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Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Us

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Technical resource providing guidance with incident investigation and disposition of non-conforming product. Managed daily activities of hourly employees in the Mould Wash and Pest Control departments including development of budget, scheduling, and ordering supplies. Partnered with SQF Practitioner to drive process / procedure improvements and audit non-conformance corrective / preventative action tracking and implementation. Led Kit Kat consumer complaint team helping to drive actions to reduce Line 3 solids complaints by 54.58% and Line 4 solid complaints by 17.28% YTD. Acted as backup to Sr. QA Manager, SQF Practitioner, and Sanitation Supervisor.

Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States

Supervised multiple bar and panning lines in a union facility, ensuring a highly visible and accessible presence throughout the plant. Provided support to hourly production employees to achieve production goals, while promoting a food safety culture. Inputted data into SAP, reviewed and approved QA documentation, verify time keeping, and coordinated labor staffing.

Led a successful FDA / PDA Preventative Controls Inspection and Swab-a-thon. Grew quality pillar initiative by creating a risk predictor tool for QA and engaging QA specialists into owning consumer complaints for their respective areas. Quality lead for implementation of transition to a bilingual manufacturing facility supporting the updating of quality documents, signage, and trainings into Spanish.

Plains Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, United States

Board of Director LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance - Eastern PA Chapter (2024)

Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States

Managed sanitation department overseeing employees’ activities, work schedules, ordering supplies and responsible for delivering the sanitation budget. Developed and maintained the Master Sanitation Schedule and improved Environmental Microbiology Monitoring Program tracking. Assisting in developing and delivery of Food Safety and Food Quality training including new hire, annual refresher, and quarterly plantwide trainings.

Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States

Performed regular internal audits on all HACCP and PEP systems, documents, and reported findings and documented corrective / preventative actions on non-conformances. Liaison between Production, Corporate Packaging, and Suppliers to segregate, return and obtain corrective / preventative actions for defective packaging. Expanded instrument calibration program to include viscometer, NIR/Foss, and ATP meter yearly calibrations.

Conducted microbial food pathogen testing following AOAC standards and Environmental Monitoring to ensure safety and quality assurance. Performed process checks throughout production such as pre-operational checks for sanitation, labelling, net weight, and critical control point checks. Conducted lab testing on raw and finished products including, but not limited to, pH determination, fat, moisture, and sugar content.

Taught inquiry based science lessons from a constructivism standpoint. Wrote curriculum tied to the Pennsylvania Science Standards and Anchors. Adapted assignments for diverse learners.

Consultant for Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture providing testing and analysis of equine blood samples for elevated levels of bicarbonates. Maintained ABL 710 Blood Gas Analyzer.

Assisted physiology lab instructor in setting up and teaching lab sections. Ordered chemicals, supplies, and prepared solutions for lab sections. Prepared media, reagents, stains, and cultures for microbiology lab.

Maintained research and developments’ Product Stability Program. Prepared and presented product stability reports for company products. Conducted quality control tests on company products and raw materials.

Master Of Science (Ms), Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society

Real Estate Fundamentals And Practice

75 Hours of real estate education.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology/Biological Sciences, Minor In Chemistry

Activities and Societies: National Dean’s List (Fall 1996- Spring 2000) Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Academic All-American (Spring.