Chris is a widely respected sales and marketing leader who delivers breakthrough growth for clients and builds high performance teams. He presents frequently on industry-changing trends, and his expertise is sought by senior executives of both retailers and food/packaged goods companies. In addition, he partners with industry trade associations and serves on several councils and boards.

For IRI, he leads a portfolio of larger fresh-food clients and leads IRI’s engagement with the Food Marketing Institute and other industry associations. Throughout the year, he’s a frequent speaker at industry events including FMI Connect and FMI Midwinter, the NAMI/FMI Annual Meat Conference, IPPE, National Chicken Marketing Summit, Urner-Barry Executive Conference, and the Prepared Foods R&D Council.  He’s also often quoted by industry and national media, including CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Progressive Grocer, National Provisioner, and Supermarket News.

• Covid’s impact on supply chain and inflation.
• Consumer buying patterns and trends.
• The emergence of confident cooks.
• The status of our current supply chain.
• Inflation’s impact on the pork industry.
• Changes in the demand of alternative proteins.
• Chris DuBois’s “golden nugget”