As 2025 unfolds, regulatory shifts and consumer demands are placing unprecedented pressure on companies to manage packaging data more accurately, sustainably, and efficiently. The latest State of Specification Management Survey reveals a clear message: the time to modernize your spec data approach is now.
Join our expert panel as they explore how organizations are adapting to the evolving landscape by leveraging technology, driving compliance, and achieving sustainable business outcomes through better specification data practices.
What You’ll Learn:
The Impact of Evolving Regulations: Discover how EPR, recyclability mandates, and global compliance requirements are shaping packaging practices.
Why Accurate, Centralized Data Matters: Learn how data silos and legacy systems are hampering supply chains, innovation, and compliance efforts—and how leading companies are solving this challenge.
Sustainability Meets Spec Management: Hear how brands are using a spec-first approach to integrate sustainability into their packaging strategies while maintaining operational efficiency.
How Technology Is Leading the Way: Explore the role of AI and digital tools in transforming spec management and enabling smarter, faster decision-making.
Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.
Johnathon Tran is an accomplished professional with 13 years of experience wearing a multitude of hats in Packaging, Data Management, Analytics, Lean Operations, Automation, and Project Management. As the Senior Engineering Manager for Fresh Meats Packaging Development & Enterprise Packaging Data at Tyson Foods, he leads efforts to optimize packaging designs and digital transformation.
Previously at Tyson Foods, Johnathon served as a Packaging Engineer, where he mitigated supply chain disruptions, led sustainability initiatives, and optimized packaging for automation. His career also includes engineering roles at Honda of America Manufacturing and Lockheed Martin, where he managed significant capital projects to implement new equipment and automation.
Johnathon holds a Master of Business Operational Excellence degree from THE Ohio State University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Arkansas. He is a certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and trained in change management methodologies.
With a creative problem-solving approach and a bias for action, Johnathon excels in driving change and delivering results.
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.
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.
