Raynald Leblanc Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible to help University researchers with their Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants that are used to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector and promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company.

Ottawa

• Working in the Biologics and Genetics Therapeutic Directorate• Working for the Quality manager in the Office Quality and Information Management• Prepare documentation for Standard Council Canada accreditation.• Coordinate documentation for Control changes, Non-Conformity, investigations, and Corrective action/Preventive Action (CAPA) requests.• Database coordinator.• Maintain and improve the Quality System.• Maintain all documentation in the Quality System including Standard Operating Procedures, complaint handling, inspection procedures, supplier management.• Perform CAPAs, internal audits, training, and trending.• Collect and analyze data from Quality System and related systems.• Work with other departments to drive improvements of products, services and business processes.• Support other departments in their continuous improvement efforts.• Prepare documentations for internal audits, management review and Standard Council Canada accreditation.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Private consulting focused on bringing technology to market ‘faster, better, cheaper’.• Assessment of possible new business venture.• Volunteering for Junior Achievement Group.

Grande Prairie, Ab

• Experienced in managing a fast paced ISO 17025 analytical laboratory.• Ensured facility followed provincial, federal and corporate rules and regulations.• Extensive experience dealing with quality assessments, audits and research initiatives.• Directed audit documentation preparation and ensured that it met all requirements to successfully pass the stringent annual internal/external audits.• Responsible for QA/QC programs and worked toward continuous improvement. Reviewed SOPs and audited their accuracy prior to implementation.• Drove quality initiatives in methods development, SOP’s, analyses and throughput. Promptly recorded data on control charts either manually or electronically. Reviewed trends and discussed observations with appropriate staff. • Documented staff training, enforced laboratory programs, including safety, satisfactorily maintained accreditation and worked closely with stakeholders to assist in revising procedures and programs as well as performance of internal audits thereby achieving high customer satisfaction. • Identified and developed staff expertise in innovation that led to delivery of higher quality outputs to Clients.• Strong, organized team player with excellent interpersonal and fluently bilingual communication skills; able to work independently and as a key team player.• Ability to prioritize/organize short/long term work routines and lead staff to increase productivity and quality of deliverables for Clients..• Hired, managed, trained, coached employees and initiated cross-training; motivated staff when necessary and acknowledged accomplishments.• Scheduled weekly management meetings to review staffing, expenditures and quality issues including rectifying errors, TAT and ways to interact with sister labs to ensure timely delivery of Clients’ results.• Worked closely with corporate Safety Compliance Manager to ensure implementation and adherence to corporate safety practices and programs.

• A hands-on manager. An innovator with people, processes, equipment and technical knowledge.• Inspired staff to take pride in quality and quantity of their deliverables.- Coached employees to become independent, high quality producers yet team players.- Selected/trained the best people: self-starters with quality and productivity goals.• Regularly developed time- and cost-saving methods that benefited the Client as well as the bottom line.• Increased on time delivery to Clients by 14% in 6 months; achieved this result by leading my Chemists to gel as a Team, giving productivity and avoiding instrument down time/errors.• Expert in implementation of continuous improvement systems; maintained the lab’s gross margins amidst decreased staff availability.• Successfully passed the lab’s annual internal audit and bi-annual ISO audit by leading and coordinating the Group’s contribution of required materials.• Responsible for analyses of all minerals, vitamins, preservatives, amino acids, fatty acids and cholesterol + use of relevant instrumentation - ICP (1), HPLC (13) and GC (5).• Obtained funding for staff upgrading at external courses.

Pei

• Provided technical and managerial oversight to ensure completion of project deliverables.• Responsible for facility/technology set-up, process equipment evaluation/recommendations, packaging selection, shelf-life determination and commercial production of product in CFIA approved facilities.• Coordinated product regulatory compliance with federal regulators including labeling and nutritional product information.• Liaised with marketing and sales groups for commercialization and advertising.• Managed all facets of QA/QC.• Dual responsibility for developing both the experimental design and managing the off-site multidisciplinary teamwork (selection/screening/training) of First Nations subjects, Fort Good Hope, NWT and carrying out the research on the sensory quality of broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) with available resources and within scheduled timeframe.

Halifax, Ns

• Initiated development and supervised validation of kits for rapid oil analysis; investigated, pioneered, evaluated and gained approval for use of new analytical/sensory methodologies for off-aroma/flavor determinations.• Reviewed and revised department’s current standard operating procedures; developed and wrote new SOPs.• Systematized sensory QA/QC procedures, including the use of control charts.• Designed and directed sensory and chemical analysis shelf life studies for fish oil, MEFO concentrate powder, packaging materials, antioxidants and flavor masking agents.• Liaised directly with Regulatory Affairs to fast track approval of ingredients, packaging, reagents, etc. for sales to domestic and international markets.• Coordinated and managed the interaction of the food science group’s activities with major national and international food companies resulting in quality business partnerships.• Coached, mentored and trained staff. • Diagnosed, conceived, designed, developed, tested and documented the feasibility of adding glucosamine and/or peptide hydrolysates to various food matrices for nutraceutical and functional food applications. Resulted in a patent.• Led the product development and assessment of MEFO concentrate as an ingredient in margarine, yogurt, bread, ice cream, dry pet foods, etc.

• Conducted studies that included physical, chemical, microbial, and sensory analyses on the quality evaluation of MAP to extend the shelf life of seafood, shellfish and red meat.• Evaluated efficacy of clamshell powder as a spoilage inhibitor for fresh fruits and vegetables.• Assembled and led cross-functional teams to install and commercialize a ’continuous’ cooker for mussels and Irish Crabs. Validated scale-up of processes.• Developed remediation solutions for blackening in spiny lobsters.• Defended challenges on thermal process optimizations and reported data to CFIA for their approval.• Participated in ISO 9000 audits. • Reviewed criteria for international inspection programs to permit export of seafood, shellfish and meat to countries in the EU and Caribbean. Implemented necessary changes for Clients and obtained export approval.• Evaluated seafood thermal processing data and assisted clients with CFIA in their introduction of glass containers for a seafood product addition to their current lines.

Edmonton, Ab

• Managed multidisciplinary extended shelf life food quality projects on red meat and chicken that included physical, chemical, microbial and sensory analyses. Transferred technology to industry for use of optimized MA gas mixtures/packaging as well as application of antimicrobial agents such as sodium lactate.• Developed capillary electrophoresis methods (UV and laser induced fluorescence detectors) for rapid separation/quantitation of sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins, biogenic amines and nucleotides/nucleosides; determination of cultivars/environmental effects on barley protein profiles.• Developed immuno-capillary electrophoresis assay for potato glycoalkaloids presented and published in J. Agric Food Chemistry.• Designed procedure to monitor quality and to quantify sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar protein changes during MAP and storage of meat/seafood.• Developed extraction procedures to remove protein and lipid fractions from mechanically de-boned spent poultry meat for use as functional/nutraceutical ingredients. • Designed and implemented multidisciplinary research projects and have practical experience of carrying out scientific research in business settings and with cross functional teams at off-site locations.• Developed capillary electrophoresis methods for use in quantitative determination of quality indices.• Technically proficient in experimental design, use of computers, databases, software and statistics to carry out project work and mine data to maximize information for timely business decisions.• Co-authored report on fish taint project work; submitted to Environment Canada.

M.Sc., Food Science & Technology

B.Sc., Chemistry