Johanna Vazquez is a Consumer-Packaged Goods professional experienced leading regional and global Research & Development teams and Innovation and Transformation agendas. She is currently the Head of R&D for Unilever's North America Foods where she is shaping an R&D transformational agenda to help deliver the business' vision of 'Bringing the taste everyone loves to brighten everyday." Before joining Unilever, Johanna spent 13 years at PepsiCo and 10 years at Kraft Heinz leading Break-Through & Culinary Innovation and pipeline building for various food and beverages categories. Johanna holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico as well as a Masters in Global Food Technology and Innovation from Rutgers University. She has been the recipient of several awards including most recently the Society of Women Engineers Global Leadership Award and The PepsiCo Consumer Centricity Chairman Award.