Adam Burke is the chief operating officer (COO) of PBM Products, LLC, and oversees all operations across PBM, including infant formula-manufacturing operations at PBM Nutritionals, LLC, in Georgia, Vermont.

Mr. Burke has a proven track record for driving positive change, growth, and profitability across diverse markets. Classically trained at Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) with direct hands-on leadership experience in three successful private start-ups, he has worked in plastics, paper products, pharmaceuticals, automotive, foods/beverages, chemicals, electronics, infant care, medical, Internet, and industrial products markets.

Mr. Burke has worked directly with the majority of the top Fortune 100 companies with experience across functional business areas in marketing, sales, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing/logistics, strategy, product development, and finance. He is also formally trained in a wide variety of management tools ranging across GE Workout, Six Sigma, analytical troubleshooting (ATS), and tollgate product development (TPD).

In 2000, Mr. Burke joined PBM as president of PBM Plastics, Inc., the technology leader in the manufacturing of thin-wall, deep draw, Melt-Phase™ formed plastic liners and containers. PBM Plastics received global recognition for successfully launching a unique and innovative plastics technology. Under his leadership, the company grew rapidly, solved many technology challenges, developed more than 25 new products, and was awarded multiple patents. PBM Plastics was sold to a leading plastics company in the summer of 2005.

Before PBM Plastics, Mr. Burke joined P&G, where he managed logistics and supply for the largest paper plant in the world. He was then promoted to lead a manufacturing operation to world-class performance for infant products. After P&G, Adam joined a startup in a sales and marketing role, and more than quadrupled revenues and earnings within two years.

Based on this success, Mr. Burke was recruited by General Electric, where he directed marketing efforts for the Northeast and worked with key customers on next-generation products on a global level. He was then promoted to a director role at GE in corporate marketing and business development.

Mr. Burke is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston University, where he earned an MBA with a focus on marketing and entrepreneurship. He completed his undergraduate work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering with a minor in economics and a concentration in manufacturing.