Juan C. Podestá

JUAN C. PODESTÁ has served as our Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development since October, 2011.

Mr. Podestá joined FMC Corporation in 1989 as Product Manager, Citrus Systems in Lakeland, Florida. Since then, he has served in a variety of sales, marketing, and line management roles within FMC FoodTech, including International Manager for the Citrus Machinery Division from 1990 to 1992, General Manager; Fruit & Vegetable Processing based in Parma, Italy from 1992 to 1994; General Manager, Canning Systems based in St. Niklaas, Belgium from 1995 to 1996; Division Manager, Food Processing Systems & Agricultural Machinery from 1997 to 1999; President FMC Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium from 2000 to 2002; and Division Manager, Food Processing Systems Division from 2000 to 2011.

Mr. Podestá served as Vice Chairman of Food Processing Machinery Europe, in the Board of The Council of the Americas, and in the Board of Equipment Hygiene Engineering Design Group.