Sutherland Packaging Names Jake Sutherland Chief Innovation Officer Andover, New Jersey based Sutherland Packaging, a mak- er of corrugated point-of-purchase (POP) displays and re- tail packaging, announced the hiring of Jake Sutherland as its first Chief Innovation Officer.
Sutherland earned an MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree in busi- ness administration at George Washington University. “Jake’s appointment as the company’s first Chief Inno- vation Officer marks a significant milestone for our organi- zation – one that reiterates our commitment to remain at the cutting edge of retail packaging,” said Tom Sutherland, President of Sutherland Packaging. “His impressive track record and analytical mindset will be of significant impor- tance in continuing to grow Sutherland Packaging and evolve our offerings.” PPC Announces Change Of Dates For 2024 Spring/Fall Meetings The Paperboard Packaging Council announced a change in dates for the 2024 Fall Meeting which is now set for September 30-October 2, 2024. The venue remains the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. More detailed information about the event will be announced soon. In the meantime, PPC encourages members to mark their calendars with these new dates. PPC’s next event, the 2024 Spring Outlook & Strategies Conference, is set for April 17-19, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. This conference will help spark new ideas and challenge you to learn and grow. For more information, visit paperbox.org .
Sutherland will be primarily re- sponsible for stewarding a culture of innovation and accelerating growth, all while aligning with longer-term business objectives. He will work from the company’s Andover pro- duction headquarters. Part of Sutherland’s charge will
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be to identify areas ripe for best practices innovation and concepting and implementing the necessary methods to drive impactful change. He will strive to enhance the com- pany’s overall competitive edge in the corrugated land- scape by improving organizational efficiencies and devel- oping new capabilities. Sutherland joins Sutherland Packaging with wide-rang- ing expertise in the finance and banking industry, specif- ically in policy analysis, and process improvement. Most recently, he was an Applied Critical Thinking Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Prior to that, he held several other financial planning and analyst positions.
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