Kannapon Lopetcharat Editor

Kannapon Lopetcharat is the Executive Director at Nouveau Centric Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. He holds a PhD in sensory science and psychophysics, with a minor in statistics from Oregon State University. He has worked for Unilever and Avon as a consumer science manager, and has extensive experience in applying consumer product and sensory research in product development and innovation.

Dulce Paredes is an experienced ‘consumer navigator’ who works with organizations using consumer insights to develop products and innovation programs. She is the global leader of consumer insights and market research flavor division for Takasago International Corporation (USA). She previously led R&D consumer sciences groups at Avon Products and Kraft Foods. She was a product developer for PepsiCo Inc. after completing her PhD in food science from Cornell University.

Jacqueline H. Beckley is the founder of The Understanding & Insight Group, LLC, in Denville, New Jersey, USA. She is considered one of the early adaptors of face-to-face qualitative understanding. Prior to this, Beckley held positions within industry and consulting, including director of consumer perception at Nabisco, Inc., Vice President at Peryam & Kroll Marketing and Sensory Research, group manager of sensory research and R&D for the Quaker Oats Company, and research scientist for Amoco Chemical Company.