Leadership Focused on Solving Packaging Challenges
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Leadership Focused on Solving Packaging Challenges
Empire EMCO's leadership team brings decades of experience across rigid packaging, sales, supply chain management, global sourcing, operations, finance, customer support, and strategic business growth. Together, they help guide a company built around one goal: helping manufacturers find better packaging solutions.
Who Leads Empire EMCO?
Empire EMCO is led by a cross-functional leadership team with experience in executive management, rigid packaging strategy, business development, sales and marketing, finance, operations, procurement, supplier management, customer service, and supply chain optimization. The team supports Empire EMCO's long-term strategy while helping employees, suppliers, and customers solve complex packaging and operational challenges.
What Expertise Does Empire EMCO's Leadership Team Bring?
The leadership team spans the business disciplines required to support complex packaging programs from strategy and sourcing through operations, finance, customer service, and long-term growth.
Packaging Strategy
Leadership experience in stock and custom rigid packaging, packaging development, supplier strategy, and customer-focused packaging consultation.
Supply Chain & Sourcing
Experience managing suppliers, procurement, inventory, order execution, sourcing strategies, and supply continuity.
Sales & Business Development
Strategic account growth, territory development, consultative selling, new business development, and customer relationship management.
Operations & Customer Support
Cross-functional leadership connecting sales, operations, suppliers, inventory planning, and customer requirements.
Financial Leadership
Financial planning, reporting, budgeting, internal controls, business analysis, and the operational discipline needed to support long-term growth.
Marketing & Digital Growth
Brand strategy, sales training, customer education, digital marketing, website strategy, search visibility, and business growth initiatives.
Empire EMCO Leadership
Each leader brings a different area of expertise, but the team shares a common focus on strong execution, customer relationships, problem solving, and long-term value.
Gary Burns
Gary Burns brings 37 years of experience with Empire EMCO and leads the company's overall strategy, supplier relationships, customer-focused packaging approach, and long-term growth. He began his Empire career as a Regional Sales Manager before becoming President and CEO in 2006.
His experience spans rigid packaging, custom packaging development, supply chain strategy, global sourcing, packaging engineering, strategic supplier partnerships, and business development.
Joseph Faraci
Joseph Faraci oversees Empire EMCO's financial operations and works with executive leadership on budgeting, reporting, financial analysis, accounting operations, internal controls, and business planning.
His leadership supports the financial stability and operational discipline needed to invest in inventory, customer service, supplier relationships, and long-term business growth.
Jeanine Vecchio-Lounsbury
Jeanine Vecchio-Lounsbury leads initiatives spanning new business development, strategic territory growth, marketing, sales training, digital strategy, and customer education.
With 40 years of sales and marketing experience, including 20 years in sales training, she focuses on helping manufacturers uncover opportunities involving packaging innovation, cost savings, supply chain improvement, and long-term account growth.
Jessica Craddock
Jessica Craddock brings more than three decades of experience connecting sales, operations, purchasing, suppliers, inventory planning, and customer support.
Her role helps ensure packaging programs are executed accurately and efficiently from initial request through sourcing, order management, production coordination, and final delivery.
Tracy Farley
Tracy Farley leads supply chain management and vendor relations, working with manufacturing partners to support sourcing, reliable supply, competitive solutions, and efficient order execution.
Her experience helps align supplier capabilities with customer requirements while balancing quality, availability, communication, and long-term value.
Leadership Begins With Understanding the Customer
Empire EMCO's leadership philosophy starts with listening. Before recommending a packaging solution, we want to understand the customer's product, manufacturing process, business objectives, constraints, and supply chain challenges.
Leadership's role is to build the people, supplier relationships, technical capabilities, systems, and processes that give our team more ways to solve those challenges.
How Does Empire EMCO's Leadership Support Customers?
Leadership matters when it creates better resources, stronger relationships, and better outcomes for customers.
Build Supplier Relationships
Develop and strengthen manufacturing partnerships that expand sourcing options and packaging capabilities.
Invest in Expertise
Support packaging design, engineering, sourcing, operations, technology, and customer service capabilities.
Strengthen Supply Chains
Develop supplier diversification, inventory, warehousing, and sourcing strategies that support continuity.
Create Long-Term Value
Focus teams on solutions that improve cost, service, responsiveness, efficiency, and customer growth.
Find the Right Empire EMCO Expert
Leadership is only one part of the team supporting your packaging program. Connect with the regional sales and account support professionals who work directly with customers every day.
Regional Packaging Experts
Meet the sales professionals who help manufacturers identify, source, develop, and manage rigid packaging solutions.
Meet Our Packaging Experts →Regional Account Support
Meet the team helping coordinate quotes, orders, samples, suppliers, shipments, and ongoing customer requirements.
Meet Our Account Support Team →Find Your Contact
Locate the Empire EMCO sales, support, operations, or corporate contact best suited to your needs.
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Experienced Leadership. Better Packaging Solutions.
Whether you're developing a new package, looking for another sourcing option, reducing costs, or strengthening your supply chain, Empire EMCO brings experienced people and a broad supplier network to the challenge.
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