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Senior Management Team
Keurig's management team is a diverse group of individuals with experience building a vast array of businesses. All are passionately
dedicated to excellence in every aspect of our business to insure that
Keurig meets the highest expectations of our customers, business
partners, and employees. The team takes a great deal of pride in having
rapidly grown Keurig Brewed® to be the "gold standard" in single cup
brewing worldwide.
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Michelle Stacy: President
Michelle Stacy was appointed President of Keurig in October, 2008. Michelle
brings to Keurig more than 20 years experience as a senior executive in
marketing and global business management with The Gillette Company, and
more recently Procter & Gamble (P&G).
During her career, Ms. Stacy has been responsible for building several world
class brands and businesses, and she has managed the integration of several
acquisitions. Immediately prior to joining Keurig Michelle served as Managing
Partner of Archpoint Consulting, a professional services firm providing hands-on
marketing, sales, operational and financial counsel and expertise to its clients. At
P&G Ms. Stacy was Vice President, General Manager of Global Professional
Oral Care where she was responsible for the Global Professional activities for the
Crest and Oral-B brands, managing over 700 people in over 70 countries.
While at Gillette, she held the position of Vice President, Global Business
Management for Oral-B, and earlier for the Parker and Waterman Brands. She has significant experience as a Vice President of Marketing in Blades and Razors and Personal Care.
Additionally, she held positions at Parker Brothers, Clairol and Richardson-Vicks.
Michelle holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Dartmouth College and an MBA from
Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
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Dick Sweeney: Co-Founder, Vice President, Manufacturing & Operations
Dick was a co-founder of Keurig in 1993 and joined the company full time as one
of its first employees in 1996. At Keurig, Dick is responsible for Manufacturing,
Quality Control, and Field Service. Dick brought to Keurig more than 25 years of
experience in manufacturing, product development and consulting behind
industrial and consumer appliances.
Prior to Keurig, he was VP, Manufacturing for Canrad-Hanovia, a manufacturer
of scientific and UV lighting. Dick also served as VP, Operations for V-M
Industries, a consumer appliances manufacturer and importer. Dick has
developed several US and International Keurig brewer and packaging patents.
Dick received his BS from New Jersey Institute of Technology and his MBA from
Farleigh Dickinson University.
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Kevin Sullivan: Vice President Engineering and Product Development
Kevin is responsible for all Engineering at Keurig-including brewer
development, and K-Cup packaging. Kevin joined Keurig in late 2003 bringing
more than 20 years of engineering experience in consumer appliances and high
volume consumer disposables. He served as Vice President of Engineering and
Technology, Aerospace Electronic Systems for Honeywell International. Kevin
also served at the Gillette Company, where he was responsible for the
engineering and manufacturing of Duracell batteries. Prior to Gillette, Kevin held
several senior engineering management positions at GE Aerospace, and GE
Electric Appliances, where he was responsible for new product development,
cost savings and quality control. Kevin earned an MBA from New Hampshire
College and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Basil Karanikos: Vice President of Packaging Engineering
Basil is responsible for all engineering and product development surrounding
Keurig's K-Cup portion pack including packaging manufacturing equipment. Basil
joined Keurig in 2003. He brought more than 20 years of packaging engineering
experience in food products to Keurig from Sweetheart Cup Company where he
was Director of Technology and was responsible for the design, manufacture,
installation and continuous support of hundreds of packaging lines. At Keurig,
Basil is responsible for the design, development and installation of Keurig's
patented high speed packaging lines, as well as the research and development
associated with Keurig's patented portion packs, the K-Cup. Basil received his
BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he also continued his
graduate studies.
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Chris Stevens: Vice President of Sales - At Work Division
Chris is responsible for Keurig's North America Sales Organization in our Away
from Home Division. Chris joined Keurig in 1996. He brought to Keurig more than
20 years of experience in consumer goods sales and marketing as well as
general management. After beginning his sales career at Procter & Gamble, he
became President of a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch. After also serving as
Divisional Manager with A-B, he was Executive VP and General Manager for
United Liquors before becoming Executive Director of the Sports Museum of
New England. At Keurig, Chris has been responsible for establishing Keurig's
Away From Home distribution system of over 400 distributors with over 1000
office locations. His sales team recruits, trains and manages all of Keurig's
Authorized Distributors in the US and Canada. Chris received his BS from Notre
Dame and completed the Executive Education program at Columbia Business
School.
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Dave Manly: Vice President - At Work Division & Consumer Direct
Dave is responsible for Keurig Marketing in the channels of Away from Home,
Keurig Consumer Direct on www.keurig.com, and the Hotel channel. Dave joined
Keurig in 2002 after more than 20 years of executive experience in consumer
goods sales and marketing. Dave began his career at Procter & Gamble where
he was Brand Manager leading the marketing efforts of food products such as
Pringle's Potato Chips, Duncan Hines, and Crisco. After P&G Dave helped grow
the Boston Whaler boat company and brand in the premium boating segment as
Director of Marketing. As VP Sales and Marketing of LoJack, Dave helped lead
the company from start-up to become an international gold standard of auto
security. Dave received his BA from DePauw University and his MBA from
Purdue University.
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John Whoriskey: Vice President, General Manager - At Home Division
John is responsible for Keurig's At Home Division including the Retail business
where Keurig can be found in over 8,000 stores. John joined Keurig in 2002
bringing to Keurig over 20 years of experience that includes President and VP
level experience in marketing and sales in the home furnishing, gift, and
consumer products industries. John began his career at Polaroid, where he
helped build the brand and retail success of the Polaroid camera/film system.
Prior to Keurig, he was President of Fetco Home Décor and President of Optelec,
Inc. John also worked in VP level positions for Honeywell Consumer Products,
Tucker House wares, and The First Years. John also manages the new product
development efforts for our At Home products. John received his BS and MBA
from Boston College.
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Mark Wood: Vice President of New Business Development
Mark is responsible for New Business Development at Keurig including
managing the relationships with our K-Cup licensed roaster partners, and
International opportunities. Mark joined Keurig in 2001 bringing extensive
leadership experience from both the U.S. Military and private business. Mark
started his career in the U.S. Navy where he was a pilot serving on an aircraft
carrier. . Mark also served as VP of Business Development at
BroadcastAmerica.com and also gained experience in strategic planning,
marketing and operations at Genzyme. Mark received his BA from the University
of Rochester and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Mike Degnan: Vice President, General Counsel
Mike manages legal affairs for Keurig, including leadership of outside counsel in
the areas of contracts, and patents. He joined Keurig in 2004 bringing 11 years of
experience in private corporate practice with two mid-sized Boston law firms,
most recently at Rich May, where he was a shareholder and member of the firm.
Mike's practice has focused on general corporate representation of a wide array
of private and public businesses and transactional representation of a number of
venture capital firms. Mike received both his BS and JD from Boston College.
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Ian Tinkler: Vice President Brewer Engineering
Ian leads Keurig's brewer engineering effort. Ian joined Keurig in 2005. He
brought more than 25 years of engineering experience to Keurig, including the
design of aerospace electronic systems and of water treatment products. Before
joining Keurig, he was Director of Research & Development for Culligan Water
Systems. Prior to Culligan he served as Director of Growth Strategies and
Technical Director for EVAC, a vacuum water system supplier. As Chief of
Design for Electrodynamics, he led engineering teams in the design of flight data
recorders for military aircraft. He has held senior leadership roles for Sundstrand
Aerospace, where he was responsible for the electronic packaging of electric
power systems, including the B2 Bomber, Boeing 777 and Global Express. He
holds an MBA from Rockford College and a Mechanical Engineering degree from
Hatfield Polytechnic in England.
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John Heller: Vice President of Finance
John is responsible for the Accounting, Finance, and Procurement functions at
Keurig. John joined Keurig in 2007. Prior to Keurig he was Operations Controller
of Egenera, Inc., a data center virtualization company, CFO of Passkey
International, Inc., a travel management software company and Manager with
PricewaterhouseCoopers' M&A Advisory Group. Earlier in his career, John
served as an active duty US Army officer with various assignments including
serving as a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, Company Commander and Assistant
Professor at the United States Military Academy, West Point. John also serves
as a Colonel within the US Army Reserves. He received his BS from USMA, his
MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and is a licensed CPA.
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Tracie Caye: Director of Human Resources
Tracie Caye is Director of Human Resources at Keurig, Inc. She has primary
responsibility for Keurig's hiring, training and development, compensation and
benefits, performance management, HRIS and employee relations.
Tracie holds a B.S. in Organization Behavior from the University of San
Francisco, as well as Certification in Human Resources and Labor Relations from
the University of California at Irvine. In addition, Tracie has completed Six-Sigma
Greenbelt training from the University of Michigan.
Prior to joining Keurig, Tracie was the Global Director of Human Resources at
ITT Motion and Control, in Foothill Ranch California and Gloucester,
Massachusetts, with human resource responsibility extending to locations in
Europe and Asia. She was also the Senior Human Resources Manager at the
Trans Com division of Sony Corporation in Irvine, California.
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