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California, United States

San Carlos, California, United States

San Carlos, California, United States

Sutro Biopharma is a clinical stage company pioneering a compelling and unique way of discovering, developing and manufacturing therapeutics.

Colombia

Goleta, California, United States

• Built Food Safety compliance plans to support food safety decisions at Apeel’s operations.• Conducted risk assessment of Apeel formulations and equipment to ensure food safety.• Evaluated and continuously improved cleaning and sanitation procedures to minimize and control food safety hazards.• Worked with Apeel customers to ensure compliance with their Quality Assurance and Food Safety programs and specifications for produce, equipment and processes.• Led the development of risk-based environmental monitoring programs at Apeel’s sites of operations.

Goleta, California, United States

• Planned, proposed and conducted research and development focused on furthering the company's understanding of microbiological aspects of fresh produce and food ingredients.• Executed a variety of food microbiology projects to explore and validate new formulations and to evaluate microbiological hazards associated to Apeel’s products, equipment and operations. • Defined guidelines for the storage and handling practices of Apeel Formulations based on risk analysis and food safety evaluations. • Developed microbial baselines on different Apeel operation sites to support food safety management decisions and led the development of risk-based environmental monitoring programs at Apeel’s sites of operations.• Collaborated with operations to keep the company up to date with food safety standards, to continuously work to build strategies and programs to prevent the risk of hazards associated with food and to provide technical support to customers and support quality assurance decisions.

Lubbock Y Alrededores, Texas, Estados Unidos

Auditing and Training:• Provided ongoing technical assistance, conducted periodic inspections, and coordinated hands-on and remote training activities for the implementation and compliance preparedness with the Produce Safety Rule of FSMA in ten fresh fruits and vegetables packing facilities in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala in partnership with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Facilitated the transition from Primus Standards to FSMA requirements (05/2018-07/2019).• Performed food safety audits and collaborated in the development of food safety plans while providing scientific support for the implementation of the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule of FSMA in five food processing facilities in El Salvador as part of a capacity building project supported by the USDA-FAS. Facilitate the transition from HACCP-based programs to FSMA-compatible preventive control systems (03/2018-03/2019).• Collaborated in a capacity building project to modernize the ports inspection system of Colombia towards a risk-based scientific approach to facilitate trade and expedite product entry under WTO sanitary and phytosanitary measures (03/2019-10/2019).Research focus:• Evaluated Post-Packaging Pasteurization treatments and stabilization (cooling) schedules to control spore forming-pathogens in reduced-moisture meat and poultry products by performing microbial challenge studies in a pathogen laboratory with commercial scale equipment and facilities. • Assessed the effect of commercially available chemical interventions on the reduction of pathogen biofilm formation and viability under simulated processing conditions.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

• Developed and performed validation procedures for water purification systems, compressed air and nitrogen systems and aseptic fill of product under simulation with pharmaceutical media challenges.• Coordinated tasks and duties as quality and safety compliance team member to support implementation of GMPs and GLPs; and, oversee audits and inspections from private third-party certification agencies and official government inspection systems. • Conducted environmental testing and monitoring of pharmaceutical processing areas and water systems.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

• Provided technical and scientific assistance in the implementation of NTC ISO 17025 for third party certification in the Microbiology laboratory. • Coordinated the establishment of standardized procedures for the validation of microbiological techniques.• Conducted internal auditing and training activities.

Bryan/College Station Y Alrededores, Texas, Estados Unidos

• Conducted biochemical identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from produce to assess antimicrobial properties and antagonistic effects against foodborne pathogens. • Performed experiments for the detection of Salmonella spp in low moisture food samples, including: oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, among others.

Master Of Science - Ms, Food Science

Master Of Science - Ms, Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Microbiology

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, Modern Languages