Jorge Zarate
CORPORATIVO BIMBO S.A. DE C.V.

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Baker Braindates: Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

Miguel Villa
Alpha Baking Company

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Baker Braindates: Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

Rod Radalia
Aunt Millie’s Bakeries

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Baker Braindates: Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

Rudy Abiera
Highland Baking

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Baker Braindates: Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

Xochitl Cruz
BIMBO BAKERIES USA

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Baker Braindates: Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT

Josh Becker is the newly appointed Bakery/Confection Segment Manager for Harpak-ULMA Packaging LLC.  In this new role, Mr. Becker will be responsible for replicating ULMA’s global footprint in the bakery and confection markets in North America.  Prior to making the transition to Harpak-ULMA, he worked for 24 years in various senior engineering and operations leadership roles at Frito Lay, Kraft Foods, Bimbo Bakeries and The Hershey Company.  In his last role at The Hershey Company, he was Senior Manager of the Packaging Systems Engineering group.  He has a passion for the packaging industry and was an active member of PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network over the past several years.

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Engineering Ask-the-Expert Lunch & Learn Session 3: Packaging & Warehousing
Thursday, February 18, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:35 pm CT

John Keane joined AMF Bakery Systems, a company in the Markel Food Group, in 1996 after working for The Cardwell Machine Company, a manufacturer of tobacco processing equipment. During his time at AMF his focus has primarily been on the Mechanical Engineering functions from drafting to group leadership.

Mr. Keane was appointed to the role of Product Group Leader in 2020. In this role he leads the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Assembly teams that manufacture the bakery basket and case handling equipment supplied from AMF’s Richmond Virginia facility.

Outside of the workplace Mr. Keane mentors high school students as they prepare for life after high school. He helps manage a short-term church mission trip focused on middle and high school students performing free home repairs for those in need.

Session Information
Engineering Ask-the-Expert Lunch & Learn Session 3: Packaging & Warehousing
Thursday, February 18, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:35 pm CT

Clay Miller is the current president of Burford Corp., part of the Middleby Bakery group. Clay’s career in the baking industry started in 2001 when he was hired by Burford just one year out of college as a mechanical design engineer. In 2008 he transitioned into sales and later into the role of VP of sales. In 2019 Clay took over as president of the company. During that time Mr. Miller has volunteered in numerous industry associations. He served as Program Chair & 2nd Vice Chairman of ASB in 2017/2018. He holds the position of Secretary/Treasurer of the ATBI since 2015 and currently serves on the BEMA Board of Directors after joining in 2016 following 3 years on BEMA’s BIF committee. Clay has a passion for the outdoors which includes hunting, fishing and golfing. He lives in Blanchard, OK with his wife Lacy and their 3 children.

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Engineering Ask-the-Expert Lunch and Learn Session 2: Ovens & Spraying Technology
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:35 pm CT

ABA Presidents’ Panel: Beyond Covid, View from the C-Suite
Thursday, February 18, 2021
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CT

Jeremiah Tilghman serves as General Manager for Canyon Bakehouse (Loveland, CO), owned and operated by Flowers Foods.

A graduate of Kansas State University’s Bakery Science Management (operations options), Mr. Tilghman has over 20 years of experience in the baking industry.  During his career, Jeremiah has held multiple positions with increased responsibilities within the major wholesale bakeries in the US including George Weston Bakeries, Bimbo Bakeries and more recently Canyon Bakehouse part of Flowers Foods.  He has had the opportunity to be directly involved in two plant start ups – one green field, one brown field – and indirectly involved in four additional plant start ups

Jeremiah serves on the Board of Directors for ASB and is also involved with ABA and BEMA.

Session Information
Engineering Ask-the-Expert Lunch and Learn Session 2: Ovens & Spraying Technology
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
12:00 pm – 12:35 pm CT

Baker Braindates Session 1
Thursday, February 18, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT