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Preston, Wa

Preston, Washington

Preston, Washington, United States

• Strategically manage laboratory testing program, ensuring validated methods for all key analytes, budget estimation; driving the design and execution of microbial challenge studies, interpreting results, and troubleshooting technical challenges.• Manage and optimize cost of quality program, identify opportunities to solve quality problems, provide cost saving input and recommendation for quality improvement • Lead and manage the intellectual property program to capture and protect the IP for the company through patents, trade secrets and publications.• Lead product investigation projects related to consumer complaints, out of spec production results related to food safety and quality.

Preston, Wa

• Maintain supplier quality approval program and partnered with RD; procurement to onboard new vendors• Create, manage and optimize corporate quality food safety and quality policies, processes and programs.• Build and manage product finished good specification program. • Lead and communicate change management activities related to processes, programs and/or systems for corporate quality and manufacturing facilities • Provide food safety and microbiology technical support for new R&D innovation projects and commercialization projects.• Serve as 3rd party testing/project liaison, communicating with 3rd party labs for quality testing set up, reporting and lead investigation for testing related issues.• Support resolution of complaints: review customer/consumer complaints and communicate issues with manufacturing sites, perform investigation and provide alerts and guidance to leadership.

Bellevue, Washington

• Design and manage culinary research projects: Outline board direction of relevant research topics; Oversee R&D chefs and research assistants on experiment set-up, execution and data acquisition; Data analysis and reports/presentation generation • Translating research outcomes into book content: Prepare visual presentation of research outcomes in collaboration with writers, editors photographers and designers. • Manager, food science team (2 direct reports)

Crete, Il

• Understand and translate client study inquiries into research project design • Simultaneously manage multiple (>10) projects by leading project teams in project activities planning and execution; coordinating tasks and resources to ensure timely project completion with minimal operational error• Research data analysis and technical reports, manuscripts generation. • Project specific interactions with clients (generally quality assurance managers, research and development scientists or food safety scientists of food companies) to provide technical support and deliver research findings and recommendations• Supervise and mentor laboratory personnel with project related skills and personal career development plans

New Century, Ks

• Perform shelf life and challenge studies of multiple food products • Efficacy evaluation of natural antimicrobials against lactic acid bacteria and yeast in salad dressings (responsible for experimental design, project execution, data analysis, technical reports generation and final study presentation)

Antimicrobial evaluation of various commercial products in laboratory models or food products for major food companies. Exploration of chemical and physical inactivation methods against food borne pathogen and spoilage bacteria.Method development and improvement for antimicrobial properties evaluation of edible films.Gene expression analysis of Salmonella in low water activity foods.Fatty acid analysis of Salmonella in low water activity foods.Lab manager, responsible for lab supplies, inventory, work space and equipment management, coordination and general lab maintenance.

Course planning and in class instruction, Food Microbiology Lab (FDST 429) (2010-2012)Tutor and assist new lab teaching assistants for Food Microbiology Lab (2013-present)Fill-in lecturer, Food Microbiology (FDST 420) (2010-2012).Group projects development and supervising, Meat Science (FDST 429) (2012)Guest lecturer, Applied Food Science (FDST 441) Topic: The Science of Tea (2014)In class assistance, homework, exam grading, Food Law and Regulation (FDST 390); History of Foods (FDST 150) (2011-2012)Tutor high school, undergraduate, fresh graduate students with lab techniques and assist with their research projects (2010-present)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Food Science And Technology

10 Months Culinary Certification Training, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Master Of Science (Ms), Food Science And Technology, Gpa 3.8

Master Thesis: Inactivation of juice spoilage bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris using high pressure homogenization and dimethyl.

Bachelor'S Degree, Bioengineering

Bachelor Thesis: Antioxidant activities and antibacterial activity of waste pecan shell.

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