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Texas, United States

• Bocanna Skin, Oak Ridge, TX – Start-up skincare company that offers natural, organic skincare utilizing organic hemp as one of the main ingredients. Manage a hemp growing farm and produce organic, hemp to be utilized.
• Developed a natural hemp and olive oil skincare line.
• Worked with packaging company to develop branded packaging concept through product launch.
• Manage content and social media platforms to continue to have brand awareness. https://bocannaskin.com/https://www.instagram.com/bocannaskin/https://www.facebook.com/bocannaskin

• Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Dallas, TX – Privately held, fast-casual barbeque restaurant chain with over 500 units and company also had its own manufacturing plant making various proteins (beef, pork and chicken).
• Responsibilities included exploring clean label options for the side’s portfolio, and collaborating with Reeser’s and Nestle on new products, reformulations, and tastings to present to the corporate team. This.
• Additionally, developed meat cook times and SOPs/training for the new pellet smokers at the flagship store, working directly with Cookshack (equipment company) and Dickey’s staff to test this new concept.
• Collaborated with dessert vendors on new offerings, conducted tastings, managed nutritional information, and priced out CSPs.
• Created new LTOs and assisted with logistics, and sourced new eco-friendly packaging and BOH supplies for the flagship store’s new eco concept.

• PepsiCo/Frito Lay, Plano, TX – Global food and beverage manufacturer with over $60B in annual sales during this time. Company sells some of the largest and most successful food and beverage brands in the world.
• Company recruited me directly and initially started as a contractor and then transitioned to a full-time role in 2007.
• Most of my work was supporting development teams, attending shows, traveling and presenting to management and clients, cooking for festivals, developing benchtop samples, and working with the R&D team during ideation.
• Managed products through full scale up, and troubleshooting problems during productions runs and QA checks.
• Supported Culinary related activities internally and externally including trade shows, ideation sessions, customer immersions, presentations, recipe evaluation and development, utilizing marketing insights, and trend.
• Worked closely with marketing, food scientists, engineers, and R&D to support the customer's needs and business.

United States

Oversaw a team of pastry cooks on the daily needs of the pastry shop. Attended meetings and budgets. Managed all aspects of the pastry needs

Worked efficiently with the team assisting in the daily needs of the pastry kitchen. Maintained a constant work pace and practiced excellent work ethics. Worked under the supervision of the Executive Pastry Chef. Worked on Pastillage, Sugar work, and Chocolate centerpieces. Experienced with Plexi molds, tempered chocolate, chocolate confections, mousses.