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The Ctrl-Alt-Speech Podcast — A Conversation with Mike Masnick and Ben Whitelaw
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO, PODCAST

The Ctrl-Alt-Speech Podcast — A Conversation with Mike Masnick and Ben Whitelaw

January 2, 2025

There is a podcast Executive Platforms would like to bring to the attention of our network of senior executives. For everyone interested in online speech, especially issues like trust and safety, content moderation, regulations and compliance, and how technology is changing the way people engage with one another, we recommend the Ctrl-Alt-Speech Podcast co-hosted by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. In this episode we talk about how the podcast came to be, what it hopes to do to help people navigate the evolving landscape of online speech, and what business leaders especially should be thinking about and learning about to prepare their organizations for a new and changing reality, with all that means for the future of commerce. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Adam Chartier of DSM-Firmenich — Ideas and Advice for EHS Professionals
FOOD MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, PODCAST

Adam Chartier of DSM-Firmenich — Ideas and Advice for EHS Professionals

November 7, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Adam Chartier, an experienced EHS leader with DSM-Firmenich, to talk about some of the ways Safety professionals keep people engaged and thinking about how they do things and why it matters, as well as how Safety is evolving in the manufacturing space. Whether you are a life-long EHS practitioner in your organization, or a leader who is being promoted into this important role, this interview offers a deep dive into where Safety is coming from, where it is today, and where it is going as a core concept, value, and culture on the shop floor and throughout manufacturing organizations. Give it a listen!

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Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance
FOOD MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, PODCAST

Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance

October 29, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen to talk about Safety Culture. Of course everyone wants to be safe in their work, but the very fact that safety issues are ever-present means there is a temptation to treat them too casually, to forget about them when things are going well or people are in a hurry, to assume people know the right way to do things, and a host of other issues that can creep into shopfloor behavior unless Safety professionals and senior leadership sets a tone and constantly reinforces Safety Culture. What does that look like in the day to day and over the long term? How do you inspire ongoing commitment, understanding, and engagement? How do you make it matter to everyone in a very real way? How do you keep it fresh and interesting? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing
FOOD MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, PODCAST

Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing

November 4, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods to talk about where Safety professionals are today, and what is changing in their working lives. The manufacturing sector is under constant evolution and reinvention in a changing business landscape, but Safety can never take a back seat on the shop floor or in the priorities of senior management. How does an EHS leader keep people thinking and acting in a safe manner? What do they have to know, have to do, and have to keep on top of in order to build and maintain a thriving safety culture? What are some of the obstacles all Safety professionals need to overcome in their working lives, and what are some of the best practices and new ideas helping them to meet those challenges? In this wide-ranging interview with a seasoned veteran, we get into all this and more. Give this episode a listen!

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The Art and Science of Leading Organizations in a Rapidly Evolving Global Food Safety and Quality Environment
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY

The Art and Science of Leading Organizations in a Rapidly Evolving Global Food Safety and Quality Environment

October 4, 2024

A recognized expert in food safety and quality, Catherine vigorously pursues quality systems excellence across the supply chain. Catherine is an experienced leader in Food Safety, Quality Systems, Quality Programs, and Laboratory Management. She builds followership and high performing cross-functional teams, finds effective solutions to continuously keep food safety and quality food manufacturing and delivery top of mind for all stakeholders, and inspires teams to strive for top tier execution.

Currently, Catherine is Vice President of Quality, Safety, Health and Environment at Sabra, America’s most iconic and beloved hummus. At Sabra, Catherine enabled an end-to-end transformation in food production and delivery, intensifying and expanding a culture of people and food safety across the organization and developing a best-in-class food safety and quality program.

Prior to joining Sabra, Catherine worked at Dairy Farmers of America and Kerry in food safety, quality systems and quality control innovation. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Sciences degrees in biotechnology and food science and a Master of Science degree in food microbiology from Oklahoma State University.

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Panel: Plant/Shopfloor Optimization- Elevating Safety, Automation, Staffing and Process Systems
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, MANUFACTURING

Panel: Plant/Shopfloor Optimization- Elevating Safety, Automation, Staffing and Process Systems

April 24, 2024

At NAMES24 we recorded a panel discussion on plant and shopfloor optimization on elevating safety, automation, staffing, and process systems.

From increasing production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards, to integrating real time production visibility on the shop floor and balance KPIs, give this one a listen!

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Keeping Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability at the Heart of Supply Chain Operations
VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE

Keeping Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability at the Heart of Supply Chain Operations

July 6, 2023

Lelwyn Dsouza has been at Ecolab for 8 years. They are responsible for the roles of Senior Vice President Supply Chain Europe leading the end to end SC for Western Europe, Central Eastern Europe and Russia. This includes ownership of end to end P&L responsibility including safety, Quality, Procurement, planning, Manufacturing, logistics, engineering, other functional disciplines and Supply Chain VP’s who are aligned with Divisions.. Prior to Ecolab, he worked at Procter & Gamble and at Novartis/Ciba-Geigy with a total 33 years of work experience . He is a Mechanical Engineer with a Post graduate Diploma in Business management.

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