WINTER 2017 | DEC 4+5 | SANTA MONICA, CA
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  • The New Beverage Showdown pits your beverage against the top new products in the market. This is your opportunity to pitch against the best of the best, get instant feedback from a group of industry expert judges and be crowned winner of the New Beverage Showdown.
  • Past champions include: Rise Brewing Co., Health-Ade, Mother Beverage, Monfefo, MALK, Rau and Tio Gazpacho.

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BevNET Live Winter 2017 Speakers

  • Dave Burwick, President & CEO, Peet's Coffee - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Dave Burwick

    President & CEO, Peet's Coffee

    Dave Burwick, President & CEO, Peet's Coffee - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Dave Burwick

    President & CEO, Peet's Coffee

    Dave joined Peet's Coffee as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. He leads the company’s 5,000 employees and business across all channels—Retail, CPG, Food Service, Office, and eCommerce. Prior to joining the company, he served as President of North America for Weight Watchers International, where he led the company’s $1.3 Billion business and 20,000 employees. During his three-year tenure, he strengthened the brand and broadened its relevancy with new advertising campaigns, a modernized retail experience, and launched a new B2B/Healthcare business. Dave spent the prior 20 years at PepsiCo, and was the first person ever to ascend to CMO for Pepsi-Cola North America from an entry-level marketing position. In this position, he led all brand marketing, product and packaging innovation, digital marketing, consumer promotions, sports marketing and consumer insights. Dave received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in History, cum laude, from Middlebury College. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, their four children and two rambunctious golden retrievers. When not at the office, he enjoys coaching his children in lacrosse and often escapes to Lake Tahoe to indulge in the occasional snowboarding. Favorite Peet’s beverage: Cafe au Lait.

  • Kara Goldin, Founder & CEO, Hint Inc. - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kara Goldin

    Founder & CEO, Hint Inc.

  • Matt Thomas, CEO & Founder, Brew Dr. Kombucha - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Matt Thomas

    CEO & Founder, Brew Dr. Kombucha

  • Todd Carmichael, CEO & Co-Founder, La Colombe - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Todd Carmichael

    CEO & Co-Founder, La Colombe

    Todd Carmichael, CEO & Co-Founder, La Colombe - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Todd Carmichael

    CEO & Co-Founder, La Colombe

    Todd Carmichael is the co-founder and CEO of La Colombe Coffee, a premier coffee roaster and retailer. Carmichael has lived and breathed coffee for over three decades. By pressing the limits of taste, service, and most notably, coffee sourcing – visiting the world’s developing countries to responsibly gather the planet’s best coffee – Todd has converted the nation’s culinary elite into La Colombe drinkers. Along the way, he has made his company the country’s leading coffee roaster while managing it philanthropically. Fueled by Todd’s passion to push the U.S. coffee scene forward, La Colombe sits at the forefront of the ethical trade movement and regularly dabbles in new terrain, inventing ground-breaking new brewing devices and beverages, such as the first ever Draft Latte. He is also the host of two Travel Channel series, “Dangerous Grounds” and “Uncommon Grounds.”

  • Dan Gasper, COO and Co-Founder, Distill Ventures - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Dan Gasper

    COO and Co-Founder, Distill Ventures

    Dan Gasper, COO and Co-Founder, Distill Ventures - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Dan Gasper

    COO and Co-Founder, Distill Ventures

    As Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Distill Ventures, the world’s first and only independent drinks accelerator investing in alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, Dan leverages his years of beverage and startup experience to identify the best and brightest entrepreneurs who have the potential to redefine the drinks industry. Distill Ventures, founded in 2013, provides a unique platform to help founder lead businesses grow and succeed in markets around the world and has committed more than $61 million to over 15 founder-led brands. As an early-stage investor in the world’s first distilled non alcoholic spirit, Seedlip, the Distill Ventures team believe that the non alcohol category is one of the biggest opportunities in the bar & restaurant world today. In the session, Dan plans to share what we think is driving the growth and interest in this space as well as how Distill Ventures defines this emerging category.At Distill Ventures, Dan travels globally to identify founders who are recreating the drinks industry while sharing his expertise with the beverage trade at major events around the world. Day to day, he is equally focused on nurturing DV’s existing portfolio of brands while growing the company and its global reach. His deep experience in sales and marketing coupled to an encyclopedic knowledge of the drinks world, means he can help create brilliant sales strategies and trade marketing activations that shift the dial.

  • Chris Campbell, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Chameleon Cold-Brew - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Chris Campbell

    Co-Founder, President and CEO, Chameleon Cold-Brew

    Chris Campbell, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Chameleon Cold-Brew - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Chris Campbell

    Co-Founder, President and CEO, Chameleon Cold-Brew

    As the Co-Founder and CEO of Chameleon Cold-Brew, Chris Campbell is committed to creating bad-ass organic cold-brew and coffee, while staying true to its Austin roots. Since the initial launch of the flagship Cold-Brew Black Coffee Concentrate in 2010, the brand has seen triple digit growth every year, solidifying its position as the nation’s top organic cold brew. The product portfolio continues to expand with the recent launch of Whole Bean coffee and Cold-Brew Pods. Prior to founding Chameleon, Campbell served as a vice president at Capital Hotel Management and spent eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers specializing in real estate finance for the hospitality industry. Campbell holds an MBA from the Jesse H. Jones School at Rice University and an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin. In his downtime, Chris is an avid outdoorsman, partial to fly fishing, cycling, and hiking.

  • Jesus Delgado-Jenkins, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, 7-Eleven, Inc. - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Jesus Delgado-Jenkins

    EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, 7-Eleven, Inc.

    Jesus Delgado-Jenkins, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, 7-Eleven, Inc. - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Jesus Delgado-Jenkins

    EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, 7-Eleven, Inc.

    Jesus H. Delgado-Jenkins is the executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for 7-Eleven, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s merchandising operations, category management, new product introduction, new category and profit center development, store sets, marketing and merchandise communications, and fresh foods. He also is a member of 7-Eleven’s executive committee. He brings a wealth of leadership and convenience store expertise to 7-Eleven® stores from a variety of senior management positions. Most recently, Delgado-Jenkins was the president and CEO of JNI, LLC, a convenience store-acquisition company. Prior to JNI, he served as the chief financial officer and deputy chief operating officer for the U.S. Treasury Department.

  • Jill McIntosh, VP of Merchandising, Natural Foods, Kroger - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Jill McIntosh

    VP of Merchandising, Natural Foods, Kroger

  • Greg Steltenpohl, Co-Founder & CEO, Califia Farms - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Greg Steltenpohl

    Co-Founder & CEO, Califia Farms

  • Kara Rubin, VP, Product and Brand Strategy, JUST Goods Inc. - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kara Rubin

    VP, Product and Brand Strategy, JUST Goods Inc.

    Kara Rubin, VP, Product and Brand Strategy, JUST Goods Inc. - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kara Rubin

    VP, Product and Brand Strategy, JUST Goods Inc.

    Tenured senior executive with over a decade of specialty and natural food industry experience. Most recently, was award-winning leader of the Grocery division (dry goods, dairy, frozen, bulk) of the Northeast Region of Whole Foods Market (33 stores in NY, NJ & CT). Responsible for purchasing, operations and P&L for the department generating highest revenue in the region and highest revenue/store in the company.

  • Kyle O’Brien, EVP of Sales, La Colombe - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kyle O’Brien

    EVP of Sales, La Colombe

    Kyle O’Brien, EVP of Sales, La Colombe - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kyle O’Brien

    EVP of Sales, La Colombe

    To those in the food and beverage industry, Kyle O’Brien is considered a modern-day visionary. He has a unique ability to identify great entrepreneurs and industry-changing products before they launch and help bring them to market. From Greek yogurt, to sliced and bagged apples, Kyle has carved an impressive notch across the food and beverage landscape. His approach is simple: combine natural ingredients, innovation, and a human element to yield market giants and epic brands. At 22 years old, O’Brien first focused his talent alongside a young entrepreneur whose plan it was to preserve sliced apples by using natural ingredients, such as Vitamin C, and suspending them in gas-flushed, breathable pouches. Kyle then pitched it to accounts from McDonalds to major school districts across the country, and the rest is history. O’Brien then met another talented craftsman, Hamdi Ulukaya, and was introduced to his yet-to-launch Greek yogurt company, Chobani, which would fundamentally change the world of yogurt. As a Partner and EVP of Sales, O'Brien built the sales and distribution structure and grew the business from its first cup into America’s #1 selling yogurt, capturing nearly 40% market share. His drive and commitment didn’t stop there, and O’Brien is not one to retire early. Next, O’Brien identified a new category-changing product and visionary entrepreneur, the Draft Latte, invented by Todd Carmichael, Co-Founder and CEO of La Colombe. O'Brien seamlessly assumed the role of Executive Vice President of Sales at La Colombe and immersed himself in the product and culture. Within months, he assembled a sophisticated nation-wide logistics, brokerage, and distribution network, paving the way for La Colombe’s Draft Latte to assume its position on every shelf and refrigerated case in America.

  • Kevin Rutherford, CEO, nuun - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kevin Rutherford

    CEO, nuun

    Kevin Rutherford, CEO, nuun - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Kevin Rutherford

    CEO, nuun

    Kevin Rutherford is the President and CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) of nuun and Company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. He joined nuun in December of 2013. In his first year Kevin led the company to 30 percent growth and record setting revenue celebrating the brands 10 th anniversary. That growth was accelerated in 2015 growing an additional 40 percent on another banner year. This was led by across the board category growth in sports specialty, grocery and the natural space including the brands entrance into every Whole Foods in the country. In 2016 Kevin led the overhaul of the entire nuun line to 100% plant-based ingredients also certified as vegan and gluten free. And, in April of 2017 the brand launched the first sports drink product that is both Non-GMO Project Verified and Informed-Choice Safe for Sport. The focus on product purity has ushered in continued financial success and in Kevin’s first three years the brand grew by over 150%. Rutherford brought an impressive 18-year CPG marketing background to nuun. Previously, Kevin was President and CEO of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day (The Caldrea Company) where he successfully grew the business by over 85 percent and was awarded Target’s Vendor of the Year 2012. Prior to Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, Rutherford was Director of Marketing for Kashi Co. (subsidiary of Kellogg, Co.) where he managed the Bear Naked brands, successfully innovating the product line from granola into energy bars, cereal, and cookies. Kevin also worked for Miller Brewing Company as senior brand manager on the Miller Genuine Draft (MGD) business. He was responsible for re-launching MGD Light into MGD 64, considered one of the most successful launches for conventional beers in the last 10 years. Prior to MGD, Rutherford was a Senior Brand Manager at S.C. Johnson, Inc. where he managed a $200 million home cleaning product business. Rutherford started his career as a grocery-merchandising manager at Loblaw Co. Inc., the largest grocery retailer in Canada.  Rutherford is a values based, mission driven, hands on leader. He communicates the biggest accomplishment of his career as Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day being selected for the Outside “Best Places to Work “ in 2012. He is personally driven towards living a healthy, active lifestyle and being a steward for the environment and sustainable living.

  • Betsy McGinn, Founder, McGinn eCommConsulting - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Betsy McGinn

    Founder, McGinn eCommConsulting

    Betsy McGinn, Founder, McGinn eCommConsulting - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Betsy McGinn

    Founder, McGinn eCommConsulting

    McGinn eCommConsulting provides expertise in eCommerce strategy for CPG companies ranging from launch stage to $3 billion in sales. With over 11 years of experience with Amazon.com and other strategic eCommerce partners, Betsy works with clients on launch and business optimization strategy, product and pack develop, problem resolution and ongoing management of their eCommerce business. With eight years of eCommerce leadership at Seventh Generation, Betsy provides a unique perspective through the brand lens to guide clients in this complex channel. Additional multi- channel experience in both the US and Canada enhances the development of eCommerce strategy that balances the interests of all sales channels in order to manage channel conflict.

  • Brent Willis, CEO, New Age Beverage Corporation - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Brent Willis

    CEO, New Age Beverage Corporation

    Brent Willis, CEO, New Age Beverage Corporation - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Brent Willis

    CEO, New Age Beverage Corporation

    Brent Willis is the Chief Executive Officer of New Age Beverages Corporation, a leading organic and all natural beverage company, intending to become the world’s largest healthy functional beverage operation. New Age owns leading brands in the growth segments of the beverage industry including Bùcha® Live Kombucha, XingTea®, Coco-Libre®, Marley®, Aspen Pure® Probitoic and other healthy beverages. Prior to New Age he owned an equity stake in a portfolio of private equity backed firms. Prior to this, he served as the CEO for Cott Corporation, the world’s largest retailer brand beverage company. Prior to Cott, Brent was the Global CCO and Zone President for AB InBev, and member of the Board of Directors for AmBev (NYSE: BUD, ABV). At AB InBev, he developed and implemented the strategy and business plans that helped create the world’s largest beer company. Prior to AB InBev, Brent was a senior executive with The Coca-Cola Company. At Coca-Cola, Brent was a President in Latin America, where led his Division to the #2 ranking worldwide of all Coca-Cola Company operating units. From 1987 through 1996, Brent worked for Kraft Heinz, where he managed a number of Kraft’s leading brands, developed their Category Management system in the US, led numerous acquisitions and joint ventures in Japan, Korea, Indonesia and others, and launched the Kraft Brand in China. Mr. Willis began his career as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1982. He served in various combat arms leadership capacities around the world to include assignments in the 1st Cavalry Division. He led major programs within the Strategic Defense Initiative and numerous other compartmentalized programs including the Army Robotics Initiatives and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Drone initiatives. He authored the Counter-Air Concept to change the rules of engagement of Air Defense and received numerous decorations to include two Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Airborne Paratrooper badge during his military career; he was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain. He received his BSc. Degree in Engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point and a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Chicago. Mr. Willis has been deeply involved in community service and started the Alianza Social in Latin America, an organization to combat poverty that created 30,000 micro-empresas, and help underprivileged families in Latin America. He was awarded the Medal of Exemplary Service to the Nation by the President of Venezuela for his efforts and was also voted an Outstanding Young Man of America and one of the Top CEO’s in Latin America.

  • Andrew Henkel, SVP, Brand Growth Solutions, SPINS - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Andrew Henkel

    SVP, Brand Growth Solutions, SPINS

    Andrew Henkel, SVP, Brand Growth Solutions, SPINS - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Andrew Henkel

    SVP, Brand Growth Solutions, SPINS

    Andrew joined SPINS as the Vice President of the Brand Growth Solutions team in 2015 to help the most innovative health & wellness brands in the industry grow even faster. The Brand Growth Solutions team now advises a broad portfolio of high-performing brands and investors on marketing, sales, innovation, and M&A. The team leverages SPINS’ industry-leading market data in combination with robust consumer information, analytics, and strategic analyses to generate powerful insights and develop profitable growth solutions for our clients. Andrew brings a passion for the Natural and Specialty Products Industry, plus over twenty years of consumer brand experience in strategy, marketing, and innovation leadership roles at McKinsey, Kraft, and PepsiCo.

  • Andrea Tyson, Grocery Merchandising Coordinator, CSD, Kroger - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Andrea Tyson

    Grocery Merchandising Coordinator, CSD, Kroger

    Andrea Tyson, Grocery Merchandising Coordinator, CSD, Kroger - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Andrea Tyson

    Grocery Merchandising Coordinator, CSD, Kroger

    In 2000, Andrea began her career with Kroger in Raleigh, NC, as a Management trainee. A couple of years later, she was promoted to Store Manger where she went on to manage several stores in the Raleigh area. In 2007, Andrea joined the Human Resources Team as the Division Recruiter for Management. Andrea recruited for Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic division until she was promoted to the Benefits and Administration manager. After working in this position for several years, Andrea had the opportunity to work in the Produce Department as a Sales Plan Manager. Then, in early 2012, Andrea was able to gain further knowledge of the operational side of the business when she was promoted to District Operations Coordinator. Andrea accepted a position as the District Manager in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2012. In 2016, Andrea joined the General Office team as a Division Promotional Coordinator. While working as a DPC, she worked very closely with the Louisville and King Soopers divisions. She was named to her current role in 2016.

  • Jeffrey Klineman, Editor-in-Chief, BevNET - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Jeffrey Klineman

    Editor-in-Chief, BevNET

    Jeffrey Klineman, Editor-in-Chief, BevNET - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    Jeffrey Klineman

    Editor-in-Chief, BevNET

    As Editor-in-Chief of BevNET, Jeffrey Klineman oversees the organization's reporting across all of its web sites, as well as BevNET Magazine. Jeffrey is also responsible for developing the content for conferences like BevNET Live and Food and Beverage University (FBU). Jeffrey previously worked as a newspaper reporter for the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, the Boston TAB and the Metrowest Daily News, and has freelanced for publications like Slate, Boston Magazine, Self, George, Commonwealth, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Jeffrey is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. A frequently-cited expert on the beverage industry, Jeffrey has also been named in Forbes as one of the 25 Most Influential Kingmakers in Consumer and Retail Companies. He is still trying to live that one down.

  • John Craven, CEO & Founder, BevNET - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    John Craven

    CEO & Founder, BevNET

    John Craven, CEO & Founder, BevNET - BevNET Live Winter 2017

    John Craven

    CEO & Founder, BevNET

    As founder and CEO of BevNET, John Craven is a widely-recognized authority on the beverage industry and he is frequently cited in mainstream media. His vision shapes the editorial, publishing, and positioning of all of BevNET's properties, including BevNET.com, BevNET Magazine, Brewbound.com, BevNET FBU and their associated conferences. John is a graduate of Boston College with a BS in Marketing and Computer Science.

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