Location
Taylor Auditorium (McCool 124)
Join us on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. in Taylor Auditorium (McCool 124) as Tom Martin, CEO & President of Pod Pack International, will be speaking as part of our Leo W. Seal Jr. Distinguished Speaker Series!
Tom Martin is President & CEO of Pod Pack International, LLC, located in Baton Rouge. Pod Pack was started in 1996 and specializes in manufacturing single serve coffee and tea products for most of the coffee and tea brands in North America. Products include espresso pods, hotel room pods, tea pods, K-Cups® compatibles, cold brew pods, and other specialty packaging services. Pod Pack partnered with a private equity firm, LongueVue Capital out of New Orleans, in 2018 to assist and support the Company’s growth, which is averaging over 30% per year. Pod Pack shipped its one billionth unit in September 2019.
The Company has made the LSU Top 100 List of Fastest Growing Companies for the past 4 years. Other awards include the 2019 Inaugural Louisiana Growth Leader Award, the 2015 LED Lantern Award, the 2014 BRAC Companies to Watch award, the 2014 BRAC Project of the Year award, and the 2013 LBTC Silver Anniversary Graduate award.
Previous to Pod Pack, Tom spent 11 years working at Community Coffee Company in various operations roles and started the M&A department. During the mid-1990’s, he also started and operated Martin and Associates, a mergers and acquisition consulting firm. Other work experience includes Procter and Gamble, Weyerhaeuser, and Hyster Corporation.
Tom has a BS degree in Industrial Engineering (1977) from Mississippi State University, as well as an MBA (1987) from LSU. He has been married for 43 years to Mary Janice Brent (also an MSU graduate) and they have three children. Two sons have BSIE degrees from LSU and have contributed to the success of the Company for nearly 15 years each.
Since the early 1980’s, Tom has been active in a number of coffee related trade organizations (NCA, SCAA, PCCA, NAMA, SCA).
