Improve product quality and reduce cost by 10 to 25% to increase profitability. Increase products portfolio. Provide in-house formulation support to the sales and technical support teams in their efforts to sell and service nutritional products and programs to customersDaily maintenance and management of feed formulas using Brill FormulationInterface with the quality control team and the operations team to ensure the formulation process is optimized to produce the highest quality products at an optimal economic value to the customerFacilitate efficient and effective cooperation between Operations, Procurement and FormulationMaintain accurate feed tag labels in agreement with the Feed Additive Compendium and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) handbookAssist with Domestic and International product registration and regulatory requirements Provide technical sales and marketing support Domestically and InternationallyAssist in managing and supervising research studies and field trials

Taught senior-level classes in Poultry Nutrition and Feed Formulation, including lectures and formulation software utilization such Concept 5 feed formulation software. Mentored undergraduate students on research, assisted with design of experiments, statistical analysis, and examinations. Graded homework and exams.* Authored research protocols to gain funding for research evaluation.* Conducted literature searches to gain an understanding of the background of a subject, justify specific objectives, write papers, and develop conference presentations/posters.* Collected and interpreted poultry nutrition data via statistics to evaluate antibiotic alternatives, enzymes, vitamins, and toxins. o Performed daily monitoring of body weight, feed intake, egg production, fecal or digestive samples, and /or tissue samples. o Entered the data in MS Excel and statistical software, such as JMP or SPSS, to perform the appropriate statistical analysis.* Conducted molecular biological techniques, such as DNA extraction, PCR, and DGGE.* Formulated various nutritional programs to meet complex nutritional requirements and ingredient availability based upon bird body weight, egg production, and ingredient costs.