TECHNOMIC - Key Persons

Bernadette Noone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leading Our Team
  • Executive Vice President, Products & Services
Bernadette is responsible for the development, execution and management of Technomic's vast collection of online research tools, and directs the team's efforts for new content on our platforms.

Eric Duesing

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leading Our Team
  • Vice President, Product Development
Eric brings more than 30 years of technical development leadership to Technomic. Prior to joining Technomic, Eric was the principal architect of the Industrial Sector at Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, where he architected their next-generation IoT platform managing water treatment for industrial uses of water. Before that, Eric spent time at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies, where he led teams of developers focused on software tools to aid mobile phone network deployment and management. Eric earned his Bachelor of Science in electronics engineering technology from DeVry Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. Eric leads the product development team at Technomic. He ensures that Technomic's Ignite platform is cutting edge, reliable and useful for our clients' businesses.

Joe Pawlak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leading Our Team
  • Managing Principal, Advisory Group
Joe heads up Technomic's advisory group, consisting of senior subject matter experts in a variety of food industry consulting and research disciplines.

Patrick Noone - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leading Our Team
  • President
Patrick is integrally involved in all aspects of Technomic's portfolio, ensuring that our clients are receiving strategically significant business insights and actionable data.

Rich Shank

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leading Our Team
  • Senior Principal & Vice President, Innovation
Rich is an experienced researcher, specializing in brand positioning analysis, menu and product development research, customer experience research and consumer segmentation. His clients include chain operators, manufacturers, private equity firms and trade associations.