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Turlock, Ca, Us

Turlock, California

Functional Area Responsibilties: Product Development, Regulatory and Culinary

Turlock, California

Turlock, California Area

Atlanta, Ga

Direct development and commercialization of new product and base brand innovation platforms for Edwards®, private label, and Schwan’s Food Service. Manage resource allocation, annual budget, and delivery of over 13% growth in a stagnant CPG category. Directed team to deliver product improvements including line extensions, nutrition, supplier qualifications, and quality improvements. Manage/coach technical and career development for a staff of 3-5 direct reports. Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive strategic brand plans and build long-term growth strategies for the category.

Stilwell, Ok

Developed frozen desserts (fruit and crème pies, cobblers, cheesecakes, etc.) in ready to eat and ready to bake formats from concept to plant production. Identified and solved quality concerns associated with different sourcing and production circumstances. Developed prototypes for cost savings, quality and nutritional improvements across three business unit formats (consumer packaged goods, food service, and home service delivery).

Suwanee, Ga

Developed frozen dessert products (cheesecakes, cakes, pies, etc.) for Food Service customers from concept to plant production. Identified and solved numerous cost savings opportunities for Schwan’s Spartanburg production facility, troubleshot production problems, as well as coordinating product cuttings, and supplier meetings.

North East, Pa

Developed frozen French bread pizza products (breads, sauces, and toppings) and bread varieties from concept to plant production. Identified and solved quality concerns associated with various production problems. Developed and maintained all product labels under proper USDA, FDA, and CN guidelines.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

Performed quality analysis on flour and corn tortillas, performed hourly checks on production lines, and performed incoming ingredient inspections and testing in Tyson's Mexican Original Tortilla Facilities.

Collegedale, Tn

Collected data and conducted tests leading to the implementation of near infrared analysis technology implementation in plant quality assurance departments.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

Assisted graduate students with computer problems, installed computer software and hardware, tested new software and equipment, assisted with survey analysis and data entry.

Collegedale, Tn

Created a LIMS system for the Corporate Laboratories performed Risograph, pH, water activity, moisture, ash, protein, Rapid Visco Analyzer for starches, simple microbiology procedures, and particle size tests.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

Performed daily maintenance on 10 acre vineyard, completed growing/pruning experiments on various varietals of grapes to enhance growth, harvested grapes, and created various forms of wine for further research purposes.

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

Completed scale up creation of formulas for start-up companies that needed to utilize contract product development resources.