Jennifer Benolken Came to Packaging by Accident

Jennifer Benolken came to packaging by accident during her collegiate years. She doesn't have a packaging engineering degree, so she went to Kettering University in a five-year program. She just fell in love with the packaging during her entire Coop experience and ever since she has always gone back to packaging sterilization and labeling.

 On this episode, we'll talk about:

• What was it about that specific part of the packaging that excites her?
• What's her specific role at Dupont right now?
• ISO 11 607 and ISO 16 775.
• What are the most fascinating parts that she finds about working with medical devices and packaging?
• Is she seeing any great innovations or new trajectories in the medical device manufacturing packaging world right now?
• Is sustainability in the medical world going to become the main priority in the foreseeable future?
• The Institute of Packaging Professionals or IOPP
• What are the goals of some of these committees in IOPP? Is it just going to create a platform where discussion can happen or are there some objectives? 
• IOPP's new fundamentals course will be offered.
• What are her thoughts on leadership, career development, and how to cultivate a personal brand?
• What she has to share with the audience?

Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and her master’s degree in International Management. Jen has worked in the medical device community since 1991 in a variety of packaging roles – packaging, labeling, and sterilization engineer in operations and R&D, flexible packaging sales representative, and manager of packaging engineering and labeling groups. She is currently the sub-committee chairperson for ASTM F02.50, Package Design and Development, as well as co-chair for AAMI’s ST/WG 7, Packaging Working Group. Jen is an active member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). She is also on the Board of Directors and is Vice Chair on its Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee (MDPTC). She works with downstream customers at medical device and pharmaceutical organizations, providing education and answering questions about Tyvek® packaging and sterilization using her wide range of knowledge.

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