Meet the Team
Unmatched Worldwide Expertise
Montesino Associates LLC is a global consulting firm focused on packaging and polymers. The company has a team of 10+ consultants, engineers, and trainers that have worked with our global clients since 1996 to clarify the chaos of constant change in this demanding market. Our team combined has more than 200 years of experience. After decades of hands-on experience, Montesino’s worldwide network of experts guides customers through highly regulated industries to achieve compliance, efficiency, and sustainable business success.

Montesino Leadership

Frank Bieganousky
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Frank has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical packaging industry - in both commercial and technical development functions …


Peter J. Schmitt
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Peter began his career in the early 1980’s, selling various types of polymeric raw materials (film, sheet, and synthetic resin) to the
 medical, pharmaceutical …

Our Team of Experts

Edward J. Bauer
Senior Consultant
Ed has broad experience in all types of packaging, including metal, glass, paper and plastic packaging for food and pharmaceutical products …


John B. Blum
Senior Consultant
John joined Montesino Associates, LLC as a Senior Analyst after retiring from Honeywell in July of 2014. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering …


Stephen Ervin
Senior Consultant
Steve has over 30 years’ experience in developing profitable global sales and marketing programs that have increased revenues for multi-national …


Robert Grace
Senior Consultant
Bob has been in business-to-business communications his entire career. He has broad global experience, and for more than 35 years …


Yanhuai Peng
Senior Consultant
Ms. Peng is an expert in pre-press technology and its application in pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. She studied at the Beijing …


Erwin Pasbrig
Senior Consultant
Dr. Pasbrig joined Alusuisse Lawson Mardon in 1990, and over the next 20 years, he led R&D and technology development of aluminum …


Bob Hartwig
Senior Consultant
Mr. Hartwig is a co-founder and managing director of BTS International LLC, a consulting group of highly skilled individuals providing …


Jillian Schwam
Senior Consultant
Jillian Schwam is the President of WV International, which provides raw plastic resins for organizations all over the East Coast and Midwest.

22
Dec
The Holy Days Season 2021 "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."  
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Nov
In Memoriam – Yanhuai Peng It is with great sadness that Montesino notes the passing of Yanhuai Peng, Senior Co…
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May
In Memoriam – John Bitner All of us at Montesino pause to remember a colleague, friend, and industry icon, Joh…
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Jul
ADM Toronto On Thursday (June 6, 2019), Peter Schmitt gave a talk entitled “Cannabis…