Leadership
Packaging veterans driving disciplined growth
The Pelican leadership team unites material science, operations excellence, and customer-first collaboration to keep your packaging programs on time and on spec.
What guides us
- Reliability first: uptime, quality, and responsive communication.
- Transparency: data visibility for every project and production run.
- Co-creation: engineering teams that engage early and stay close.
Executive team
Hands-on leadership across manufacturing, quality, and commercialization
Senior leaders who stay close to the floor, the lab, and the customer to ensure decisions align with performance, compliance, and brand goals.
Chief Executive Officer
Oversees corporate strategy, major capital investments, and key customer partnerships. Champion of disciplined operations and sustainability alignment.
- 20+ years in flexible packaging
- Track record of scaling lamination & coating lines
- Customer advisory boards & voice-of-customer programs
Chief Operations Officer
Leads manufacturing, maintenance, and supply chain. Focused on uptime, quality metrics, and safety across all production shifts.
- ISO 9001 system stewardship
- 24/5 coverage with inline inspection
- Waste reduction and energy initiatives
VP, Technology & R&D
Drives material science innovation, lab testing protocols, and pilot-to-scale transitions for new barrier structures and sustainable formats.
- Barrier modeling & shelf-life validation
- Monomaterial and PCR integration programs
- Customer pilot pouching & performance reports