Darren Tang
About Darren Tang
Darren Tang is an Innovation Scientist at Beyond Meat, where he manages initiative teams to develop and commercialize natural consumer packaged goods. He has extensive experience in product development, particularly in the beauty care sector, and holds advanced degrees in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Work at Beyond Meat
Darren Tang has been employed at Beyond Meat as an Innovation Scientist since 2020. In this role, he manages initiative teams that collaborate with various departments including Supply Chain, Purchasing/Sales, Marketing, Intellectual Property, and Manufacturing to facilitate product commercialization. His focus is on ingredient development and characterization for consumer packaged goods that are described as 'natural, gentle, new to the world'. Tang specializes in creating consumer-winning formulas by analyzing consumer and technical performance and understanding consumer habits.
Education and Expertise
Darren Tang holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, which he completed from 2008 to 2009. Prior to this, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied from 2003 to 2007. His expertise includes advanced rheology, physical stabilization techniques, and JMP Statistical Modeling, which are essential for his work in product development and formulation.
Background
Before joining Beyond Meat, Darren Tang accumulated significant experience in the consumer goods sector. He worked at Procter & Gamble as a Senior Product Development/Formulation Scientist in the Beauty Care division from 2009 to 2019, where he led product development initiatives across multiple global regions. He also held positions at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream as an Industrial Operations Engineer in 2007 and at The Clorox Company as a Lab Assistant in 2008.
Achievements
During his tenure at Procter & Gamble, Darren Tang was responsible for leading product development for Beauty Care technologies across North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. His role involved delivering innovative formulations that catered to diverse consumer needs and preferences. At Beyond Meat, he continues to apply his extensive knowledge in ingredient development to enhance product offerings in the plant-based food sector.