SKS Advisory Council

Chris Young is the CEO and founder of Combustion. Before that, he founded Chefsteps and cowrote Modernist Cuisine with Nathan Myhrvold. 

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Susan Schwallie is a nationally recognized expert on food and beverage trends. Prior to Circana she was President of Food & Beverage at NPD.

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Nick is the cofounder of Samsung Food, Samsung's AI-powered personalized recipe service. Before Samsung Food, Nick founded Whisk (acquired by Samsung.

Dan is the President of Big Green Egg. Prior to Big Green Egg, he was Chief Commercial Officer at Focus Brands and Chief Digital Officer at McDonald's Latin America master franchiser, Arcos Dorados.

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Sara is an author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and activist. Sara leads conference panels, serves on advisory boards & taskforce groups, and provides commentary on related policy and initiatives.

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Nicole is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she oversees content and testing related to kitchen and cooking appliances.

Jose currently leads the Innovation area at LABe Digital Gastronomy Lab. He is has a Graduate in Gastronomy from the Basque Culinary Center, with a focus on Innovation, Business &Entrepreneurship.

Francisco Migoya is the co-author of Modernist Bread and leads the Modernist Cuisine culinary team as head chef.

Scott Heimendinger works at the intersection of food and technology, applying insights from culinary science and engineering to create kitchen tools that delight and empower everyday cooks. 

Brita is a Managing Partner at Vita Vera Ventures, and Lead Investor at Portfolia’s Food & Agtech Fund, with 20 years of experience as a food & tech investor, an M&A advisor, and corporate development professional.

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Hirotaka is well known as a Foodtech expert & business creator. After working Panasonic & McKinsey, he joined SIGMAXYZ in 2017 and founded SKS JAPAN –Global Foodtech summit and is known with his deep knowledge and extensive network around food innovation across industries and nations. 

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Akiko leads the insight & knowledge development around Food Innovation and Food Tech for UnlocX. Exploring the relationship between technology and human, human and food, and food and technology in order to make food innovations more meaningful, grateful, and regenerative ag.

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Ben Harris is the CEO and co-founder of Fresco, a company that’s building the operating system for the kitchen — one unified solution that connects the whole cooking journey. Ben co-founded Fresco to empower people to make better food at home​

Robin Liss is Founder, President & CEO of Suvie - a gourmet cool-to-cook Kitchen Robot now shipping. Previously founder and CEO of Reviewed.com acquired by Gannett in 2011.

Asch Harwood serves as ReFED’s Vice President of Data & Insights, where he leads research and product development to advance data-driven food waste solutions.