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St Louis, Missouri, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

Responsible for the development of color formulations, and value added systems spanning various market segments. Acting as a technical support liaison for sales associates to create value added services on customer visits, to provide technical assistance for potential or existing projects. Act as a mentor for interns and new hires, as well as train sales.

Bridgeton, MO 63044

Deal with all facets of the Quality function. Responsible for QA, QC, Regulatory, and the Sanitation functions in regards to SQF,PRP's, and FDA regulations, and requirements. Drive and implement change, new programs, and continuous improvement, to help make the organization more efficient and profitable. After coming on board, one of my KPI's was to guide.

The Vice Chair leads the short- and long-term Strategic Planning effort of the Certification Board. The Vice Chair supports the Chair and works with Exam Chairs to ensure operational consistency in the various exam development efforts.

St. Louis, MO

Senior Chemist September 2007 to currentResponsible for the development of color formulations, and value added systems spanning various market segments. Acting as a technical support liaison for sales associates to create value added services on customer visits, to provide technical assistance for potential or existing projects. Act as a mentor for interns.

Chemist Confectionery Coatings November 2003 to September 2007Responsible for the development of color formulations and value added systems spanning various market segments.

Responsible for evaluating inventory levels and recommending re-order levels and evaluating monthly usage to maintain inventory as not to interrupt production.

Responsible for document control, internal audiits, coordinating and participating in all audits customer, regulatory, cGMP, etc. Process improvement, statistical interpretation and reporting, root cause analysis. Sister division and co-man site analysis for HACCP and AIB (American Institute of Baking) audits and certification.

Responsible for testing incoming raw materials, intermediate materials testing, and finished products according to FDA methods.

Responsible for document control systems, Customer Complaint and Internal Exceptions coordination, collation of data for customer audits. The preparation and execution of ISO9001 internal systems, GMP and HACCP audits, verification of corrective and preventive actions. Responsible for the extrapolation and presentation of data to senior management for.

Responsible for performing all in-process and finished product analysis to assure they conform to internal and FDA specifications. Solely responsible for color matching and formulating for production covering a wide range of natural and synthetic colors. Also trained as an internal auditor with three years auditing experience in an ISO 9001 environment.

Recommendations Supervised two technicians, responsible for methods development, calibration and verification of lab instruments, color matching, and formulation. Also assured all samples met internal and FDA specifications, assisted R & D with analysis of new and improved products.

Responsible for all in-process and finished product analysis of food dyes

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Chemical Technology

Certificate of Specialization Quality Control Technology (; , see attached list of courses for certificate; Principles of Color Technology

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