Hi, I'm Herb!

Herb Schueneman is a Lifetime Certified Professional of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), was inducted into the College of Fellows in 1994. He has served as the chapter president, IoPP, Golden Gate Chapter.

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He received the R. David Lebutt Packaging Education Award from the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), and is a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Testing, and American Society for Quality Control. In 2014, Schueneman was inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame.

 

Herb is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Westpak, Inc. Westpak tests packages for a wide variety of products from a worldwide list of customers.

 

Most of his career has been spent in the field of packaging education. He holds a BS in Packaging from Michigan State University and an MBA with honors from Northern Illinois University. He was formerly the packaging program director at San Jose State University. As Program Director, he was responsible for student recruitment, academic program enhancement and scholarship programs. He continues at SJSU as an adjunct professor and instructor.

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As a packaging engineer for Western Electric Company, Herb designed and tested returnable crating systems for high technology electronic telephone switching apparatus. The result of this package system provided increased protection for the product at a reduced cost, eliminating the waste associated with disposable packaging methods. He was presented with the Western Electric Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award.

 

At Clorox, he was responsible for managing the dynamics testing laboratory. During his tenure, he helped develop test procedures that resulted in saving $3 million annually in packaging components costs.

 

At Lansmont Corporation, his accomplishments included a four fold increase in company sales, international recognition for the seminar series and the design of several new pieces of packaging testing equipment.