Natalie Franz

Natalie Franz has an extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Natalie is currently the Director - R&D, Innovation and Commercialization at Furlani Foods since April 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee as the Director of Research and Development - Product Development from November 2017 to March 2021, where they led strategic product development roadmaps and managed product development programs for tea, coffee, and soluble products.

Before joining Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, Natalie worked at Campbell Company of Canada in different roles. Natalie served as the Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Commercial Operations from March 2017 to November 2017, where they led strategic planning and developed business operating plans. Natalie also worked as the Program Manager for Supply Chain Strategic Initiatives and Commercial Operations from May 2016 to March 2017, leading a $57MM initiative to reduce manufacturing complexity and delivering annualized savings of $7MM. Additionally, they held the role of Portfolio and Project Commercialization Manager for New Products to Market from August 2012 to May 2016, where they managed multiple initiatives and drove net sales growth.

Natalie's earlier experience includes roles at Innovative Steam Technologies as a Field Service and Commissioning Engineer from 2000 to 2005, and at Kraft General Foods as a Capital Engineer in 1999.

Natalie Franz attended the University of Waterloo from 1995 to 2000, where they obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Chemical Engineering. Natalie also holds a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) certification from the Professional Engineers Ontario institution, although the specific details of when and where it was obtained are not provided.