The role entails delivering manufacturing breakthroughs, product initiatives, cost savings, and supply assurance projects from a process and packaging engineering perspective. This position involved working in multi-functional project teams and building partnerships with Global Technical Services, R&D Process, Product Development, Quality, Global Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Services, business leaders and plant personnel to carry out assigned projects.

1. Project Engineering: Led process and packaging technology transfers, capital projects, and equipment modifications.2. Quality Management: Investigated and authored technical deviations, change controls, and CAPAs for process and packaging issues. Reviewed and approved new packaging materials and batch records.3. Packaging Subject Matter Expert: Served as the Packaging Equipment SME, driving improvements in existing packaging processes, overseeing new project implementations, selecting packaging materials, and administering the Optel serialization system.4. Bottle Fill Accuracy: Reduced low tablet count events during bottle filling, decreasing low fill variations from ±5 tablets to ±1 tablet. 5. Seal Integrity: Optimized packaging line to successfully eliminate faulty seals on bottles.6. Flow Balancing: Achieved balanced flow and increased speed by 30% across the packaging line.7. Capital Project Leadership: Led the selection and installation of a new outsert applicator with a faster throughput.-Led the selection, design, FAT testing, installation, validation, and commissioning for an automated serialization system to serialize and aggregate bottles, shippers, and pallets. -Responsible for the installation and qualification of new TOC meter, flow meter, and conductivity meters on the existing DI water purification system.-Tablet Printing: Worked with the vendor to design and select multi-tablet carrier links and other printing tooling to increased printing throughput by 400% for nine new tablet products.8. Packaging Innovation: Led cross-functional team meetings to design and introduce new packaging materials for new products in the innovation pipeline, defining the design and selection of packaging labels and bottles.9. Serialized Product Development: Created, approved, and tested serialization changes required for the packaging line to serialize and aggregate new products.

Processing and Packaging Project Engineer / Project Management Consultant responsible for leading the design and implementation of engineering capital projects in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.1. Performed a Capacity Study on a low efficiency production line at the Ecolab facility in McDonough, GA; and created a Concept Packaging Process Design to improve OEE losses. (October-Dec 2015)2. Participated in the Concept Design of a fresh produce line to process pepper and onion toppings for Domino's Pizza located in Marietta, GA. (October-December 2015)3. Engineering Project Manager for the implementation of a new tablets packaging line at PAR Pharmaceuticals located in Huntsville, Alabama. (Jan-July 2016).4. Process design for Kraft - Heinz tomato sauce delivery. (September-October 2016)5. Developed FAT and Qualification Protocol documents for Wrigley. (October 2016)6. Concept process design for PepsiCo (December 2016).7. Start-up and validation support for Colgate Palmolive (March 2017)8. Capacity study and Project Concept Engineering for Folgers (April 2018).

Packaging Equipment and Delivery Engineer for Lipton Tea.1. Packaging Project Phase I :Project engineer responsible for the equipment design reviews, Factory and Site Acceptance Testing, approval and commissioning of an 18 MM USD innovative tea packaging line. Line included a complex three tier automated conveyor systems, 10 high speed tea baggers, one flow wrapper, a loading robot, two carton formers, and a carton closer. Project Completed on July 2013.2. Caddy Conversion: Led packaging equipment installation and commissioning of 8 Lines with new end of line equipment (15 MM USD) which includes eight new continuous carton closers, new overhead conveyor systems and modified existing equipment. Responsible for full functionality, commissioning and start-up. Project completed on October 2013.3. Packaging Project Phase II: Responsible for equipment project management, team design reviews, packaging materials review/testing, equipment construction follow up, FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) and SAT (Site Acceptance Test) testing, equipment installation and construction project management, and commissioning for two tea packaging lines (40 MM USD CAPEX Project). Equipment installed included tea supply system modifications, two three tier automated conveyor systems, 20 high speed tea baggers, two flow wrappers, two loading robots, and two carton formers. The construction included overhead roof supports, electric, vacuum and compressed air additons and new flooring. The project will be completed on August 2014.4. Packaging Project Phases III/IV/VI:Technical Project Manager responsible for leading the scope development, design and concept Engineering, WCM Risk Analyses, Packaging Design and Material Follow Up , Equipment Construction and Delivery Project Management and FAT Testing for the last three phases (4 Tea Packaging Lines) for the Brownfield Packaging Project.

Post-Harvest Technology for Bananas/Fresh Produce:1. Develop new or improved post-harvest processing, packaging, storing, and delivering fresh fruits.2. Improve existing products by optimizing processes to maintain freshness and product quality.3. Assist with the operational implementation and scale up of new products, processes or technologies.4. Responsible for technical leadership, project planning and timing.

1. Confections and Snacks Division - Project Manager/Engineer for a $1.3 MM CAPEX capacity increase project for Wonka Fun Dip line. Installed new packaging line at Frito-Lay/Sabritas facility in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.- Project engineer for Nestle process improvement small projects (< $1 MM).2. Toll House Cookie Dough-Filled Cookie Line: Defined project design and scope, selected equipment, justified capital, and drafted proposal for a $2 MM CAPEX project to bring product in-house and eliminate co-manufacturing costs.-Hygienic Modifications: Outlined factory zoning and project scopes.3. Buitoni Pasta-Sauce Line: Developed project scope, drafted equipment specifications, and justified capital for a $1 MM minor project. Modified existing sauce line to manufacture both ravioli fillings and sauces.-Frozen Pasta Line: Drafted equipment specifications and conducted freezing experiments to assist in defining project scope for frozen ravioli and lasagna line.

1. Coordinated the blending, pasteurization, storage and release of NFC orange juice products. Managed the loading and unloading of concentrate tankers and the blending of juice concentrate for hot fill.2. Implemented new Not–from-Concentrate (NFC) and concentrate hot fill formulas, incorporated TPM operator activities, troubleshooted processes, and drafted SOPs.3. Headed the Loss Elimination Team/ Focused Improvement Team/ 5 S Team to reduce/eliminate juice, pulp, water, and effort losses.- Recorded juice and juice-water reclaim losses to troubleshoot the source of such losses. - Recorded CIP water usage data to reduce water losses in the CIP circuits.- Created task forces to increase sanitation standards, increase maintenance efforts, and organize the clutter (5S) in the Concentrate Tank Farm and Barrel Room to increase blending efficiency

1. Increased/monitored sanitation practices resulting in a departmental AIB score of 1000.2. Improved the pulp addition process and changeover: Created a computer program which calculates the bins of pulp and fresh pulp to be added to the Pulp Tank. Eliminated by 100% any tank overfilling events. Devised a people process to reduce extra or no pulp consumer complaints by 50%.3. Updated SOPs, facilitated TPM in the Juice Operations Department, troubleshooted processes, and recorded yield losses.

Interned as Group Manager at the Filtering/Finishing Department:1. Planned and monitored the finishing/filtering process and the release of beer to packaging.2. Supervised and coordinated the activities of Union operators and mechanics.

Worked on two projects during the Summer of 2005: 1. Reducing the anaerobic microbial counts on the Beer Releasing Lines. 2. Optimizing press-out volumes during brand changes to prevent downgrading premium beer saving the company $100 K per year.