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Boston, MA, US

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

I lead a talented team of engineers responsible for scale up and commercialization of Ocean Spray's global innovation pipeline as well as process optimization for ongoing operations. Our team works side by side with colleagues in product development, packaging engineering, capital engineering and manufacturing to solve scale up challenges, launch new.

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

• Responsible for aligning R&D resources and global capabilities to execute the I&I innovation pipeline and sustain global operations across six regional business units.
• Directly led a team of food/beverage scientists and indirectly lead coordination of process and package engineers as well as FSQA and regulatory experts to generate new and enhanced food and beverage.
• Represented R&D as a part of the I&I Corporate Center of Excellence in developing annual and long-term business objectives, optimizing ways of working and identifying strategic global initiatives.

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

• Oversaw technical development of disruptive innovation as part of Ocean Spray's new Lighthouse Incubator where we created and launched three new premium brands from scratch in under 6 months using agile and design.
• Led a team of product development scientists who were each embedded with a focused team including process and packaging engineers, consumer insights, and marketers to find unique partnerships and solutions for.

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

• Co-led the ground up development of a new better for you snacking platform including consumer insights, marketing design, and commercialization.
• Led strategic development of new applications and business partnerships for the Cranberry + Health soft chew production process
• Provided technical consultation for patent activity and IP related to the Cranberry + Health soft chew dietary supplement platform
• Served as lead technical adviser for supply chain optimization and new product development initiatives in two key international regions

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

• Led the development and commercialization of a new premium whole dried cranberry product with projected sales of $185MM
• Managed a mass balance to facilitate annual costing of 30 dried cranberry formulas across 5 manufacturing facilities
• Designed and implemented a quality monitoring study to mitigate risk of switching sourcing of dried cranberry products shipping to Asia resulting in increased sales and annual cost savings.
• Led the development and commercialization of a new soft chew dietary supplement platform (Cranberry + Health) utilizing a patent pending production process
• Chaired the annual Student Product Development Competition

Middleboro-Lakeville, Massachusetts, US

• Led the development and commercialization of a new product for Mexico with projected annual sales of $1MM
• Led the development and commercialization of 2 new products in under 6 months for Ocean Spray's B2B ingredients business
• Designed benchtop and pilot scale experiments to inform development of new IP related to sugar reduction
• Provided technical support for label approvals, shelf life extensions, and international regulatory compliance documentation for dried cranberry products

University Park, PA, US

• Led a multidisciplinary team through the design and implementation of animal studies to control metabolism using Lactobacillus probiotics.
• Utilized UPLC-ESI-qTOF mass spectrometry to identify and quantify bile acids from complex biological matrices and characterize bacterial metabolic stress using a new approach to metabolomics (IROA).
• Consulted with a local farmstead producer to establish GMPs and adapt production of jellies, jams, and spreads to meet FDA regulations.

University Park, PA, US

• Discovered a novel CRISPR-based method for tracking the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella from farm to fork.
• Mentored students in core food science concepts and product development projects, including the conceptualization and design of a high yield, small scale method for production of greek style yogurt.

Boston, MA, US

• Developed a mouse model of inflammatory and fibrotic skin disease and facilitated the implementation of the model for use in research studies by providing surgical support, preparing tissue samples for histopathology.
• Coordinated data collection and sample processing for a large scale clinical investigation into potential biomarkers of systemic sclerosis.
• Managed and maintained cell culture collections, chemical inventory, laboratory equipment, research supplies and budgets, and compliance with Boston University regulatory policies.

• Assisted in brewhouse and cellar operations including cleaning, batch transfer and inoculation, dry hopping, brewing, recipe formulation, bright tank carbonation, and bottling.
• Performed basic microbiological and sensory quality tests.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Food Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry And Molecular Biology