Hongliang Luo

Science & innovation leader @ Danone

About

With a interdisciplinary education cross life sciences, food & nutrition (PhD, OSU); 20 years food, beverage & nutrition industry experience in China and US, specialized in design to delivery of concrete product innovations not limited to RTD coffee, culinary solution, baby formula plus digital services, with passion in applying technology (e. g pre-pro-post biotics) through integrating external stakeholders ( including channels & platforms ) for impact of consumer health & sustainability

Country

China

City

Pudong

Industry

Health, Wellness & Fitness

Skill

Team Leadership, Team Building, Strategic Planning, Science, International Relations, 建立信任, 绩效评估, 资金, 协商, 建立优先级, 公私合作, 公共卫生, 非政府组织, Cross culture team collaboration & leadership, Project Management, Portfolio Management, Beverage Development, Flavors, Natural Sweetener, Coffee

Experience

Science & innovation leader

Danone

2018-12 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

Shanghai City, China

Drive business in China, through scientific communication, with service manner

Senior Nutrition and Claim Manager

Danone

2014-7 - Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

Shanghai City, China

HealthCare Nutrition, Research & Innovation

R&D Portfolio manager, intellectual property manager

Nestlé

2011-6 - 2013-2 · 1 yr 9 mos

Shanghai City, China

-Managing Intellectual property and resource in the areas of Culinary, coffee mixes, Ice Cream, Beverage System development -Developed a mile-stone culinary product for Chefs as authentic & trendy Sichuan flavor, starting from strategic business mapping to commercialization

R&D Project Manager Beverages, Portfolio Manager of the Center

Nestlé

2008-3 - 2011-5 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Beijing City, China

-Key Project team member in the successful launch of RTD coffee product Nescafé Smoovlatte™ -Key in identifying business opportunity, understanding consumer insight, formula development to successful launch and post-launch support, close relationship working with strategic business unit in the headquarter, China local market and other R&D centers in Switzerland and USA -Competence building in refreshing character of water -Active in several Nestlé networks including Natural Sweetener and Tea -Portfolio Manager and NPDI Champion in the Center: support resource management in the center, including competence building, technical assistance, product development in Beverages, Nutrition, Dairy, PetCare, Nestle Professional

R&D Scientist

Nestlé

2006-3 - 2008-3 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Marysville, OH

- Applied new coffee extraction technologies in Premium RTD development for Nestle Japan - Initiated development of breakthrough healthy Nescafe RTD drink - Assisted other beverage innovation projects including coffee, tea, juice and dairy

Technical Support

PerkinElmer

1999 - 2000 · 1 yr

Shanghai City, China

Provided technical service to 21 nation-wide neonatal and prenatal screening centers in China

Technical Support biomedical system and solution

Fosun 复星

1998 - 1999 · 1 yr

Shanghai City, China

R&D scientist, Sales & Marketing Manager

Tongji Biotech

1996 - 1998 · 2 yrs

Shanghai City, China

-Developed a new functional food from concept to commercialization in 2 years -Promoted to Sales & Marketing Manager position after 2 years as R&D Scientist -In charge of sales force establishment and management, advertising and promotional campaign

Education

The Ohio State University

Food Science and Nutrition

2001 - 2005 · 4 yrs

Dissertation: Identification of microorganisms in food ecosystems and characterization of physical and molecular events involved in biofilm development

Fudan University

Microbiology, General

1993 - 1996 · 3 yrs

Thesis research area: Expression and product purification of peptides in genetic modified-E.Coli

Fudan University

Microbiology, General

1989 - 1993 · 4 yrs

Research experience: Improving citric acid fermentation yield by Aspergillus niger with using low temperature steam and formaldehyde for sterilization