founders’ message
Nexgen Packaging was founded with the goal of providing customers with the highest quality packaging products by leveraging software and analytics in the design and manufacturing processes. Since its inception in 2006, Nexgen has become a global leader in the tag and label industry offering a complete portfolio of apparel branding products, variable data products, and other packaging solutions. We focus exclusively on retail, apparel, and footwear brands and our success is directly linked to our core software offerings that are used in 19 manufacturing country locations and more than 12,000 manufacturing entities globally.
The founders of Nexgen had a vision for how technology could improve the relationship between brands, vendors, and suppliers. We developed our core platform around this concept and continue to invest in areas such as PLM and testing data integration, analytics, and reporting. Our software has become a fundamental part of our engagement with customers who are seeking ways to improve the speed, cost, and quality of their supply chain processes.
leadership team
andy effron
ceo
Andy moved to Taiwan after college and began working on several sourcing and trading projects related to the textile industry with a few companies based in his hometown in South Carolina. One of those projects led to an opportunity to manage the Hong Kong office of an apparel label and tag company, ATP. In 1991 he joined RVL Packaging to launch their Asia operations, based in HK, and worked closely with Robert, Kent and Mike to grow that business over 12 years until acquired by Avery Dennison. Andy worked for Avery Dennison for three years and then co-founded Nexgen in 2006.
CEO
Andy moved to Taiwan after college and began working on several sourcing and trading projects related to the textile industry with a few companies based in his hometown in South Carolina. One of those projects led to an opportunity to manage the Hong Kong office of an apparel label and tag company, ATP. In 1991 he joined RVL Packaging to launch their Asia operations, based in HK, and worked closely with Robert, Kent and Mike to grow that business over 12 years until acquired by Avery Dennison. Andy worked for Avery Dennison for three years and then co-founded Nexgen in 2006.
Chief Business Development Officer
Kent has over 25 years of experience in the retail packaging industry and has been instrumental in driving growth and strategic relationships throughout his career. He was a key contributor to the growth of RVL Packaging and the ultimate sale of that business to Avery Dennison in 2002 where he served as Vice-President of Sales before co-founding Nexgen Packaging.
Kent has an extensive background in apparel identification products and global sourcing and is a recognized leader in the industry.
He holds a BA degree in Political Science from California State University at Sacramento.
Chief Operating Officer
Mike focuses his efforts on Americas operations, strategy, and sales development. Prior to co-founding Nexgen, he served as Vice President of Sales for Avery Dennison Retail Information Services after Avery Dennison acquired his prior company, RVL Packaging, in November 2002. He began his career with RVL Packaging in 1987 and held numerous executive positions that included VP Global Sales and minority ownership at the time of the Avery acquisition. Mr. Naimo was instrumental in helping grow RVL from a $5 million USD company to $225 million USD at the time of the Avery acquisition.
He currently serves on the board of directors for Nexgen Packaging and Board of Regents at St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago.
Chief Strategy EVP Innovation
Robert served as the Vice President of Marketing for Avery Dennison RIS from November 2002 until January 2006. From 1997 to November 2002 he was Vice President of Marketing for RVL Packaging, Inc., which was acquired by Avery Dennison in November 2002. He was the Retail Marketing manager for Paxar Corporation from 1995 to 1997, and a Sales Executive for Paxar Corporation from 1992 to 1995. He joined RVL Packaging in 1986 as a sales executive, becoming National Sales Manager in 1987. He serves on the board of directors for Nexgen Packaging and Desiccare, Inc., a controlled atmospheric packaging company.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University.
Co-CEO
Jim joined Nexgen Packaging in June 2016 and as Co-CEO focuses his efforts on global operations, strategy, and corporate development. He joined Nexgen Packaging from Motorola Solutions (MSI) where he held a variety of leadership roles including SVP and GM Field Operations for the MSI Enterprise business. In this role, he helped lead global go-to-market and regional strategies and ultimately helped lead the successful sale of that unit to Zebra Technologies.
Jim has a strong software and data background, having held CEO positions and advisor roles with a variety of software startups in Austin, TX. focused on artificial intelligence, data analytics, and mobility. Mr. Welch currently serves on the Board of Advisors for EDX Technologies, a company focused on augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies for enterprise deployments.
Mr. Welch serves as Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors for Communities In Schools of Chicago, a dropout prevention organization working with Chicago public schools.
Managing Director EMEA
Manuel joined Nexgen Packaging in 2017 as Managing Director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa to lead the company’s expansion and growth in the region. Mr. Torres has a vast experience in the region having held several senior positions at Motorola Solutions in EMEA since 2000, including as Senior Vice President and General Manager since 2013 where for over 18 years he led a major expansion of multinational business. Through the acquisition of Symbol Technologies and later PSION by Motorola, Mr. Torres was involved in large and strategic technology projects for all major retailers in Europe. Mr. Torres has a Telecomms Engineering degree and Masters degree from Madrid Politécnica University and an MBA from IESE (Navarra University).
VP Product Development and Creative Services
Prior to her current position, Debbie served as Creative Director for Avery Dennison RIS from November 2002 through May 2006. From September 1994 through November 2002 she was Creative Director for RVL Packaging. Previously she was the Marketing Senior Designer and Print Buyer for the largest Spanish language newspaper in the US, La Opinion, from 1990 through September 1994.
Debbie serves on the Advisory Committee for Dream Street Foundation, providing sleep away camp programs for chronic, critical, and terminally ill children.
VP of Product and Plant Operations
Charlie served as the Global Head of Innovation from 2015 to 2017 and Director of Product Development from 2010 to 2014 for Avery Dennison RBIS. He also held other positions at Avery Dennison within Supply Chain and Technology from August 2001 until 2010. He was a professor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM),  Los Angeles, teaching “Future Trends in Society” during the 2016 and 2017 school years. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Montana State University.
VP Business Development and Director of Field Implementation
While at Nexgen Jarred has served as the Director of Field Implementations from 2016 to 2017 and in various roles within the technology department between 2013 and 2016. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University in Wisconsin where he played for the NCAA Ice Hockey team.
Regional Director Southeast Asia
Prior to joining Nexgen Agnes served as a sourcing agent for Li & Fung, the Hong Kong based supply chain management company, from 2009 to 2017. Previous positions included roles at Esquel Group, a Chinese shirt manufacturing company and the packaging industry companies RVL/Avery and SML where she served mostly in regional roles in South Asia and South East Asia.
LIFE AT NEXGEN
Nexgen Packaging is always looking for motivated people. We are a global leader in apparel identification products for the retail, apparel, and footwear industries. These include market-driven labels and tags, which convey a retailer’s or brand’s message and image, as well as variable data products such as price tickets, hang tags, and RFID tags.
At Nexgen Packaging we are building a team of talented, experienced, and creative individuals. We embrace independent thinking self-starters who are looking to be part of a hard-working team that enjoys what they do. We are committed to investing in our employees’ growth and creating career opportunities for everyone at Nexgen. If this sounds like a team you’d like to join, then let’s meet!
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OPEN OPPORTUNITIES
Join Our Team!
This is an exciting opportunity to join Nexgen Packaging. We’ve built the best technology and service and now we are looking for a highly energetic and motivated individual to hit the ground running within our fast-growing company. If you have the curiosity, passion and entrepreneurial spirit then lets move forward together. At Nexgen Packaging we are building a team of talented, experienced, and creative individuals. We embrace independent thinking self-starters who are looking to be part of a hard-working team that enjoys what they do. We are committed to investing in our employees’ growth and creating career opportunities for everyone at Nexgen. If this sounds like a team you’d like to join, then let’s meet.
We are changing how companies leverage technology to manufacture and manage supply chain. We have created a software platform to optimize, organize, and digitize customers’ portfolios. Considered the industry’s leading technology platform, over 10,000 brands and manufacturers globally use the Nexgen platform. Our customers include both traditional retailers like Converse, J Crew, Chico’s, and Kate Spade and emerging companies like StitchFix, Bonobos, and Fabletics that are changing the retail landscape.
