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Apopka, Florida, United States

Apopka, Florida

• Industry Segment – Fruit Juice and Juice Drink Base Manufacturing
• Responsible for Food Safety and Quality at a Juice Plant, including management of testing activities for incoming, in-process and finished materials, laboratory equipment preventive maintenance and calibration.
• Management Systems Facilitator Responsibilities, including administration of Internal Audit Program, Document Control, and external audit preparation and performance.
• Plant HACCP Coordinator and Food Safety Team Leader.
• Managerial Responsibility for five Hourly staff members.

Oakwood, Georgia

• Corporate Laboratory Management Responsibilities
• Corporate Regulatory Affairs Management Responsibilities
• Corporate Master Data and Specifications Management Responsibilities
• Corporate QA and Food Safety Management Responsibilities including recall and recovery team, standards and specifications, master data personnel, product lifecycle management process, inventory disposition execution.
• Managerial Responsibility for up to fifteen Salaried and Hourly staff members.
• Previous position, QA/Lab Supervisor (2006-2008)

Bossier City, LA And Oakwood, GA

• Microbiological Sampling and Testing of Environmental and Product samples
• Supervise four Lab Technicians, including Training, Development and Discipline
• Quality Assurance Department Representative for plant Pre-Operational Inspections
• Coordinate the Micro Response Team, who included Operations, Plant, QA, Maintenance and Sanitation Managers. MRT leadership involves facilitating weekly recap meetings and daily response meetings, if needed for.
• Interaction with USDA-FSIS inspectors by accompanying Preop Inspections, presenting MRT notes at weekly USDA meeting and acting as liaison for Micro related issues
• Investigate plant environment and employee situations for potential Micro issues

Bossier City, LA

• Responsibility for Food Safety and Quality at a Poultry Further Processing plant producing value-added Battered and Breaded and Bone-in product on Ready-To-Eat and Ready-To-Cook (Parfry) line.
• Supervise as many as 12 QA Technicians, including Training, Development and Discipline.
• HACCP Certified: Responsibility for Pre-shipment Review, Employee Training, and HACCP Plan Reassessment.
• Experience in Writing, Review and Implementation of Food Safety and Quality Policies and Procedures, including GMP’s, SSOP’s and Allergen Policy
• Interaction with USDA-FSIS inspection staff
• Member and a Leader of plant Audit Team

Lexington, NE

• Use broad range of analytical knowledge and skills in Biology and Chemistry, including sampling, testing, and interpretation of results
• Proficient in testing products related to beef processing, including microbiological, environmental, quality control, and wastewater samples
• Use laboratory equipment including LIMS, PCR, extraction, distillation, pipetting, titration, etc.
• A company leader in E. coli O157:H7 confirmation process