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★ Play a critical leadership role in driving product innovation, development, and improvement projects for a portfolio of medical nutrition products, providing directional input for product roadmap creation, R&D efforts, product lifecycle optimization, and go-to-market planning. ★ Manage the development, commercialization, and launch of a portfolio of products designed to address inadequate nutritional intake in individuals due to disease, genetic metabolic disorders, dysphasia, declining muscle mass, and memory loss. ★ Apply strong strategic planning, project management, and team coordination skills along with deep technical expertise in food science and nutrition to successfully formulate products, foster innovation, improve product knowledge, and increase speed to market. ★ Champion strategic initiatives to improve speed to market for both new product development and product improvement projects, including the buildout of new local lab space to enhance in-house capabilities for benchtop powder development. ★ Worked cross-functionally with R&D partners, sales, and marketing stakeholders to drive the on-time, on-budget launch of Nutricia’s first blenderized food product (under the Real Food Blends® brand) while meeting medical requirements for tube feeding applications.

Arlington, Virginia

★ Provided strategic direction, operational guidance, and technical expertise to manage a $35M innovation project portfolio and drive on-time, on-budget product launches while ensuring compliance with the NUSA governance framework and minimizing project risks. ★ Engaged cross-functionally with divisional leadership and internal stakeholders to prioritize product innovation pipelines, optimize resource allocation for projects, improve efficiency within project teams, and enhance transparency across the product life cycle. ★ Drove strategic change initiatives (including process improvements, new technology integration, and team training) to improve speed to market within the Baking Division against aggressive launch timelines and fast-changing market needs.o Initiated block meetings that reduced meeting time per project by 20% and strengthened cross-functional collaboration.o Integrated category lessons learned to identify patterns across projects post-launch and facilitate continuous improvement.

★ Functioned as a lead product developer for multiple projects, with accountability for designing, testing, validating, and launching new products in the Gerber Lil Bits® product line while ensuring adherence to the Stage Gate® process.o Partnered closely with operational stakeholders to drive industrial upscaling and factory production initiatives for new products.o Liaised with both engineering and operations teams to execute pilot factory trials to facilitate seamless upscaling of production.o Maintained compliance with all protocols and product specifications during factory trials and industrial upscaling projects. ★ Delivered technical expertise as the global lead for an internal raw ingredient community to advance raw ingredient expertise across multiple business units, resulting in improvements in speed to market and successful fulfillment of consumer expectations.o Analyzed and approved 40+ new ingredients for recipes within project timelines through effective cross-functional alignment.o Supported cross-functional, multi-market teams by providing expertise in raw ingredients, particularly fruit, and berries.o Collaborated closely with procurement stakeholders in disseminating raw ingredient knowledge across business units.o Ensured raw ingredient compliance with safety standards in collaboration with procurement, regulatory, and quality teams. ★ Reformulated and transformed recipes within Gerber’s new product portfolio from retort to aseptic particulate recipes by drawing on insights from consumer feedback and market trend analysis, resulting in competitive wins during consumer testing.★ Guided and supervised a team comprising direct reports and interns, including establishing clearly defined performance standards, delivering personalized mentoring and coaching, and aligning performance goals with local business priorities and projects.

★ Advanced the company’s fundamental knowledge of beans (specifically, modes of hydration) by developing and implementing technological solutions to solve current product- and process-related issues and guiding in line with anticipated business needs.★ Spearheaded early-stage product prototype development projects, in addition to managing long-term external R&D projects and partnerships and knowledge management/educational events and programs. ★ Established and maintained long-term collaborative partnerships with universities and external laboratories to drive R&D and product innovation efforts to meet both current and future business needs..

Research focused on functional properties of the casein micelle. Investigated the use of the casein micelle as a natural nano-carrier for low molecular weight hydrophobic compounds. Developed an HPLC method for the separation, isolation and identification of triclosan from milk

Research focused on carrier mediated transport of triclosan by dissolved organic matter by primary treated wastewater in porous media. Assessed wastewater treatment and impact to the surrounding environment of an on-site septic system.

Evaluate the ability of the casein micelle as a carrier for triclosan and its capacity to serve as an effective, low cost drug treatment for malaria. Observed liver stage development of Plasmodium berghei in human hepatocytes treated with a triclosan-protein drug complex.

Analyzed ground water and soil for contaminants and contaminant reduction by gas chromatography in accordance with EPA methodologies.

Phd, Food Science And Technology

Master Of Science, Biosystems Engineering And Technology

Bachelor Of Science, Biology