Associates
Carlos Barroso
Carlos Barroso is the founder and president of CJB and Associates, Inc.
Carlos is a highly experienced international R&D Executive with more than 20 years experience in consumer products with deep knowledge of Foods and Beverages.
Carlos has successfully created new-to-the-world innovation for new products and new technologies with strong IP (Intellectual Property) protection. Before founding CJB and Associates, Carlos was the Senior Vice President responsible for the R&D for PepsiCo’s $27 billion global food and snacks. Through his direct R&D leadership PepsiCo was able to create 100’s of millions of dollars of incremental business in its international foods division.
Keith Carter, Ph.D. (Consumer Insights Development, Inc.)
Keith run his own Market Research Company and is available to help CJB and Associates with projects requiring qualitative or quantitative consumer research. Keith is an experienced professional with senior Market Research executive positions.
Pravin Desai, Ph.D.
Pravin has his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and has extensive experience in process knowledge of potato and corn based products to deliver new and existing products in pilot plants and large scale manufacturing plants.
Robert Drotman, Ph.D.
Bob Drotman has his Ph.D. in the Biological sciences and has extensive management experience in regulatory affairs and compliance, microbiology, industrial hygiene, food science, sensory science, analytical chemistry, toxicology, nutrition and others. Bob has held Food Safety and Regulatory leadership positions at Procter & Gamble, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Frito-Lay.
Lillian Juranovic
Lillian, a native of Venezuela, has her M.S. in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Arizona. After nine years with Frito Lay, Inc. Lillian was transferred to PepsiCo International in Miami where she created the Research & Development Department for the Andean Region.
Myron Silver, Ph.D.
Myron has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had a distinguished career at PepsiCo spanning three decades which included product development projects and plant start ups around the world. Myron was part of a select team that launch Frito-Lay into China.
Partners
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SERVICES
- Innovation Assessment
- Open Innovation Network
- New Product Development
TESTIMONIALS
Carlos Barroso has an incredible background in breakthrough R&D thinking. He also possesses the rare quality of an innate ability for strategically translating the science to the market while always thinking of the consumer.
- Kimberly Egan
CEO and Principle Center for Culinary Development





