We see a future where all one-way packaging is converted to reusable

Passion
We are hungry to make things better, smarter, easier. We love what we do and the value it creates.

Customer-focused
We are most successful when our customers win. We listen and learn, then actively pursue the right solution for long term success.

Expertise
We know supply chains top to bottom, end to end, across a range of segments.

Collaboration
We work together, communicating with complete transparency. Side by side across functions and geographies is how we do our best work.

Appreciation
We’re a compassionate company who values our team members and customers. Respecting them means caring about their satisfaction and success.

Reliability
Our people and products always come through — efficiently and thoroughly.
Our path to leadership.
For 60 years, Tosca has developed innovative solutions that deliver supply chain improvement and measurable value for suppliers, growers, and retailers. Tosca has been at the forefront of the reusable revolution from the very beginning.
Tosca founded
Polymer founded
Tosca designs industry first RPC for case ready meat
Contraload founded
Tosca launches innovative egg RPC
Polymer launches wood look crates
2 of the top 5 NA retailers are using Tosca egg & case ready meat RPCs
Apax acquires Tosca
Tosca acquires Polymer Logistics
Tosca acquires Contraload
Tosca diverts 1 million tons of corrugated from entering the supply stream
Tosca launches the NeRA pallet, the world’s first nestable, rackable pallet strong enough to outperform wood.
Tosca commits to a 2030 ESG strategy including a 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, achieve zero waste-to-landfill at all our facilities, include over 30% recycled content in products without compromising food safety, and more.
Sustainability
At Tosca, our vision is a future where all one-way packaging is converted to reusables. It’s a serious goal that our customers share too. See what we’re doing to eliminate food and packaging waste to create a more sustainable world.
Learn MoreOur Leadership Team
Our leaders are industry insiders who understand perishables and the challenges and opportunities with the supply chain.
Eric Frank
CEO
Eric Frank became the President of Tosca in November 2012 after the merger of Tosca and Georgia Pacific’s Reusable Plastic Container business. Prior to that role, Eric spent 9 years with the Georgia Pacific RPC Division where he held positions as General Manager, Regional Manager, Operations Manager, and National Sales Manager. During his tenure at Georgia Pacific, Eric led the acquisition of the Orbis produce RPC business in 2009. He also worked at Rehrig Pacific for 3 years as National Account Manager, where he helped launch and manage the CHEP and Hays North American RPC pools. Eric began his career in textile sales with The Astrup Company. Eric has held board positions with the Reusable Packaging and Container Coalition (RPCC) and the Returnable Packaging Association (RPA).
Eric holds a B.A. degree in Communications from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is married with two children and lives in Alpharetta, GA.
Matt Harrison
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Harrison joined Tosca in November 2022 and oversees all facets of finance for the organization globally. He has broad international experience, including leading finance, accounting and legal teams in Atlanta, Mexico City, Hamburg, Johannesburg and Hanoi. Matt began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving into investment banking where he gained a wealth of experience in M&A and equity and debt financings. As CFO of the publicly traded Hiland Partners and Summit Midstream Partners, Matt led all facets of finance and accounting. Immediately prior to joining Tosca, Matt was CFO for Fortna Inc., a global leader in designing, developing and delivering transformative omni-channel and parcel distribution solutions across North America, Europe and South Africa.
Matt holds an MBA from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS in Accounting from University of Tennessee. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and three sons.
Susan Heil
Chief Marketing Officer
Susan Heil joined Tosca in May of 2013 as the Director of Marketing and was promoted to Vice President in 2017. In this role, Susan is responsible for managing the corporate marketing function and creating strategic marketing plans in response to customer and market segment needs. She oversees brand management, media relations, marketing communications, and advertising. Prior to joining Tosca, Susan spent the last 4 years leading Marketing at Underwriters Laboratories – Environment and the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, which was acquired by UL. She also has extensive consumer marketing experience having spent more than 15 years at EarthLink and Sprint in a variety of marketing roles from brand management to retail marketing.
Susan holds a B.A. degree in Communication Studies from University of Iowa. She is married and lives in Atlanta, GA.
Jesse Sels
Chief Innovation Officer
Jesse Sels became the EMEA president of Tosca after the company he founded, Contraload NV, was acquired by Tosca in August 2020. Jesse has been in the pooling business for over 20 years, beginning his career at CHEP, a global company that offers pallet and container pooling. He co-founded Contraload in 2004, building the business to be what it is today, the European market leader in pooled plastic pallets. Contraload actively works with some of the largest fast moving consumer goods producers in Europe, serving pickup and delivery to over 3000 customer locations in Europe, a number that grows more than 15% every year. Jesse has worked hard to foster a strong work environment at Contraload, building trust by establishing a culture of open communication at every meeting.
Jesse has a degree in Applied Economic Sciences and Major Transport Economics from the University of Antwerp. He lives in Aartselaar, near Antwerp in Belgium with his wife and son.
Tommie Kennedy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Tommie Kennedy joined Tosca in September 2019 as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Tommie is an accomplished Human Resources professional with more than 20 years of experience working with large global organizations such as Coca-Cola and CHEP. Prior to joining Tosca, she worked at Continental Building Products as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the United States and Canada. Tommie’s focus as a business leader and HR leader is to build organizational capability through people.
Tommie has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from The State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations degree in Human Resources Management from Cornell University/Baruch College. Tommie is married with one daughter and lives in Fayetteville, GA.
Mike Weinberg
Chief Information Officer
Mike Weinberg joined Tosca as Chief Information Officer in May, 2019. In this role, he is responsible for leading technology solutions throughout the organization. Mike has over 25 years of technology leadership experience within management consulting, retail, and hospitality industries. Over the past 10 years, Mike served in a variety of leadership roles within InterContinental Hotels Group most recently as Vice President of Global Hospitality Solutions. Prior to IHG, Mike worked in management consulting with Deloitte and Answerthink as well as serving as CIO for RetailOne.
Mike has an undergraduate degree from Emory University and an MBA from Emory’s Goizueta School of Business in Atlanta. He is married with three children and lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Steve Arendsen
President – North America
Tosca, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions and pooling, has promoted Steve Arendsen to President – North America, reporting directly to Eric Frank, Chief Executive Officer. Steve’s leadership will enable Tosca to provide greater focus on the specific needs of Tosca’s North America customers.
Steve’s career in the supply chain industry began at Georgia Pacific where he spent over thirty years in various roles, including serving as the business director for the reusable packaging division that was later sold to create what is now Tosca. Later, Steve joined Tosca in September of 2020 as Vice President of Global Procurement and US Supply Chain. In this role, Steve led his team through some of the most unprecedented supply chain challenges the industry has ever seen. Having been a part of the evolution of the plastic reusables industry since its entrance in North America, he is uniquely qualified to provide leadership in operational excellence as well as continued business growth.
Steve is married with three adult children. The family loves to travel and looks forward to spending time together on the road.
Dan Lee
EMEA President
Dan joined Tosca in December 2022 as the President of EMEA. He brings a wealth of commercial and operational experience to his role along with a strong desire to continue to build on the success of the EMEA region.
Dan spent the first part of his career working for Dallas-based NCH Europe, an industrial chemical supplier before moving to Safetykleen Europe where he spent over 10 years in senior executive leadership roles within private equity. These included UK Managing Director at the time APAX acquired the business in 2017.
Immediately prior to joining Tosca, Dan spent 4 years in various roles at phs Group, most recently as Group Managing Director – Specialist Businesses. Phs is a leading workplace services provider in the UK, Ireland, and Spain. During his time there, Dan was part of the management team that saw the change of ownership from private equity to The Bidvest Group.
Dan is based in the UK and lives with his fiancée and young daughter.
Our Board Members
Ashish Karandikar
Ashish joined Apax in 2007 and is a Partner in the Services team based in New York. He has led and participated in a number of key deals including American Water Resources, PIB Group, SavATree, AssuredPartners, Authority Brands, Dealer.com, Garda, HUB International, MyCase, Quality Distribution, TIVIT and Tosca Services.
Prior to joining Apax, Ashish was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the Mumbai and New York offices where he specialized in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and in evaluating investments in real estate.
Ashish holds a BCom from the University of Mumbai where he was valedictorian of his class and an MBA (Honours) from the University of Chicago. In addition, Ashish is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Nadia Shouraboura
Dr. Nadia Shouraboura started her academic career in the field of mathematics and computer science. Her work in machine learning attracted the attention of Princeton University where she was offered a scholarship and received a PhD in Mathematics. Her research resulted in several important papers, referenced by over 200 publications.
Nadia joined Amazon.com in March of 2004. She was a member of Amazon’s management board and served on Jeff Bezos’ executive S-Team responsible for overall direction and operations of Amazon. Under her guidance as the Head of Worldwide Supply Chain and Fulfillment, Amazon achieved the largest product selection on earth and implemented a novel retail supply chain controlling the move of every item, every associate and every package with precision in real time, worldwide.
She left Amazon to start Hointer with the vision to change the physical retail experience from the inside out. In 2019 she sold the business to the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers.
Most recently Nadia co-founded a new venture QuantyCat and she also serves on the boards of Ocado, Ferguson, MTS and FormLabs.
Dave Russell
Dave is currently Principal of Transmove Consulting, LLC. He brings 40 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing innovation, brand management, sales and profit growth, operational improvement, financial turnaround and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, organizational design and planning, technology development, change and crisis management, and executive management and development.
Dave joined IFCO Systems North America, Inc. in 2000 as Senior Vice President. In 2002, he was appointed President and CEO of IFCO Systems North America, Inc., the largest division of IFCO Systems N.V. (“IFCO”), a global leader in pallet management services and reusable container solutions. Dave retired from IFCO in 2014, after managing a successful acquisition and integration of IFCO by Brambles Ltd., the world’s leading equipment pooling company. Prior to joining IFCO, he served as President, CEO and Director of General Rental, Inc., an equipment rental company operating in the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Islands. From 1996 through the acquisition and integration of Ryder TRS, Inc., a leading U.S. truck rental company, by Budget Car and Truck Rental, Inc., Dave was Vice President and General Manager of Ryder TRS, Inc. He joined Ryder Systems, Inc., a world leader in transportation and logistics services, in 1982 where he served in various management and executive positions.
He is a former President of the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition (now the Reusable Packaging Association) and was a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
Dave is Managing Director of One Catalyst Foundation and actively supports Make-a-Wish and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he initiated the Jessica Bongiovanni Research Fund.
Dave holds a B.A. in political science and public administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Phil Collins
Phil was the Founder and CEO of Orchard Holdings Group, a long-term oriented private investment firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director of McCown De Leeuw & Co. – a $1.2 billion middle-market private equity investment firm in New York City and Menlo Park, California – where he served on the investment committee and was involved in leading numerous growth company investments. He started his career working for private investment pioneer Carl H. Lindner, Jr., then Chairman, CEO and Founder of American Financial Group, a large diversified financial services and investment company, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co.
He is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He is Director of several privately held companies and in 2016 was appointed by Governor John Kasich to the Board of Trustees of the University of Cincinnati.
He also serves as a Trustee of the University of Cincinnati Foundation, as a Director of UC Health, as Chair of the Investment Committee for the University’s $2 billion endowment, on the University’s Lindner College of Business Advisory Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of Cincinnati.
Raphael Geminder
Raphael has 30+ years’ executive and investment experience in private and public companies throughout Australia and the world. Raphael founded Kin Group, a long-term focused diversified investment group in 2000 and it has since executed numerous investments in a range of industries and regions.
Raphael founded Pact Group Limited (ASX: PGH) in 2002 and currently serves as its executive chairman. Prior to this, Raphael was the co-founder and Chairman of Visy Recycling, growing it into the largest recycling company in Australia. Raphael was appointed Victoria’s first Honorary Consul of South Africa in July 2006. He also holds a number of other advisory and Board positions.
Raphael holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Syracuse University, New York.
Lauri Honea
Lauri served as the former CEO of MicroStar Logistics, the largest independent keg owner in the US, providing the brewing industry with a “green” keg management solution. Prior to MicroStar, Lauri held executive position in major telecommunications and aerospace companies.
Lauri holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Denver.
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If you share our passion for developing innovative solutions and delivering top-notch customer service, let’s see if we are a good match.
Apply NowComprehensive Medical Benefits
Eligible team members have access to a wide range of benefits including medical, vision, disability, dental, life and emotional wellness.
Physical Wellness
From yoga and gym membership reimbursements to complimentary fresh fruit in the office, Tosca encourages team members to lead a healthy life.
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Eligible team members enjoy vacation and 9 paid company holidays each year to relax, recharge, and attend to personal needs.
Education Assistance
Job-related development leads to advancement opportunities and elevates performance across the company. That’s why Tosca offers educational reimbursement.
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Tosca team members welcoming new bundles of joy to their families enjoy 7 weeks paid maternity and 1 week of paid paternity leave.
401(k) Matching
Tosca offers a 100% match of all 401(k) contributions up to 6% of employee’s salary, with immediate vesting.
Prime Office Location
Our headquarters is located in Colony Square in the heart of Midtown Atlanta. Our office building boasts on-premises fitness center, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and daily food trucks. We are also within walking distance of 150+ restaurants & shopping experiences.
Team Member Recognition
Team member satisfaction is an ongoing effort at Tosca. Our annual “Toscars” award top performers and individuals who live the Tosca values.
Team Member Celebrations
At Tosca, we like to let our hair down and spend time with our colleagues on a regular basis. We have monthly birthday parties, holiday parties and any other reason we can come up with for a celebration (did someone say national cheese day?!)
The many benefits of working at Tosca.
We believe our team members deserve more than just a paycheck. They deserve to work in a fun environment with a supportive team that cares about each other and encourages collaboration at all levels. It’s not just about being a great company, it’s about being great people and serving a higher purpose. Every Tosca employee can be proud of doing their part to reduce food waste.
Our team members are provided with a wide range of programs to help them reach their full potential — personally and professionally.
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