Toby Thomas

Toby has 30 years of food packaging experience focused on research, new products, and business development at Pactiv (Formerly Mobil Oil). With over 40 patents, Toby has utilized food packaging innovations to develop new branded products including Hefty OneZip and Presto Products’ Slide-Rite with sales of $300 M annually. Toby has degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Madison and Texas A&M University, Toby’s skills include process, automation, active packaging, and product development with additional corporate roles in capital and business planning, intellectual property, operations management, and product pricing for several divisions of Pactiv. Currently serving on 3 local boards with area clubs & schools. Toby has volunteered with National Ski Patrol for 23 years.