April 28-30, 2025

All Speakers

Dog and cat food research experts who will present at Petfood Forum & Petfood Essentials

Kevin Ryan
Founder/CEO
Malachite Strategy and Research
Kevin Ryan is the founder/CEO of Malachite Strategy and Research, a CPG, retail and foodservice-focused insights and innovation agency. Ryan previously served as the global strategic senior planner at Amazon, overseeing the team responsible for corporate brand and advertising strategies for Global Prime and Non-Prime consumers. Prior to Amazon, Ryan was director of strategy and innovation at General Mills. For 15 years, Ryan led corporate and brand initiatives to discover new opportunities globally. Ryan is an expert in the front end of innovation, specializing in deep ethnography, strategic mapping, consumer jobs-to-be-done development, design thinking, agile methodologies and new product ideation. Ryan holds both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in food science and a MSc in food anthropology. Kevin writes a food industry newsletter (FoodStuff) and also hosts a food industry podcast called 3 Squares.
Date/TimeTitle
Tue Jul 29
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Keynote: Chicken 2030: The tech and trends shaping what's next
Oglethorpe Ballroom

From AI-driven personalization to next-gen food production, technology is rapidly reshaping how consumers buy, cook and experience chicken. But what advancements matter most for the industry? Kevin Ryan, founder/CEO of Malachite Strategy and Research, highlights the most important innovations emerging across consumer behavior, retail, foodservice and manufacturing — unpacking how they are shaping the future and what industry leaders should be paying attention to now.