A (different) Innovation Journey
Join John Schroeder, Executive Vice President of Retail, Foodservice and Water Groups at Marmon Holdings, for a discussion about how companies with a wide variety of brands and businesses functioning under one umbrella like Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. can innovate better by bringing entirely new things into the world that serve to critically improve life—radical transformation that requires courage, wisdom, and inspiration.
Experience the Event
Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:00 pm
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience building? Explore questions, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. Let these ideas serve as a springboard for structured speculation about emerging issues and the next ten years.
Join John Schroeder, Executive Vice President of Retail, Foodservice and Water Groups at Marmon Holdings, for a discussion about how companies with a wide variety of brands and businesses functioning under one umbrella like Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. can innovate better by bringing entirely new things into the world that serve to critically improve life—radical transformation that requires courage, wisdom, and inspiration.
Meet the Speaker: John Schroeder
John Schroeder currently serves as Executive Vice President of Marmon Holdings, A Berkshire Hathaway Company, responsible for the Retail, Foodservice and Water Groups. Prior to this role, Schroeder held a variety of executive roles in Marmon including Executive Vice President of Food and Beverage, President of the Water Group, President of the Residential businesses in the Water Group, and President of Graver Technologies.
Prior to Marmon, Schroeder served as Founder, President and CEO of HydroGlobe, a technology startup company in the Water industry subsequently acquired by Marmon. Previously, he held executive roles in engineering, Research, and operations with Sybron Chemicals and UOP Chemicals. Additionally he served on the board of Sybron Chemicals and involved in the company’s leveraged buyout and ultimate sale.
Schroeder holds degrees including Bachelors of Engineering, Masters in Chemical Engineering and Masters in Management Science from Stevens Institute of Technology.