You asked – we answered. We got such great feedback and audience questions on our State of Sustainability webinar that we’ve put together an extended cut with additional information
Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.
Michelle Carvell
Chief Operating Officer, Lorax EPI
Michelle Carvell is the current COO of Lorax EPI. She has 15 years of experience working in the environmental compliance sector, building an extensive knowledge of the industry. After graduating from Cardiff University in 2002, she developed her career specializing in product stewardship, producer responsibility programs and their impacts on the producers. Co-founding Lorax Compliance Limited in 2014, Michelle supports a diverse range of businesses with specialists and extended producer responsibility, as well as tailored consultancy covering all aspects of environmental legislation. Michelle’s focus within Lorax is to promote and simplify the vast range of reporting requirements their clients find themselves obligated by.
John Blake
Senior Director Analyst, Gartner
John Blake is a Senior Research Director in the Consumer Retail team. John covers packaging, artwork and labeling in Gartner Supply Chain Research. He specializes in consumer and industrial packaging innovation and development process, packaging trends, packaging organization and talent management, packaging strategy across sustainability and e-commerce, IP, growth and cost optimization. He covers specification data management, label and artwork management vendors and best practices.
Prashant Jagtap
Founder, President & CEO, Trayak
Matthew Wright
Founder & Executive Chairman, Specright
Matthew Wright is the founder & executive chairman of Specright, the first cloud-based platform for Specification Management. Specright has been recognized by Fast Company’s prestigious Most Innovative Companies list, named a Gartner Cool Vendor, and as one of the Top Places to Work by the OC Register and Built in LA. Wright is also a published author and his book, “The Evolution of Products and Packaging,”was named to the Amazon Hot New Release List for Industrial Relations Business and has a five star rating.
Prior to founding Specright, Wright spent more than 25 years in the packaging industry, holding leadership positions at International Paper, Temple Inland, and rightPAQ — a packaging company he co-founded. He has also been involved in leading multiple M&A deals in the packaging industry, currently sits on the MSU School of Packaging and Industry Advisory Board and previously served on the Packaging Advisory Board at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.
“Having quick access to that data for informed, data-driven decisions was absolutely essential. Dermalogica was able to demonstrate a smaller-scale use case, showing Prestige how Specright could be the solution to address these challenges.”
Toko Weaver
Implementation Project Manager, Unilever Prestige
Why You Need Specright
When everyone has access to specifications, amazing things happen – faster product development, improved quality, and less waste.
With 5 million+ products on Specright’s Specification Data Management (SDM) platform, we’re helping some of the world’s largest companies and challenger brands optimize costs, accelerate innovation, and reduce waste. See how you can join the Specification Management movement — we’ll start with a brief call to understand your goals and then schedule a tailored demo experience that fits your needs.
