Kumar Padmanabhan
R&D leader with nearly 30 years of industrial process and product development experience across both developed and emerging markets in the Food Industry
- Role
- Innovation Consultant at Pgp International
- Location
- Lawrence, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kumar Padmanabhan
Seasoned R&D professional with leadership experience across multiple regions and categories in the food industry (both small-scale ingredient and large-scale FMCG). Is well versed with R&D management, and specializes in building highly effective teams and leading a broad portfolio of innovation, technology, capacity expansion and productivity programs from concept through scale-up and implementation.
Experience
Innovation Consultant
Dec 2025 — Present
Supporting ongoing innovation projects by providing guidance and ensuring clear alignment between strategy and execution. Build robust commercial connections by integrating outside-in perspectives to enhance project outcomes. Explore new concepts aligned with emerging market trends.
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Master of Science (MS), Chemical Engineering
1993 — 1995
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Chemical Engineering
1989 — 1993
Skills
- Commercialization
- Manufacturing
- Fmcg
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Ingredients
- Leadership
- Consumer Products
- Food Science
- Food Industry
- Food Technology
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Product Innovation
- Food Processing
- R&D
- Haccp
- Gmp
- Process Simulation
- Product Development
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
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