The Coca-Cola Company
Shaia Matthews possesses extensive experience in product development and innovation, primarily within The Coca-Cola Company from January 2005 to March 2021. In the role of Senior Director for Global Development & Innovation in Sparkling Flavors, Shaia led a strategic platform integrating product, process, packaging, supply chain, and digital initiatives while providing technical leadership to a team of engineers and scientists. As Director of Global Process Engineering R&D, Shaia managed multi-disciplinary projects, emphasizing engineering design and product formulation strategy. Earlier experience includes serving as Manager of Product Development at Coca-Cola and Sprite R&D, where Shaia guided various innovation initiatives and managed teams to successfully introduce numerous products globally. Initial career experience as Associate Engineer in the Cheese & Dairy Division at Kraft Foods was marked by foundational engineering roles. Shaia holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Hampton University.
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The Coca-Cola Company
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The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Coca-Cola's vision is to craft the brands and choice of drinks that people love, to refresh them in body & spirit. And done in ways that create a more sustainable business and better shared future that makes a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet. Sold in the United States since 1886, Coca-Cola products are now sold in more than 200 countries and territories. They own or license and market numerous beverage brands, which they group into the following categories: Trademark Coca-Cola; sparkling flavors; hydration, sports, coffee and tea; nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverages; and emerging beverages. Their portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Their hydration, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Gold Peak and Ayataka. Coca-Cola’s nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. They are constantly transforming their portfolio, from reducing sugar in their drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. Coca-Cola seeks to positively impact people’s lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across the value chain. Beverages bearing trademarks owned by or licensed to the company account for 2.1 billion of the approximately 63 billion servings of all beverages consumed worldwide every day.