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Continuous improvement for R&D data management systems. This role capitalizes on my R&D background and more recent project management and commercialization experience to improve R&D data processes and systems and integrate newly-acquired businesses into the Campbell network.

Project management that involves overseeing multiple commercialization projects under multiple Campbell brands, creating and managing timelines, and facilitating cross-functional teams that include representatives from Marketing, R&D, Packaging, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, and Sales.

Technical writing including formula preparation and entry into the formula database. Bringing consistency to formulas and documents transmitted between Headquarters and manufacturing plants. Communicating and interacting with a variety of functions including Product Development, Marketing, Regulatory, Nutrition, Packaging, and Quality.

My work involved development of nutritional weight loss supplements, mostly dry products, in a variety of categories: baked goods, savory entrees, and candy. I also conducted research on novel health and weight-loss related ingredients. I was also responsible for various Quality Control duties to support our on-site production facility.

As a product developer in the Powdered Beverages group, I worked on a variety of products within the well-known brands of Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, Tang, and Country Time Lemonade.

As part of the Disney College Program, I worked mainly in the food courts at the Port Orleans French Quarter and Riverside resorts. I also was deployed one week to each of the following resort food courts: Caribbean Beach, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Pop Century. I was trained in Disney's world-renowned guest service and completed a Disney Leadership course during my semester-long program.