In today’s rapidly evolving marketplace, companies are under unprecedented pressure to adopt sustainable packaging strategies and comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations. Additionally, consumers are increasingly aware of environmental impacts, making it critical for brands to shift towards more sustainable packaging solutions. Join Specright’s industry experts, Laura Foti and Katie Exum, as they discuss why sustainable packaging matters now more than ever, how to create a sustainable packaging strategy, and how owning your data in a purpose-built centralized system sets you up for success.
Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.
Katie Krasts
Product Manager, Specright
Katie Exum is a Product Manager at Specright, the leader in Specification Data Management. Katie has a background in packaging engineering, where she worked in the food & beverage industry, followed by consumer electronics at Amazon. She pivoted to working in data management at Specright, where she added experience in customer onboarding, then strategic partnerships, before transitioning into product management. Across all of her roles, Katie’s passion for sustainability has been an incorporated into her work.
Laura Foti
Chief Customer Officer, Specright
Laura is the Chief Customer Officer at Specright, where she leads teams across professional services, customer success, and support to ensure customers thrive.
She also co-hosts the “Beyond Packaging Podcast,” with Matthew Wright, where they discuss industry trends, interview leading innovators, and discuss the history of different types of packaging.
Prior to Specright, she led advertising and analytics at GE Digital, GE’s Industrial Internet software business. Before that, she was a consultant at Deloitte Digital working in enterprise digital transformation. Laura was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for marketing and advertising and Brand Innovators 40 Under 40 and 100 Women to Watch lists. She graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
“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
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