Dan Updike

Dan Updike has a diverse work experience in the food processing industry. Dan is currently the Director of Ingredient Sales for North America at Mizkan America. Previously, they served as the Senior Director of North American Industrial Sales at Richardson International from 2011 to 2021. Dan also worked at Ventura Foods as a Food Processor Sales representative from 2009 to 2010 and at Dow Chemical as a Technical Sales representative from 2006 to 2009. Before that, they held various sales roles at Bunge and Central Soya. Dan started their career as a Chief Chemist at Kraft Food Ingredients in 1983.

Dan Updike attended Purdue University from 1979 to 1983, where they pursued a degree in Food Science. Prior to their university education, Dan also attended Arlington High School, details of which are unspecified.