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Remote

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Lead the lab team remotely through formulation of powdered protein productsPerformed independent sensory tests on products in development, and remotely assisted the lab team to conduct these tests on site in order to garner feedbackInnovated new product ideas to pitch to the management team, brainstorming product lines backed by research on market trends and popularity studiesManaged multiple projects while maintaining fully transparent communication with management to reach deadlines in a timely manner

Abilene, Texas Area

Lead a lab team in formulating protein powder products for a startup company, generating multiple new SKUs now readily available for consumer purchaseUtilized formulation software to track R&D trials and secure complete and incomplete formula confidentialityCreated copacking business opportunities and generated revenue for Chike by communicating with several established corporations to formulate new products for themCollaborated with product vendors to develop new intellectual properties, creating mutual business relationsPerformed internal and external sensory studies during full product life cycle, from R&D trials to production scale ups, to ensure product quality consistencyAssisted QA management in providing batch record documentation to clients, fulfilling international ingredient questionnaires and nutritional specification sheets

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Collaborated with a small team, generating ideas of incorporating sustainable insect protein into food productsFormulated various baked products, optimizing and documenting lists of ingredients to obtain desirable appearances, aromas, textures and flavorsIncorporated insect protein to optimized products by varying weight to perform sensory studies on consumer detection threshold and acceptance ratesAnalyzed data obtained from sensory evaluation using various means of statistics methods including block designs, t-tests and 2AC methods for further detection threshold and acceptance testing

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Managed and processed purchase orders received from departments throughout the universityHandled shipping and receiving for all shipments to Frey Computing Services buildingUnloaded and delivered shipped items from various carriers to their respective recipientsTracked and maintained inventory of assets for all of LSU Information Technology ServicesAnswered phone calls involving troubleshooting inventory and purchase item discrepancies