Skills

• Customer Insight
• Business Strategy
• Sensory Evaluation
• Marketing Research
• Qualitative Research
• Leadership
• Consumer Jobs
• Strategy Development
• Food Processing
• New Product Development
• Public Speaking
• UX
• Opportunity Identification
• Food
• Flavor Trends
• Brand Innovation
• Culinary Skills
• Consumer Insights
• Product Development
• Qualitative Market Research
• Baking
• Food Science
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Marketing Strategy
• R&D
• Emerging Trends
• Food Industry
• Food Technology
• Consumer Products
• Product Innovation
• Strategy