About Us

Vision / Mission

Our vision is to make self heating packages an integral part of consumer’s lives and in doing so become the largest commercially successful self-heating technology in the world.  Working with Brand owners and package manufacturers, our mission is to exceed our customers’ expectations for heating performance, cost, safety, simplicity and sustainability.

History

HeatGenie is an innovator in the development of self-heating packaging technology. Founded in 2008, HeatGenie brings the consumer packaged goods market a safe, patent-pending, self-heating technology that integrates into consumer packaging to heat food and beverages on the go.

HeatGenie technology consists of a high-performance formula of food-safe, proprietary materials, which are fully contained within a small, push-button activated device that is integrated into various package formats.

The HeatGenie team – a result-oriented group of entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, and technicians – draws from years of creative and technical experience in product R&D to bring the HeatGenie self-heating packaging technology to the food and beverage industry.

Management Team

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    Brendan Coffey, PhD.

    CEO and CTO

    Brendan Coffey, PhD., CEO and CTO, has 25 years experience in technology and business development in small companies. He developed the original concept for the HeatGenie self-heating technology and leads technical development both from a scientific and engineering perspective. He …

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    Rosemary Whaling

    Vice President, Business Development

    Rosemary Whaling, Vice President Business Development, has 20 years of experience in consumer packaged goods with major brands for companies including Procter & Gamble, Dell, and more recently as Vice President Marketing with Sweet Leaf Tea. Her experience includes …

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    Krzysztof C. Kwiatkowski, PhD

    R&D Director

    Krzysztof C. Kwiatkowski, PhD., is the R&D Director at HeatGenie. He is an industry expert in the area of inorganic nanoparticle applications, including: heterogeneous catalysis utilizing titania, zirconia, alumina and silica; sol-gel methodology of supported metal catalyst fabrication. He directs …

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    Michael Ciesla

    Chief Financial Officer

    Michael Ciesla, acting Chief Financial Officer of HeatGenie, Inc., has over fifteen years of financial and accounting experience with an emphasis in mechanical sciences, bio-technology, semiconductor, and software industries. During his 15 years of experience, Mr. Ciesla has provided CFO level services and business …

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