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Kitchener, Canada Area

Coordinate and lead the food science and technology aspects of commercialization programs to support strategic company initiatives. Organize internal and external resources to execute new programs to deliver innovation, new product development, improvements to existing brands, co-manufacturing initiatives, new process development, new packaging development, cost reduction opportunities and current process improvement.

Dunnville, Ontario

Managed the innovation and product development programs providing technical direction and support for Original Foods Branded products as well as their extensive private label client's products.

South Western Ontario, Greater Toronto Area | Food & Beverage Industries

Provided technical consulting services to food and beverage organizations relative to application of innovations and food science technologies to address customer based technical challenges and new product commercialization business needs. Emphasis includes process design and efficiency, product and prototype development, contamination risk assessment, shelf-life extension, process optimization, commercial preparedness and technology transfer.

Guelph, Ontario

- Manage and coordinate product and process development services including product development support laboratories, pilot plant facility and staff in support of client based contract food research and development projects. - Assist clients with technical support throughout entire program including on-site consultation to co-manufacturing facilities to support and facilitate product commercialization.- Conducted business development and technical sales for delivery of contract research and development consulting for new product development (NPD), product redesign due to cost reduction or regulatory issues, process development, shelf-life enhancement, and commercial preparedness.

Guelph, Ontario

-Managed and supervised 12,000 sq. ft. pilot plant facility including operational requirements for facility and production scheduling.-Conducted business development and technical sales, directed marketing activities, proposal preparation, presentations, and negotiations with clients. -Developed, monitored and managed all departmental and facility budgetary requirements and reported to senior management. -Mentored staff in support of conducting client based contract food research, product and process development, prototype development and technical consultation projects.-Developed unique small scale co-manufacturing capability to support entrepreneurs and SME's with interim transitional product delivery and launch. Assisted over 40 companies with production launches. -Hands on working knowledge of various pilot and production scale processing technologies including HTST, UHT, separators, decanters, homogenizers, pumps, fermentation vessels, ozonators and other sanitizing systems, aseptic systems, cheese processing and handling equipment, MAP and other packaging systems, membrane filtration and separation technologies including dead end, cartridge, microfiltration, UF, NF and RO. Also included is freeze, cabinet and spray drying technologies.

Parmalat Research And Development, London, Ontario

- Group leader for initial investigations into new processing and product innovations for dairy and food applications (functional foods, probiotics and bioactive milk components).- Integral leading involvement in all aspects of process scale up and commercialization of first commercialized microfiltered milk in North America.

London, Ontario

- Extensive on-site technical assistance / troubleshooting for production facilities relative to HACCP, microbiological contamination and spoilage issues, process control as well as starter culture fermentation control.- Extensive microbiological analytical experience. Implemented use of rapid identification and automated microbiological test programs corporate wide. - Integral team member supporting various cheese technology investigations and implementations from pilot to production. Includes accelerated cheddar aging, cheese yield improvement, whey protein recovery, specialty cheese manufacture and culture handling systems.

St. George, Ontario

- Analysis of various dairy and non-dairy in process and finished products for wide variety of quality specifications (microbiological, chemical, and organoleptic ).- Interaction with operations team to troubleshoot and monitor processing issues, provide technical assistance to address efficiencies in productivity and quality.

Bsc, Microbiology

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