Constant Ma, Qap, Pcqi (Cannabis/Food) Email & Phone Number

Canada

Cannactions Consulting Ltd. is a dynamic consultancy dedicated to empowering the Canadian cannabis and food industries, through a range of specialized services.Our Core Services:QAP Excellence: We excel in providing top-tier Quality Assurance Person (QAP) services, ensuring clients surpass Health Canada's stringent standards. Efficient Licensing: Navigating regulatory complexities, we streamline license amendments, new applications, Farm Gate, and Research Licenses - guiding clients through compliance intricacies for successful licensing.Global Exports: As a gateway to the world market, we facilitate international exports of Canadian cannabis to key destinations, ensuring seamless cross-border transactions.Strategic Partnerships: Our clients benefit from exclusive rates with HC accredited laboratory and cost effective fully certified Scales/Calibration services. Tailored QMS Programs: Recognizing the unique needs of each client, we offer tailor-made Quality Management System (QMS) programs. These programs are designed to meet Good Production Practices (GPP) and Health Canada regulations, with modular components for compliance with EU-GMP, GACP, IMC-GAP to align with international export requirements.Why choose us?At Cannactions Consulting Ltd., we are committed to elevating our clients' success. With a focus on quality, compliance, and strategic partnerships, we empower Licensed Producers to thrive in a competitive and evolving market.Explore the difference that expertise and innovation can make with Cannactions Consulting Ltd.

Halifax, Canada Area

Cars & Coffee Halifax is a not-for-profit organization created for the local automotive enthusiast community to support local charities. C&C Halifax fosters a fun, friendly, and respectful environment for all our events and we always encourage local enthusiasts to make a small donation at every event. All profits through the sale of branded t-shirts, decals, etc are donated to the chosen charity that year.My role:- Heavily involved in the development of the brand, and project management activities to ensure deadlines were met.- Play a pivotal role in the decision making to move C&C Halifax from concept to scale.- Brand marketing through social media outlets- Art Work designs and approvals- Event planning, coordination, support

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

In my role as the Sr. Quality Assurance Manager at Aleafia Health, I orchestrated a remarkable journey of growth and achievement within a highly dynamic and rapidly evolving cannabis industry. At the peak, I was responsible for overseeing the QA department across four campuses with 20 direct reports.Key Achievements:Rapid Advancements in Roles: Initially joining as the QA Manager for the largest outdoor cannabis cultivation in Canada, I swiftly advanced through strategic contributions. Within six months, I was entrusted with the oversight of the first Cannabis 3rd Party Logistics Warehouse in the country, showcasing my ability to navigate complex logistics and compliance requirements.EU-GMP Spec'd Manufacturing Facility: Recognizing my expertise and commitment to quality, I was assigned the responsibility of a full EU-GMP spec'd manufacturing facility within just 11 months. This demonstrated my capability to meet and exceed stringent international standards, positioning the organization for global market competitiveness.Leadership in Cultivation Operations: At the 18-month mark, my leadership journey continued as I assumed responsibility for a 200,000 sqft cannabis cultivation greenhouse. This pivotal role reflected not only my proficiency in cultivation practices but also my strategic vision for scaling operations.Talent Development and Promotion Success: One of the hallmarks of my tenure is the consistent promotion of every QA professional I hired, underscoring my commitment to identifying and nurturing talent. Many team members experienced multiple promotions, a testament to the high-performance culture cultivated under my leadership.Continuous Improvement and Cost Reductions: Infusing a focus on continuous improvement, I spearheaded initiatives that resulted in substantial cost reductions, saving over $1 million dollars. My strategic approach to streamlining processes enhanced efficiency without compromising quality standards.

Port Perry, Ontario, Canada

As the Quality Assurance Manager, I was responsible for the Quality and Compliance of the Licensed Port Perry Campus and setting up the licensed Vaughan Distribution Center. I lead the quality department in the full revision of the existing QMS program to align with the new Cannabis regulations and GPP requirements at the Port Perry Campus while creating from scratch an entirely new QMS program for the Distribution Center. Drove continuous improvement initiatives while seeking cost savings opportunities as they came up. Key experiences/successes:- Lead the revamp of the entire QMS program in 8 months.- Lead a successful Health Canada audit - Successfully completed the largest outdoor legal planting/harvest in Canadian history- Cultivated talent and expanded the quality department- Played a pivotal role in setting up the Licensed Vaughan Distribution Center, which I am the QAP for the site.

Toronto, Canada Area

The Quality Systems Lead for Starr Culinary Delights and Annette's Donuts bakery operations. Responsible for managing the quality management systems and lead internal/external GFSI audits. Drive continuous improvement initiatives while providing leadership and support to a team of established QA Coordinators, QA Technicians and Sanitation Leads at both sites.

Halifax And Moncton

As the Food Safety Program Manager for Halifax and Moncton, my key responsibilities are to ensure compliance to all Canadian Regulations and ensuring compliance to all GFSI requirements for both sites. Involved in continuous improvement activities and leveraging influence, experience and knowledge between multifunctional teams to ensuring a consistent and effective approach is taken in addressing all food safety related challenges.

Halifax, Canada Area

As the Food Safety Programs Manager for the Halifax OpCo, my responsibilities involve leading internal and external GFSI audits, quality program developments, process/program enhancement initiatives, and act as the direct liaison between government agencies relating to Food Safety as well as being a key member of the OpCo's recall team.Achievements:- Through hard work, team work and leadership, I lead the Halifax operating company through the BRC audit and obtained the highest grade possible - Grade A. - I lead our operating company to become one of the top 10 OpCo in Canada through internal KPI measurements.- Driving positive change initiatives throughout different departments, I have continued to drive success in the improvement of our Food Safety Programs.

Halifax, Canada Area

P&H Group is now the largest Canadian-owned milling company which now employs 1400 people which serves the demands of customers in two dozen countries. P&H Milling Group sources wheat from Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada to produce quality flour and cereal products. P&H Milling Group, a division of Parrish & Heimbecker Limited, strives for excellence through integrity and teamwork to ensure all of our products and services meet customer, regulatory and industry standards. P&H Milling Group is committed to providing consistent, high quality, flour and grain-based products to our customers while meeting or exceeding their requirements to achieve their overall satisfaction.Hired as the Quality Assurance / Health and Safety Officer, my key roles are to manage the company's quality systems and spearheading all internal and external audits. Sitting on the Quality and Health and Safety Steering committees, I am given the opportunity to make valuable and positive changes to our policies and programs in our Halifax Facility.Achievements:- Within the first 5 months of starting my position, I helped lead two external audits and helped Halifax's Division to achieve their highest marks ever obtained in these audits.- I spearheaded process improvement initiatives with positive results.- Met and resolved quality challenges with positive outcomes and noticeable process improvements made along the way.- Continuing to analyze gaps in the quality program and closing these gaps as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Lunenburg

High Liner Foods is the largest value added seafood company in Canada and has been positioning itself to becoming the largest value added seafood company in North America. Hired as the Quality Assurance Technician then later becoming the Quality Assurance Specialist, I saw increasing responsibilities through my tenure at HLF and was also the relief sanitation supervisor.Achievements:- Part of the quality team to create a master visual list of product defects for production line operators. The end goal was to increase the quality of product while increasing product yields by reducing unnecessary waste.- Spearheaded the initiative to offering quality training to production workers who would verify their production lines prior to start-up. Saw noticeable improvement in overall tidiness and quality awareness with production staff.- Lead customer illness complaint investigations, and created a template in which all future illness complaints are to be handled.

Antigonish

Tony's Meat's is a locally owned federally registered meat producing facility. Located in Antigonish, it was a federally registered abattoir which processed fresh cuts to ready-to-eat pork and lamb products. As the Product Development and Food Safety Specialist, my role included new product development, product innovations, maintaining quality systems, and auditing.Achievements:- Saw success in spearheading the company's initiative in reducing all ready-to-eat product's sodium levels to meet upcoming Sodium Initiative Regulations through reformulations using functional ingredients while maintaining the same flavour/sensory attributes and shelf-life of product.- Successfully updated and revised entire HACCP and FSEP food safety programs for the company.

Truro, Nova Scotia

Scotsburn Dairy Group is one of Atlantic Canada's largest dairy producers with products ranging from Milk and Ice Cream to Cheeses.Hired as a summer student tasked to support R&D processes in new product development and product improvement initiatives for the company.Achievements:- Devised and implemented a systems based; master ingredient list of thousands of ingredients with focus on the interpretation/location of the lot/date code for each product including their shelf-life.- Supported development of new ice cream flavours for third party customers for launch in the new year. Such flavours saw success in the market place the following year.