Packaging
10 packaging engineering experts
These ten professionals have held in-house packaging engineering roles at product companies, with titles ranging from senior packaging engineer to director and senior director of packaging engineering. A reader can learn how in-house packaging engineers design, test and bring product packaging to market.
Professionals to explore
01—10Fred Simonsen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Packaging · BD
Senior Manager, Packaging at BD since 2022, a role the profile describes as responsible for the Global R&D Packaging Engineering team plus the Packaging Testing Lab within the BD Interventional UCC Division. The profile also lists Packaging Engineering Manager at BD (2022) and Sr Manager Package Engineering at Abbott (2020–2022).
Kim Riley, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Senior Packaging Engineering Project Manager · Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
Senior Packaging Engineering Project Manager at Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group) since 2011. The profile describes a background in packaging design, development and testing as well as cold chain, supply chain, contract manufacturing and regulatory work, with experience in product labeling including localization and global requirements; it also lists Principal Engineer Manager Global P&L at Boston Scientific (1999–2007).
Kimberly Markowski
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director R&D - Packaging Engineering · Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
Senior Director R&D - Packaging Engineering at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. since 2024; the profile describes KDP as a Food and Beverage Services company. Roles at The Hain Celestial Group include Senior Director R&D - Global Packaging & North America Productivity (2023–2024) and Director of Packaging & Design To Consumer Value (2019–2021), and the profile lists Director of Packaging at The Campbell's Company (2017–2019).
Mark Woodward
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Packaging Engineering · Herbalife
Former Manager, Packaging Engineering at Herbalife (2023–2025) and Global Staff Packaging Engineer at Herbalife (2018–2023), and Sr. Manager, Contract Packaging at Eisai US since 2025. The profile also lists Global Sr. Packaging Engineer at Convatec (2015–2018) and Senior Global Packaging Engineer at SC Johnson & Son, Inc. (2012–2015).
Pal Khangaldy
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Packaging Engineering · Cepheid
Manager, Packaging Engineering at Cepheid since 2023, and Staff Packaging Engineer at Cepheid (2022–2023). The profile lists experience in packaging design, package performance and integrity testing of medical device, BioMed and pharmaceutical products, IQ/OQ/PQ of packaging related equipment and labeling, and also lists Senior Packaging Engineer at Amgen (2020–2021).
Pamela Plagata
LinkedInExperience: Director, Packaging Engineering · Ultragenyx
Director, Packaging Engineering at Ultragenyx since 2024, and Associate Director, Packaging Engineering at Ultragenyx (2021–2024). The profile describes documenting, designing, testing and implementing packaging systems for commercial product launches and line optimization for solid oral dose, oral powder and liquid biologic (vials) products, and lists Sr. Packaging Engineer 2 at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (2019–2021).
Rajan Kundu
LinkedInExperience: Manager - Packaging Engineering- India Lead · Herbalife
Manager - Packaging Engineering- India Lead at Herbalife since 2023, and Sr. Packaging Engineer- World Wide Engineering at Herbalife (2019–2023). The profile also lists Manager- Packaging Development at Piramal Consumer Product Division at Piramal Group (2016–2019) and Packaging Development Executive at VLCC Personal Care Ltd. (2014–2016).
Sandy Groth
LinkedInExperience: Manager Package Engineering · Johnson & Johnson
Manager Package Engineering at Johnson & Johnson since 2021, with Principal Engineer, Package Development at Johnson & Johnson also listed since 2013. The profile describes serving as Packaging Subject Matter Expert for packaging components and filling processes and as owner of technical justifications, and lists Project Engineer, Packaging at Teleflex (2011–2013).
Sunny Rana
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Principal Global Packaging Engineer · Alcon
Sr. Principal Global Packaging Engineer at Alcon since 2026, and Sr. Packaging Engineer at CONMED Corporation (2019–2026). The profile describes packaging innovation, design, development and commercialization across the medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries, cites knowledge of ISO 11607, ASTM standards and EU MDR compliance, and lists Project Manager - Packaging Technology at The Coca-Cola Company (2014–2018).
Wilberto Torres-Ortiz
LinkedInExperience: Sr. R&D Packaging Engineer Project Manager · Mondelēz International
Sr. R&D Packaging Engineer Project Manager at Mondelēz International since 2021, and Sr. Engineer-Packaging Project Manager at The Clorox Company (2019–2021). The profile describes providing oversight to product development, packaging materials development, packaging line design and logistics in a lean manufacturing environment, and lists Sr. Packaging Systems Engineer Project Manager at The Hershey Company (2016–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product category to yours, since sterile medical device packaging, pharmaceutical packaging and food or beverage packaging follow different standards and tests. For hands-on design and testing questions, favor someone in an engineer role, and for questions about building a team or a testing lab, favor someone who managed a packaging engineering group.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you plan package testing for a new product so that it passes the first time?
- 02How do you weigh cost, sustainability and protection when choosing packaging materials?
- 03What usually goes wrong when a new package moves from development onto a production line, and how do you prevent it?
Reaching packaging engineering experts
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