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Michael Costa

Michael Costa

Michael Costa is the Editor-in-Chief of Food Engineering, and the former Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. Previously, he was Editorial Director of Hotel F&B magazine for 12 years, covering the business of food and beverage in lodging, including restaurants, bars, catering and more, for readers working in hotels, casinos and cruise ships. During his time at Hotel F&B, he guided the publication to six FOLIO: magazine Eddie awards. Before joining Hotel F&B in 2007, Michael attended culinary school at the Illinois Institute of Art while working in the kitchen and in F&B purchasing at the 1,218-room Sheraton Grand Chicago. Prior to that, he worked for six years in TV news as a reporter at network affiliates around the country. Michael is a journalism graduate of Columbia College in Chicago.

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Kristen Kazarian

Kristen Kazarian

Kristen Kazarian is the Managing Editor of Food Engineering magazine. She was previously with Packaging Strategies. Kristen has worked for a variety of publications covering industries such as health and fitness, computer programming, first responders, fashion, automotive and education, as well as local news.

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Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.

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Sharon Spielman

Sharon Spielman

Sharon Spielman is senior editor of Food Engineering magazine. She has more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for a range of trade publications, including those that cover food and beverage processing, restaurants and institutions, chefs, process heating and cooling, finishing, and package converting.

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Richard F. Stier

Richard F. Stier

Richard Stier is a consulting food scientist who has helped food processors develop safety, quality and sanitation programs. He believes in emphasizing the importance of how these programs can help companies increase profits. Stier holds degrees in food science from Rutgers University and the University of California at Davis. He is a Contributing Editor for Food Engineering. Email: rickstier4@aol.com

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Wasique Ahmad
Sam Ajram
Dr. Paul K. Andersen
Joy LePree Anderson
Craig Andrews
Ivy Arkfeld
Jeff Arthur

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Brandon Bach
Luke Baker
Ed Ballina
Jeffrey Barach
David Barnes
Joseph Basile
Klaus Dieter Batz
Krys Beal
Jan Beránek
Steve Bjerklie
John Blanchard
John Bogart
Adam Booth
Harel Boren
Steve Boyd
Julie Larson Bricher
Bill Bruce
Bill Burnard
Maureen Byrne

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Michael Camber
Kevin Campbell
Jim Carper
Sam Cece
Keith Chambers
Carolyn Chapin
Waheed Chaudhry
Jason Chester
Bryan Christiansen
Penny Clark
Peter Cleaveland
Alex Clere
James C. Cooper
Dan Crisman
Lisa Cruz

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Kendall Dabaghi
Manpreet Dash
Dan Dettmers
Cindy Dubin

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Todd Eckert
Tom Egan , PMMI
Daniel Erickson
Jonathan Erwin

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Joyce Fassl
Maria Ferrante
Erik Fihlman
Adam Fleder
Greg Flickinger
Hallie Forcinio
Andy Forrester
Joshua Friesz

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Tim Gardner
Jeremy Gerrard
Jim Getchell
Scott J. Glaser
Pablo Gómez
Joe Goodbread PhD
Bob Grote

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David Hallifax
John Hanlin PhD
Emily Hart
Harlan Hart
Ray Hatch
Dr. Laura Haupert
Jerry Heath
Derek Hibbard
Kevin T. Higgins
Kevin Hill
Peter Hock
Patricia Hottel BCE
Paul Humphreys

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Jorge Izquierdo

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Felix Johansson

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Alexander Kanaris
Ram Kaushik
Kevin Keim
Steve Kelley
Amit Kheradia
Keri Klein
Mikell Knights
Timothy "TJ" Knob, Jr.
Jaan Koel
Ben Kop
Sunil Kumar PhD

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Alexander Kanaris Last
Casey Laughman
Joy LePree
Crystal Lindell
Don Low
Sébastien Lukat

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Kathryn Martin
Marina Mayer
Matt McCorkle
Jim McMahon
Robert McNulty
Neil Mehltretter
Nicole Meidl
Todd Meussling
Tatjana Milenovic
Richard Mitchell
Jason Mitchell
James Morris
Tim Mouw
Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee

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Sharon Nowak

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Shane O'Halloran
Dan O'Toole
Hannah Oakman
Dr. Elis Owens

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Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
Brent Pankonien
Jill Pappenheimer
John Robert Parraga
Dvijal Patel
Lee Patty
Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
Megan Pellegrini
Wayne Perry
David Phillips
Claire Phoenix
Patrick Pilz
Greg Portell
Scott Potter

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Werner Rauer
Tracee Reeves
Craig Resnick
Sean Riley
Kelley Rodriguez
Claire Rowan
Tom Ryan

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David Santiago
Jeremy Schneider
Debra Schug
Karen Schweizer
Carla Zanetos Scully
Jules Scully
Jules Scully
Ravi Sheth
Rose Shilling
Sal Spada
BNP Media Staff
Laura Studwell

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Lisa Thomas
Jerry W. Thomas
Katie Thomas
Olin Thompson
Alyse Thompson
Bjorn Thumas
Mark Tisdale
Tim Trageser

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Camilo Villalobos
Moe Volkert, PMMI
Christopher Voss

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Wayde Weisleder
Ola Wesstrom
Ola Wesstrom
Matt Westerfield
Jessica Wettstein
Korie Wilkins
Winston K Wong

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Sian Yates
Jeffrey Yoders
Patrick Young
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