Auroni serves as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). His leadership is focused on creating top/bottom line value through the development and sale of integrated product solutions or combinatorial product derivatives based on IFF’s traditional ingredient portfolio. Prior to this role, Auroni led enterprise-wide R&D Strategy and Portfolio Management as well as technology and capability scouting for the organization. Preceding his tenure at IFF, Auroni spent 10 years at PepsiCo in various roles focused on front-end technology development and product commercialization; while in this role he commercialized over 40 new products for Starbuck’s $2+ billion RTD business in North America.