How Predictive Analytics Will Transform Food Safety with Dr. Vera Petrova Dickinson
December 10, 2024
Join Lydia Adams as she interviews Dr. Vera Petrova Dickinson, CEO of Innova-Q and former food safety leader at Disney, Mondelez International, Mars Wrigley, Danone, and Sargento Foods. Dr. Vera shares how AI and predictive analytics are reshaping food safety practices, enabling proactive quality management while delivering measurable business value.
In this episode of Food Tech Talk, Lydia Adams interviews Dr. Vera Petrova Dickinson about her journey from food microbiologist to tech entrepreneur. After two decades in corporate food safety roles, Dr. Vera founded Innova-Q to address the industry's reactive approach to quality management through AI-powered solutions.
Dr. Vera explains how her experience at major food companies revealed universal challenges with outdated technologies and reactive processes. She describes Innova-Q's mission to create practical, affordable solutions that help companies move from firefighting to prediction.
The conversation explores how AI and predictive analytics can transform food safety from a perceived cost center to a revenue driver. Dr. Vera shares specific examples of how companies can achieve 2-4% revenue savings through better data integration and predictive capabilities.
Throughout the episode, Dr. Vera discusses Innova-Q's two main products: In-Q Knowledge Center, which streamlines compliance and documentation, and Quality Performance Forecast for predictive analytics. She emphasizes how these tools help companies reduce waste, improve sustainability, and accelerate product development while maintaining safety standards.
The discussion concludes with Dr. Vera's perspectives on AI's future role in food safety and her mission to make the industry safer through technology adoption. She stresses that companies not embracing these technologies risk falling behind as the industry evolves.
Dr. Vera explains how her experience at major food companies revealed universal challenges with outdated technologies and reactive processes. She describes Innova-Q's mission to create practical, affordable solutions that help companies move from firefighting to prediction.
The conversation explores how AI and predictive analytics can transform food safety from a perceived cost center to a revenue driver. Dr. Vera shares specific examples of how companies can achieve 2-4% revenue savings through better data integration and predictive capabilities.
Throughout the episode, Dr. Vera discusses Innova-Q's two main products: In-Q Knowledge Center, which streamlines compliance and documentation, and Quality Performance Forecast for predictive analytics. She emphasizes how these tools help companies reduce waste, improve sustainability, and accelerate product development while maintaining safety standards.
The discussion concludes with Dr. Vera's perspectives on AI's future role in food safety and her mission to make the industry safer through technology adoption. She stresses that companies not embracing these technologies risk falling behind as the industry evolves.
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