2003 Food & Society Conference -
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Published on: 10/25/2007
Last Visited: 10/25/2007
Nicole de Beaufort | Rory Delaney | Hal Hamilton | Heliodoro Diaz-Cisneros | Frank Fear | Mike Dickerson | Gary Huber | Hank Herrera | Alex Gomes | Greg Gale | Lou Gallegos | Jim Ennis | Gary Huber | Kathleen Delate | Lewis O. Grant | Guadalupe Gamboa | Paul Hollander | D-H | Rory Delaney | Tim Galvin | Guadalupe Gamboa | Paul Hollander | Allen Hance | Tim Galvin
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Nicole de Beaufort | Rory Delaney | Hal Hamilton | Heliodoro Diaz-Cisneros | Frank Fear | Mike Dickerson | Gary Huber | Hank Herrera | Alex Gomes | Greg Gale | Lou Gallegos | Jim Ennis | Gary Huber | Kathleen Delate | Lewis O. Grant | Guadalupe Gamboa | Paul Hollander | D-H | Rory Delaney | Tim Galvin | Guadalupe Gamboa | Paul Hollander | Allen Hance | Tim Galvin
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Rory Delaney
Senior Vice President, Strategic Technology Development General Mills, Inc.As senior vice president, Delaney leads a companywide effort to develop next-generation product and processing technologies in General Mills' core businesses.He and his team focus on developing new platforms and major processing projects to help businesses sustain productivity gains and competitive advantage.
Previously, Delaney was responsible for leading the innovation and commercialization of product, process and package development for five divisions, including Meals, Baking Products, Pillsbury USA, Bakeries and Foodservice, and International.
He joined the company's senior management from The Pillsbury Company, which General Mills acquired in 2001.In Delaney's most recent Pillsbury post as senior vice president of technology, he oversaw the development and application of food technologies throughout Pillsbury's global operations.
Before joining Pillsbury, Delaney was senior vice president of technology for Frito-Lay, North America.Delaney served in the Frito-Lay/PepsiCo system for 18 years, holding a number of key management positions, including senior vice president of technology for PepsiCo Foods International and senior vice president of research and development and global quality assurance for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Delaney is an advisory board member at several universities, including the Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville, Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and the College of Agriculture, also at Texas A&M.He serves on the board of directors of the Kentucky Opera and the Dallas Opera.
Delaney received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University College in London in 1967, a doctorate degree in biochemical engineering from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom in 1970 and a post-doctorate from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in 1976.In addition, Delaney earned a master's degree in technology management from Hamilton University in New York in 2001.