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Brenham, Texas, United States

Create new ice cream flavors and other new frozen dairy dessert finished good products through the utilization of market trend analysis, communication with suppliers, formulation and evaluation of benchtop samples, organization of scale-up production trials, upkeep of product recipes and costing formulas, and daily cross-departmental collaboration with Production, Purchasing, QA, QC, Marketing, and Sales. Conduct weekly taste panels and monthly branch taste panels to ensure product quality and analyze key performance feedback. Manage current finished good product formula updates and market optimization whilst maintaining existing product integrity with flexibility to supply chain and cost savings. Maintain regulatory compliance throughout generation of product formulas, nutritional labelling, allergen tracking, and special ingredient concern reports in various software platforms utilizing up-to-date IDFA and FDA requirements. Assist Quality Assurance and Quality Control in new ingredient approval, pre-shipment sample evaluations, and the monitoring of testing parameters.

Cape Coral, Florida, United States

Initiate and oversee multiple food and personal care projects simultaneously, managing them during their life cycle from ideation to launch through communication with farmers, contract manufacturers, and cross collaboration with compliance, design, and marketing. Hold sensory evaluation panels for samples and prototypes while assessing potential failures and improvements. Oversee and review product updates throughout product lifecycle including research, sourcing, formulation, labelling, improvements, and competitive market analysis. Ensure FDA compliance of food and cosmetic labels with up-to-date information including nutritional values, allergen and ingredient statements, nutritional and advertising claims, and standards of identity.

College Station, Texas, United States

Performed under ISO/IEC 17025 standards to prepare and package food for the International Space Station in the NASA Pilot Plant at TAMU. Followed Quality Assurance guidelines for the inspection and packaging of food products to meet ISO 9001 standards. Utilized thermal processing techniques and equipment to test such food products.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Manage creative media site as an online portfolio for interested client viewing. Communicate and coordinate with clients on meeting agendas, session efficiency, and finances.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Researched and built two Technical Landscapes for clean-label ingredient enablers and systems. Formulated and troubleshot numerous plant-based bench-top prototypes utilizing the aforementioned ingredient enablers. Networked and analyzed past company research to create a Technical Assessment of where those projects can be applied to in new plant-based products. Gained indispensable exposure to the food industry and how to navigate the ideation and creation of new food products.

Texas A&M University

My work encompassed the assessment of wheat quality characteristics such as moisture, milling, hardness, gluten development, and proximal protein. I also assessed sorghum quality utilizing wet chemistry.

Frenchtown, New Jersey, United States

Clinton Township, New Jersey, United States

Food Science And Technology, Minor In Chemistry

Activities and Societies: IFT Texas A&M, Food Science Product Development Team, Intramural Soccer and Kickball, Photography Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, President of the National Spanish Honors Society, National Science Honors Society.