Data ManagementPack Expo 2026PackagingPackaging ManagementSpecification Management
Description:
The best packaging engineers in the world spend a shocking amount of their time doing work that has nothing to do with engineering. Searching shared drives for the latest spec version. Re-entering supplier data into three different systems. Rebuilding BOMs from scratch because no one can find the original. Manually checking whether a component change breaks a compliance requirement. This isn’t an engineering problem — it’s a data problem. And AI is solving it.
In this session, Specright CPO Karthik Rajagopal and former packaging engineer Sunitha Nair, will show what packaging development looks like when engineers work from a single, living specification record — where AI surfaces relevant material history, flags compliance conflicts in real time, suggests component alternatives based on cost or sustainability criteria, and generates documentation automatically.
The result: packaging engineers who spend their time actually engineering. See what that looks like — and why the brands building this way today will be impossible to catch tomorrow.
Bringing together leaders in industry and technology to drive innovation.
Karthik Rajagopal
Chief Product Officer (CPO), Specright
Karthik Rajagopal is the Chief Product Officer at Specright, where he leads product strategy and innovation. With over 25 years of experience in enterprise software, Karthik is passionate about delivering customer value through innovative solutions that are intuitive to adopt and use. He brings a value generation mindset to product innovation, ensuring solutions solve real business problems for large and small enterprises across diverse industries. Most recently, Karthik was Executive Vice President of Product at FourKites, where he led a global product and UX team supporting 500+ enterprise customers. He launched agentic AI solutions that are now deployed and delivering value at large enterprises, demonstrating his belief in meaningful AI adoption that drives real results. Prior to FourKites, he held senior product and solutions leadership roles at GT Nexus (acquired by Infor), E2open, Viewlocity Technologies, and i2 Technologies (now Blue Yonder). Karthik holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Sunitha Nair
Partner Implementation Consultant, Specright
Sunitha Nair is a Partner Implementation Consultant at Specright, where she helps organizations translate complex business, packaging, and data requirements into scalable digital solutions. She brings more than 16 years of experience spanning packaging engineering, enterprise technology, data governance, and digital transformation across the CPG and agriscience industries.
Prior to Specright, Sunitha held roles at Corteva Agriscience, PepsiCo, and Georgia-Pacific, where she led initiatives in packaging innovation and optimization, specification and master data management, process standardization, and enterprise transformation. Her experience includes leading packaging programs and supporting large-scale SAP S/4HANA and Master Data Governance transformations.
With a career at the intersection of packaging, data, and technology, Sunitha brings a practical perspective on how organizations can modernize complex processes, strengthen data foundations, and use technology to drive business value.
“Specright enables us to track everything from the early stages of development, to production and end of life. Preparing to use Specright forced us to hold up a mirror and absorb a lot of reflective moments. It was very eye-opening and we feel much more prepared for the future now.”
Brittny Ohr
Director of Product Management, Sugar Foods
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.
