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Prem Virmani
601 Winterhavenway
Columbus, GA 31094
706.587.1012
April 2016 to Current: President, Soft Drink Solutions, LLC
Consultation services for ideation and product formulation of soft drinks, water
chemistry, and sweetener science (Nutritive and High Intensity Sweeteners)
Available for seminars on the subject matters listed above and all technical matters
related to Soft drinks.
August 1991 to April 2016
Cott Beverages, Inc
, Science & Research
Senior Vice President of Global Science and ResearchforCott Beverages, Inc, world’s largest
Customer Brand Soft Drink Company with revenue exceeding $3 B from $50 MM in 1991.
Over 25 years, built a state of the art Science & Research center in Columbus, GA.
Created a number of proprietary formulations to become the most successful soft drinks in the
history ofCott Beverages.
Advised and aided in several company acquisitions including Royal Crown Cola International
division and Cliff Star LLC
Since fall of 2015
Board of Trustee and Adjunct professor at Columbus State University,
Columbus, GA
Attend quarterly board meetings and teach undergraduate students on the subject of
Food Science (related to Soft Drinks) in the Department of Chemistry
1977 to 1991
Royal Crown Cola Co
Director of R& D
Executed product development and directedregulatory affairs, quality control and
packaging labs while leading a group of 17 scientists