Jose Barbosa `01 - Manhattanville College

Jose Barbosa `01
Term: 2012-2015
Jose L. Barbosa is an Associate Principal Scientist at
PepsiCo. He joined PepsiCo as a temporary employee
with just an eight day contract in May 2001. Eleven
years later, he is now a product developer for the North
American Coffee Partnership (NACP). He joined the
NACP after 3.5 years in the Cola Innovation team
where he developed the Next Generation cola for Pepsi:
Pepsi Next! As a product developer he is charged with developing safe, stable,
legal and great tasting products globally. His work is literally sweet! He has
worked on challenging projects like leading Mirinda Orange World Wide, ReLaunching KAS Grapefruit in Mexico, re-launching Schwip Schwap in
Germany, and launching Pepsi Kick in Latin America.
Jose graduated from Antilles High School in Ft. Buchanan, Puerto Rico in 1997
and received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Biology from Manhattanville College
in 2001. In May 2013 he graduated with a Master’s degree in Food Science
from Rutgers University.
Jose has remained involved with Manhattanville via Power Dinners at the
college and Open House panels, but more significantly by facilitating the
placement of more than a handful of mville students in science positions at
PepsiCo’s Research and Development campus. Some of his other extracurricular
activities while with PepsiCo include Co-founding the Valhalla Volunteers
Committee, leading the Hispanic/Latino employee resource group (ERG)
Adelante, and achieving Competent Communicator (CC) status in Toastmasters,
a non-profit organization that helps develop public speaking and leadership
skills.
“I am excited to have joined the Alumni Board in 2013 and look forward to
working with Manhattanville to help rebuild their relationship with one of their
corporate neighbors. I also look forward to creating new and exciting events for
the Manhattanville Community.”