Patrick Keenan
R&D Packaging Engineer- Global Sustainability at CalRecycle
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Keenan is an R&D Packaging Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in sustainable packaging across food and beverage brands and material suppliers. Currently driving global sustainability efforts at General Mills, he combines hands-on materials and equipment expertise with strategic leadership in packaging R&D, commercialization, and supplier qualification. He has a deep, practical knowledge of life-cycle analysis, recycled-content design, and high-speed production qualification across paper, plastics (bio and hydrocarbon), glass, metal and flexible formats. Patrick is an industry leader—co-chairing sustainable packaging training efforts, serving on Packaging World’s Editorial Advisory Board, and representing manufacturers on California’s packaging advisory board—so his influence spans policy, standards, and applied innovation. Known for integrating Annie’s packaging into General Mills’ network and doubling revenue impact through NPD prioritization, he pairs technical problem-solving with business-minded program delivery. Based in San Francisco with an engineering degree and an MBA, he’s as comfortable in the packaging lab as he is shaping recovery and recycling solutions at the industry level.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.Eng&Mgt, Materials Science & Engineering, B.Eng&Mgt, Materials Science & Engineering at McMaster UniversityMBA, MBA at University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
Github Skills (127)
palette10
oculus9
color-palette9
react-three-fiber9
realm9
react9
m5stack9
android9
maps8
dac8
javascript8
rendering8
animation8
firebase8
google-maps8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sidewalklabs/dtpr
May 2019 - Jul 2020
Open source components from the Digital Transparency in the Public Realm project
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 12 comments in 1 year 2 months
realmtransparency
patrickkeenan/dtpr-webpack
Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 42 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year 2 months
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