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Austin, Texas, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Owned food safety & quality programs for two cereal systems at the plant which included work on hold prevention, risk analysis, plant trials and sanitation improvements• Owned the Quality Notification program at the plant requiring collaboration in cross functional teams with operations and logistics to communicate raw material defects with suppliers and follow up on repayment and CAPAs• Led a team of five cross functional team members to meet quarterly goals on a project to reduce cereal packaging-caused holds through creating and performing training with production operators• Completed a team lead rotation, owning reliability and production metrics and managing production operator direct reports for two cereal systems

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provide students with one-on-one resume feedback and career development guidance• Assist with approving jobs, employers and student resumes in the University’s job search site• Manage individual projects assigned by career center staff, including event preparation• Present career development workshops to CSE student groups• Create content for the Career Center's social media including LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram

Cincinnati, Oh

• Performed sanitation verifications on three systems to verify initial Cincinnati plant sanitation validations, comply with updated policy requirements, and ensure sanitation procedures are sufficiently cleaning on the microbiological level• Worked in cross-functional teams to make improvements to the plant's sanitation standard operating procedures including an opportunity to improve vitamin tank cleaning effectiveness• Collected system retention times for all four systems at the plant in order to reduce waste in the product reject and pallet holding process, creating an opportunity for cost avoidance of $24k+ per year• Collaborated with quality engineers and lab technicians to improve accuracy and precision for the plant's vitamin B2 test procedure by standardizing the test method

Fridley, Mn

• Conducted laboratory testing, analyzed data using Design Expert software, wrote a test report, and presented test results for a project related to resistance temperature detectors’ resistance shift due to production processes• Performed data analysis and created dashboards for 2018 Material Review Board and Incident Report data using Excel • Aided the manufacturing, process, and design engineering teams in designing products using SolidWorks to better production’s efficiency and product quality• Collaborated with the quality engineering team to aid in receiving inspection’s efficiency, and to perform gage R&Rs on bath programs for testing resistance temperature detectors

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Mentored first year College of Science & Engineering students and provided them with academic advice and student life information• Assisted in planning class lesson plans, presenting in-class material, and grading assignments