Todd is the Deputy Director of Regulatory Management in the Office of Science of CTP. Todd joined CTP in 2015 and has served in many roles within the Office of Science from a chemistry reviewer, through several leadership roles. He has also served in the Technical Project Lead role for SE, EX, and PMTA programs. He currently provides leadership for the SE and EX pathways and serves in the PMTA clearance review for the center.
Prior to joining FDA, Todd spent over 23 years at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), where he served as the Vice-president of Compendial Science.
He received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Iowa and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University
Fredoen Valianpour holds a PhD in Chemistry and has long history in product development & innovation in the food industry, developing ingredients for industries such as dairy & beverages and Plant-Based food. He is currently Global Director of Innovation for Plant-Based at Bunge. Throughout his career, he challenged food development practices and believes in the collaborative creation of new and sustainable food concepts for diverse, healthy, and delicious meals included in the daily lives of people of all generations. He is passionate about people, poetry, and philosophy.
Darren Riva is the Chief Executive Officer of Capitas Finance.
A seasoned energy sector professional, he has an enviable resume that includes the position of Head of Energy Finance at Siemens Financial Services and Northern European Group Services Director at Zumtobel Group. His specialist knowledge and skills in financial services combine with a solid understanding of the challenges facing industry and the energy services market. As a result, he has the understanding required to formulate both strategic business plans and tactical ideas to rapidly mobilise best practice solutions producing tangible, high quality results.
Darren sits on the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Finance Forum Steering Group, having previously served as the Chair
Hospitality expert with background in Revenue Acceleration & PMS solutions for hotels, at Adyen looking after Central European markets, helping hotels streamline their payments set-up.
Yan Zhang is a tech leader bringing revolutionary AI to the hospitality sector. As COO of PolyAI, he brings together business and AI leaders to deploy virtual assistants in large-scale enterprise applications. Recent deployments include restaurants, hotels, and casinos in the UK and US. Previous to PolyAI, Yan was a Sloan Fellow at London Business School and ran a series of successful startups.
Michael Moren is the Commercial Director at Impact Plastics. Michael has over 30 years of experience in client development and consultative account management with a focus on the development of customized thermoforming rollstock structures for the dairy products packaging applications. His functional & technical experience include sales & project management, packaging development, thermoforming rollstock structure development and form fill seal rollstock structure development for barrier and non-barrier rigid packaging applications.
I’m philippe Teissier, R&I Director Ferments and fermentation at Danone research Paris Saclay (France). After a pHD in bioprocess, I join Danone 26 years ago to work on different brands such as Actimel, Activia , Hipro and disruptive innovation. Today I’m in charge of the design of cultures and specific fermentations for our different categories of products dairy, plant based and specialized nutrition overcoming scientific and technical hurdle to deliver superior nutritious and healthy fermented food for our consumers.
