April 28-30, 2025

All Speakers

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

Rajan Lukose
Chief Data Scientist
Cambridge Technology
Rajan Lukose, Ph.D., is a thought leader and the chief data scientist at Cambridge Technology, a global technology services provider helping U.S.-based and international companies transform their operations by leveraging the cloud, data analytics, artificial Intelligence and machine learning. Cambridge PetTech, a division of Cambridge Technology, has been serving the pet food industry for over 20 years, helping solve complex animal health IT challenges across research, testing, manufacturing, sales and marketing disciplines. Lukose has led and participated in numerous industry events, including speaking engagements at conferences, universities, webinars, workshops and senior management presentations, where he has shared his expertise and knowledge on a variety of technology-related topics and their applicability across industries and disciplines.
Date/TimeTitle
Tue Apr 29
1:30 PM - 2:35 PM
Pet food technology sessions: AI focus areas
KCCC 2102A-B
  • Transformative potential for AI in pet food innovation, sales creation and sustainability — Rajan Lukose, Ph.D., chief data scientist, Cambridge Technology, explores practical applications for AI in the pet food industry, demonstrating how companies can smartly leverage these revolutionary tools to improve research and testing procedures, product development, supply chain efficiencies, revenue generation and sustainability tracking.
  • AI is transforming marketing: What are the benefits, challenges and applications for pet food? — Hana Bieliauskas, senior vice president and partner, Inspire PR Group, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way food companies develop, market and sell products, connect with customers and analyze data. AI has sped up the development of new products by leveraging predictive analytics and consumer data, and it can apply algorithms to identify trends in the food sector and predict their growth. Through pet food case studies, she provides insights on using AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to build brands, develop marketing strategies and messages, automate marketing emails, draft social media posts and target digital ads to the right people at the right times to maximize views, click-through rates and more.
  • Understanding AI to streamline pet food manufacturing — Matt Lueger, executive vice president of sales, Northwind Technical Services, and Bill Ward, founder and CEO, Northslope Technologies, discuss different artificial intelligence (AI) concepts, including machine learning, large language models and generative AI, highlighting their key differences and real-world applications for pet food production. They address concerns related to data security, discussing how cloud computing can offer secure, scalable solutions. To demonstrate how AI is being used to improve productivity and add to the bottom line, they also share case studies, including applying a generative AI tool to pet food manufacturing, inventory planning implementation and a machine learning application.