Our Team
- 30+ years experience in:
- New Product Development
- Quality Systems
- Scientific Food Research
- Worked in technical and senior positions with major Australian and International Food Companies. Specialises in developing new products and emergent technologies
- NPD expertise – from formulation and raw material selection through to line design, packaging and production start-ups
- BAppSc. (AppChem), GDM, MBA, MAIFST
- CSIRO, Arnotts Biscuits, Arnotts-Harper, Nestle, Mars, Simplot/Edgell/Leggos, Gourmet Garden, Golden Circle/ Heinz, Salad Fresh, Nutricare
Joycelyn Davies
- 20+ years of commercial experience
- FMCG global corporations
- Strategic Senior Leadership roles in both marketing and sales
- ‘Broad business experience’ ensuring a well-rounded, totally integrated business approach
- Extensive track record of driving business growth through innovative solutions
- BBS (Marketing Major), Dip BS
- Cadbury, Schweppes, Golden Circle/Heinz, Reckitt & Colman, Sanofi, Glaxo
David Lewis
- 30+ years experience
- Rapid Product Design and Development in Food Processing and Materials Handling Industries
- Special purpose mechanical system design and construction for Australian and International companies in industries as diverse as Snow Making and Mining to Drying and Packaging
- Golden Circle, Golden Cockerel, Stahmann Farms, Snapfresh, Nerada Tea, Snow Factories, Steggall Nutrition, Bundaberg Brewed Drinks
Expert Talent Pool
IO uses a virtual business model where we have access to an extensive pool of professional talent, on an as-needs basis. That is, we have access to a large pool of specialist technical, engineering, marketing and management experts who we can call upon to form specialist project teams. Therefore, IO can be as large or as small as the project requires
The key feature of the IO virtual model is that it uses new internet based tools to keep overheads and infrastructure costs low whilst supplying ‘hands-on’ top experts in many fields, as required
The IO Virtual Team is made up of many individual specialists from different areas of the food industry. We have recognised experts from fields as diverse as Cheese Making to Petfood, from Confectionery to Sausages, and from Packaging Design to Plant Optimisation! Most of the IO team members have spent their entire careers specialising in different facets of the food production industry covering all aspects from “farm to plate”. Fields as diverse as sourcing of specialist raw materials to product and process engineering, through to specialist packaging design and complete plant builds to start-up. Many members of the IO Virtual Team have in excess of 20 years’ experience in their particular specialist field
Advanced Technology and Trouble-shooting
The key problem in finding information relating to your product or in solving a major trouble-shooting problem is that it usually requires your company to find and access an expert in that field. Whilst it has been used by many problem solvers, Google has been shown to be unreliable in many advanced problems and there may be only a few people in the world who have experience with your particular product or process
The IO Virtual Team provides a significant benefit in this area. Not only does IO have a great deal of practical and research experience within its ranks, but also each member of the IO Team has access to an extensive network of experts within Industry, the Universities and Research Organisations, both here and overseas. This extended reach enables IO to drilldown to the relevant technical expert to resolve specific issues for your company simply by picking up the phone and making a few calls
Keeping abreast of New technology
The IO Team has access to experts who can assist you in evaluating the potential impact of a new technology on your business. IO can assist you by helping to evaluate a new technology for either inclusion into your current product/process portfolio or evaluate the potential threat to your core business. This is essential in the fast changing world of FMCG