Sevugan Palaniappan
Vice President, Research and Development
- Role
- Vice President of Research & Development at Pepper Source, Ltd
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sevugan Palaniappan
Accomplished food and beverage executive with a proven record for driving outstanding business growth and profitability through development of breakthrough product, processing & packaging innovation, and efficient manufacturing. Courageous leader who delivered consistent success in developing business/R&D strategy, technology innovation, quality/food safety systems, strong external partnerships, and successful commercial products in a fast-paced constantly changing business environment. Extensive experience in recruiting & empowering high performing, multi-functional and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver best solutions with the highest level of excellence and integrity.Unique ability to combine creative technical expertise with entrepreneurial mindset and business acumen. Highly effective in developing and implementing systems to improve communication, efficiency, employee engagement and morale as an excellent collaborative change agent. Diverse background in successfully managing portfolios of innovative products and operations at small/large companies to deliver sustainable business growth.
Experience
Vice President of Research & Development
Jun 2020 — Present · Fort Smith, AR, US
As head of R&D, responsibilities include recruiting, training, ingredient research, new product development, equipment & process recommendations, product/process specifications, scale-up tests, shelf-life studies, and commercialization support. Leading development of transformational hot sauces, Dips, cheese sauces, dressings, batter, pre-dust, breading, marinades, glazes and BBQ sauces in bulk for industrial customers and retail packaging for Private Label/meal solutions.
Education
College of Agricultural Engineering, coimbatore, India
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Agricultural & Food Process Engineering
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
MBA, Finance
The Ohio State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Food Process Engineering
Asian Institute of Technology
Master of Engineering - MEng, Food Engineering
Skills
- Food Processing
- Food Safety
- Product Innovation
- Customer Insight
- Food
- Product Development
- Commercialization
- R&D
- Consumer Products
- Process Improvement
- Manufacturing
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