Engineering professionals in Food manufacturing
Kraft Heinz, Perdue Farms, Beyond Meat, Kepak Group, Newly Weds Foods and five more companies account for the titles of these food manufacturing engineering leaders, with ammonia refrigeration and process safety, meat, cheese and snacking categories and multi-site capital projects among the areas their titles and work name. A call fits decisions on plant capital projects, refrigeration and process safety, maintenance programs or engineering across several plants.
Professionals to explore
Alan Burrows, PE
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Monogram Foods
Senior Director of Engineering at The Cheesecake Factory since 2019, Alan Burrows, PE was Director Of Engineering at Monogram Foods (2015–2019). Burrows also worked as Program Manager at Shambaugh & Son, L.P. (2012–2015) and Corporate Operations Engineering Manager at Safeway (2001–2012), and describes multi-facility engineering management and fast-track capital projects in food manufacturing.
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Bernard Susai
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Head of Engineering · Beyond Meat
Beyond Meat's Sr. Director, Head of Engineering since 2022, Bernard Susai reports to the COO of global manufacturing operations and manages engineering and capital investments. Susai was Director, Head of Engineering at Curation Foods (2018–2021), Engineering Manager, Plant Operations at The Clorox Company (2016–2018) and held program and equipment development roles at Kraft Heinz (2013–2015).
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Brian Lassey
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Refrigeration & PSM · Perdue Farms
Ammonia refrigeration and Process Safety Management (PSM) are the specialty Brian Lassey names. Lassey has been Director of Engineering - Refrigeration & PSM at Perdue Farms since 2022 and was Refrigeration Engineering Manager there (2014–2019); at Kraft Heinz, the titles were Corporate Ammonia Refrigeration & Utilities Lead (2021–2022) and Sr Manager, Manufacturing - Ammonia Refrigeration (2019–2021).
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Darrell Rosko
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering Technical Services · Kraft Heinz
Darrell Rosko has been Head of Engineering Technical Services at Kraft Heinz since 2026 and Head of Engineering Meat, Cheese, Coffee, Snacking there since 2024. Rosko was Associate Director of Engineering (2020–2024) and Engineer IV (2018–2020) at Tyson Foods and Director of Engineering at Power Packaging, A MSI/Express Company (2015–2018), and describes 20+ years across food categories from fresh bread to USDA protein.
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David Sewell
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering · Keystone Foods
David Sewell is Director Engineering at Keystone Foods and is based in Carrollton, Georgia. Sewell's current engineering director role at Keystone Foods fits questions on how a food production site sets its engineering priorities, from maintenance and reliability to capital requests and equipment upgrades, and how those priorities are weighed against production demands.
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Estanislao Herrera Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Newly Weds Foods
Director of Corporate Engineering and Director of Engineering are the titles Estanislao Herrera Jr. has held at Newly Weds Foods since 2015, with Operations Manager - Special Projects (2011–2015) and Project Engineer (2005–2010) roles there and Senior Project Engineer at Kraft Foods (2000–2005). Herrera describes over 15 years of improving performance through capital investment in manufacturing systems and infrastructure.
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John Ruddy
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Group Manager · Kepak Group
John Ruddy has been Engineering Group Manager at Kepak Group since 2024 and was Group Head of Projects there (2023–2024). Ruddy also held Head of Engineering at Manor Farm (2018–2023) and Interim Engineering Manager and Engineering Manager roles at Kerry (2015–2018), and describes 30+ years in FMCG food manufacturing at group head of engineering level in multi-site organisations.
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Nader Khalil
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Of Engineering · Link Snacks
Plant improvement questions suit Nader Khalil, who was Director Of Engineering at Link Snacks (2019–2022) and Vice President Of Engineering at GELITA (2022–2023), with Sr. Project Engineer Manager at Johnsonville (2017–2019) and Engineering Manager T&W Supply Chain at Conagra Brands (2014–2017) roles. Khalil describes 30+ years as an engineering leader and plant manager focused on raising efficiency and cutting waste.
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Richard Ludwick
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · 1440 Foods
Since 2026, Richard Ludwick has been Director of Engineering at 1440 Foods, and Engineering Manager there since 2024; the earlier titles were Maintenance and Engineering Manager at Enjoy Life Foods (2018–2024) and Maintenance Manager at Paradise Tomato Kitchens - Signature Sauce. Signature Service (2011–2018). Ludwick describes a 25+ year career directing technicians, mechanics and maintenance engineers.
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Rohit Tandon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Alamance Foods Inc
At Alamance Foods Inc, Rohit Tandon has been Senior Director of Engineering since 2026, with Director of Engineering (2023–2026), Engineering Manager (2020–2023) and Manufacturing Engineer (2018–2020) roles at the same company. Tandon describes leading enterprise-wide engineering strategies across multiple high-volume food and beverage manufacturing sites, a fit for multi-site engineering questions.
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Choose the right perspective
Capital project questions fit Alan Burrows, PE, Estanislao Herrera Jr. and Bernard Susai, and ammonia refrigeration and process safety management fit Brian Lassey. For engineering across several plants or categories, Darrell Rosko, John Ruddy, Rohit Tandon and Nader Khalil; for maintenance-focused plant engineering, Richard Ludwick, with David Sewell for a current engineering director view at Keystone Foods.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which capital projects in a food plant most often overrun on cost or schedule, and how much should sanitation and changeover planning add?
- 02How do you manage ammonia refrigeration and process safety requirements when expanding a plant?
- 03Which maintenance practices have made the biggest difference to line uptime across very different food categories?
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