The Team | Firmenich

Sherry Xian Linert

VP, New Ventures

Sherry has over 20 years of experience in consumer packaged goods and is passionate about building relationships and driving breakthrough innovation in the food and beverage industry.

Christie McElya

Technical Development Director

Christie has over 20 years of experience in the food industry and is a hands-on leader and mentor in the product development process to help deliver successful products to market.

Amanda Emerson

Sales Director, West Coast

Amanda leads the west coast sales team and thrives on building strategic partnerships across the industry.

Liz Price

Sales & Client Experience Specialist

Liz is a proactive and creative thinker and is always looking for new and innovative ways to improve customer satisfaction.

Jessica Marshall

Senior Food Technologist

Delicious & Nutritious

Jessica is our nutrition expert and is the queen of using flavors and technologies to make healthy foods taste great.

Chrissa Sulich

Food Technologist

Fuels of the Future & Sensory

Chrissa is highly enthusiastic and always tries new things, like experimenting with new and innovative plant based cuisines.

Kelly Sosa

Senior Food Technologist

Fuels of the Future, Delicious & Nutritious

Kelly draws on her product commercialization and food safety experience to create great tasting and scalable alternative protein applications.

Nicole Wong

Senior Food Technologist

Healthy Hydration

Nicole has a wealth of knowledge in beverage product development and is an expert at creating healthy and great tasting beverages that consumers desire.

Nina Pattrathara

Food Technologist

Healthy Hydration

Nina is an expert on the ins and outs of beverage development and has a knack for creating creative flavor concepts.

John Houtenville

Senior Flavorist

John is a great listener and prides himself on being flexible and collaborative to meet the customers’ flavor creation needs.

Alex Scott

Flavorist

Alex’s passion for health and wellness and creative energy, inspire him to create natural, great tasting flavors that customers and consumers love.

Jason Moya

Lab Technician

Jason supports flavor creation and his can do attitude makes him the perfect partner for innovative brands and products.

Darlyne Jean-Charles

Regulatory Manager

Darlyne’s robust knowledge of North America product safety regulations make her an excellent advisor for emerging food and beverage companies.