Jenny Danzi is Senior Director of New Platforms at PepsiCo, leading innovation in emerging billion-dollar categories. She previously served as Founding Partner of the Hive, PepsiCo’s operating unit dedicated to product incubation. Since joining PepsiCo in 2009, Danzi has worked across teams including hydration innovation, Walmart shopper marketing, and the Mountain Dew brand. During her time on the Corporate Strategy team, Danzi partnered on the ground with the team in Shanghai, building PepsiCo’s long-term food and beverage strategy for China. She developed advertising and communications for the Pepsi trademark on platforms including the Super Bowl and led the commercial agenda for the $2B dollar Pepsi-Starbucks North American Coffee Partnership. She serves on the Board of Directors for WIN: Women in Innovation, and is a founding member of Chief, an executive women’s network focused on closing the gender gap in business leadership. Danzi graduated from Williams College with a degree in economics, and studied at the London School of Economics and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and their two sons.

Kishan has worked in the food-tech industry since 2011. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Spoonshot, an AI and food science powered insights company helping the industry uncover the future of food by predicting consumer needs, trends, and innovation opportunities. Before starting his own venture, Kishan worked in 2 leadership roles for 3+ years at a global online food ordering giant, JUST EAT. Also since 2008, Kishan has been the Co-Founder & Chairman of One Cause, an education-focused nonprofit that has raised over $1M to date for grassroots institutions.

Larry Levin is Executive Vice President of Market and Shopper Intelligence at IRI, working with clients of all sizes and their c-suites to help them deliver better growth to their businesses. He has spent his entire career in market research, leading engagements for many of the world’s largest manufacturers and retailers including Pepsi, Coke, Starbucks, Microsoft, Disney, Lexus, Porsche, Nissan, Infiniti and Audi, as well as dozens of mid-sized companies across food, beverage and other CPG categories. At IRI, Larry oversees commercial sales strategy and drives new product adoption among clients. As one of IRI’s key thought leaders, he is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Beverage Forum, Shopper Marketing, HOP—State of Mass Beauty, FMI, New Products Innovation, NFRA and CSPA and has been a guest on Bloomberg Television’s Surveillance program as well as quoted in numerous publications.