Our Team
Our focus is on consumer insights and product development with a handcrafted approach.
Mary Lachnit
Mary Lachnit has extensive experience in Market Research focusing on beverages, food, pet + personal health care, industrial components, and cleaning products. Her experience spans taking a product from the concept stage through commercialization including formulation development (foods), sensory testing, market research, product documentation and validation. Mary’s expertise includes refining existing products and identifying cost effective practical attributes to increase sales or consumer contentment.
Mary started her career as a Sensory Scientist for Miller Brewing Company. Her work experience includes positions within Dole, Nestle, Clorox, Oral B, Gillette, and Kerns Beverages. Mary is a founding partner of M² Professional Solutions. Mary holds a degree in Food Science from the University of California at Davis.
Miguel Quezada
Miguel Quezada has hands-on food plant management experience combined with Senior Operations leadership positions within Nestle, Libby’s, Seneca Foods, Kerns Beverages + Canandaigua Wines. He has championed visions and strategies that increased revenues, controlled costs and captured market share.
Miguel has extensive practical Product Development experience. He understands the nuances of ingredients, processing and packaging and has been instrumental in global procurement. He has led various rationalization projects that resulted in line extensions, acquisitions, divestures, and was instrumental in establishing various contract manufacturing networks. Miguel is a founding partner of M² Professional Solutions and has a degree in Food Science from Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo.
Maisie Wong-Paredes
Maisie Wong-Paredes has a proven record of successfully developing and supporting new products from concept through launch. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in product innovation, consumer insights and marketing.
Maisie has considerable experience bridging technology and business across a wide range of industries including consumer products, health care, and pharmaceuticals. Her industry experience spans multi-national companies including The Gillette Company, Proctor & Gamble, Avon Products, Kraft Foods and entrepreneurial companies including Oculex and the Avicena Group. Maisie received a B.S. in Consumer Food Science from the University of California at Davis and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
CONTACT
Get in touch.
Mike Quezada
Tel. 559.250.5427
mike.quezada@m2prosol.com
Mary Lachnit
Tel. 650.740.1280
mary.lachnit@m2prosol.com
Maisie Wong-Paredes
Tel. 770.547.1171
maisie_wp@m2prosol.com
WE ARE M2
A unique solutions & support services for the food, alcohol, beverage, supplement & consumer goods industries. We look forward to working with you.