a. Delivered specialized ingredient leadership covering proprietary components and formulas for businesses. Proficient with tutoring across the company spectrum (clients, FSQR, Sales/Marketing and R&D) for statutory expectations/requirements. Helping to guide their sales, product development and purchasing efforts to numerous achievements such as $275k bulk vegetable oil savings and other projects. b. Analytical, self-starter, decisive and able to perform under pressure. A team player; able to take instruction and perform work accordingly. Led regulatory efforts for several large retailers. Ensuring requests were performed meeting client’s data expectations and timelines.c. Actively supported Business and clients during ideation and development stages. Built solid constituent and ingredient review process targeting consistency and accuracy using internal IT systems such as Optiva and TraceGains systems. Worked closely with QA/R&D teammates during plant trials, constituent revisions and daily product runs. Ensuring stated statements meet standards for our internal compliance.d. Successfully used analytical and problem-solving skills to substantiate ingredient statements upholding federal expectations that matched business goals. Current with evolving regulatory requirements, and communicating changes by providing updates to the relevant stakeholders within the organizatione. My role had me mentoring numerous individuals utilizing a Masters in Food Science with a minor in business. E.g., created Marketing/Regulatory SOPs helping to pin point expected turnaround.

a. Spearheaded complex interlinked major projects for clients that involved US and international agencies. Provided guidance for food concepts covering ideation, R&D, regulatory, QA, material selection and commercialization. Delivered guidance and approval for customer’s label designs. Prepared technical product documents relating to FDA, USDA, CFIA/HC, and the Americas requirements.

a. Proficiently accomplished execution of business’ regulatory and compliance efforts. Spent considerable effort partnering with R&D modernizing our regulatory approach. Efforts resulted in long lasting, solid and consistent work product that ensured match to federal requirements. Food Safety Management Systems & HACCP Certificate.b. Established successful internal and external (regulatory/stakeholders) networks that raised regulatory awareness among primary customers for dept. support. Proactively reported current and pending regulatory policy changes for study during pre-commercialization planning thus assisted with market preparation.

a. Taught practical industry courses: Food Science and Culinary Applications, Applied Business Management, Financial Applications, and Food Safety & Sanitation. Spent summers running seasonal bakery.

a. Effectively managed regulatory department for US, Canada and International businesses. Successfully reversed State and federal claims for non-compliance (with FDA’s assistance.) Crafted capable internal relationships with R&D, marketing and sales thus establishing appreciation for Regulatory’s importance. Led to our inclusion during product development and planning. Effectively, communicated regulatory initiatives and issues allowing business to anticipate and prepare for new regulatory requirements. Efforts resulted in meeting or exceeding timetable for market launch. b. Pioneered electronic regulatory protocols. Managed transition from 2 to 5 Categories and 250% increase in clients representing numerous new SKUs. Conduit for R&D Technical communications (in a non-technical manner) to Sales/Marketing/Operations and clients.