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Toronto, On, Ca

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Subject matter expert in product development and product/process interaction for all liquid & extract products.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Professional technical services to PEI's food and beverage companies from idea generation to pilot-scale to commercialization of new products.

Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada

Developed, scaled-up, and commercialized new frozen entrées, primarily lasagnas, cabbage rolls, and pasta dishes.

Toronto, Canada Area

The development, scale-up, and commercialization new frozen entrées, hors d’oeuvres, appetizers, hand-held sweet and savory pies, and traditional meat pies. Developed formulas from initial idea through all stages from bench-top through product launch. Collaborated with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality Assurance on cross-functional teams with the collective goal of successful product launches.

Toronto, Canada Area

Started at Create A Treat Ltd., which became a division of Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. in 2016.The product development of gingerbread houses and in-store bakery cookies sold domestically and globally. Collaboration with Sales, Production, Purchasing, and Quality Assurance to achieve successful product launches. Led existing product reformulations and quality improvements. Made product costing recommendations based on opportunities for raw materials savings and manufacturing costs to ensure profitable products. Worked with a cross-functional team to innovate, design and build a brand-new cookie line.

Kitchener, Canada Area

Colonial Cookies (Interbake Foods, Div. of Weston Foods)The development, scale-up, and commercialization of new cookies. The development of formulas from initial idea through all stages of laboratory and pilot plant testing and plant trials. Collaboration with Sales, Engineering, Production, and Quality Assurance to achieve successful product launches. Product reformulations and improvements of quality for current products. Providing assistance to the North American Interbake R&D Team by providing ingredient, formula, process, and packaging expertise and knowledge.

Toronto, Canada Area

Levain World Bakery, Threecaf Brands Canada Inc. (Div. of Groupe Le Duff)R&D of baked goods and frozen dough products for Threecaf retail banners: Timothy’s World Coffee, Michel’s Bakery Café, Mmmuffins, and Bruegger’s Bagels. R&D of frozen dough products for third party wholesale clients. Plant management including inventory management, ingredient sourcing and purchasing, human resource management, training, health & safety, food safety and GMPs. The management of budgets with respect to input and production costs and sales.

Toronto, Canada Area

Business-to-business marketing involving market research, lead generation, event management and database management. Negotiating and working closely with clients represented to ensure their marketing campaigns were successful. Training, mentoring, and supervision of staff in marketing campaign management.

Msc, Food Science

My thesis project was entitled “Shelf-life Extension Studies on an Omega-3 Enriched Breakfast Cereal". I developed an omega-3 enriched.

Official Exchange, Food Science

Completed 5 senior courses applied to BSc at the U of A.

Bsc, Food Science

Activities and Societies: Food Science Club, Dairy Products Evaluation Team

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Hispanic Club