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Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

• Responsible of the largest customer account of the company.• Provide technical assistance and accountable for daily customer's needs.• Perform food quality and safety assessments on the customer's supply chain system. • Train employees on attributes and characteristics of food products.• Develop and implement continuous improvement for product and process.• Involve in contracting and costing.

Greater Denver Area

• Supervise a group of 20 people, including QA technicians, QA coordinators and lab technicians.• Oversee all production plants with different products and process.• Responsible for the implementation of GFSI Standards, HACCP plans and Quality Programs. • Ensure continuous compliance with FDA and USDA.• Perform investigations for Customer Complaints and responsible for root cause analysis of non-compliances.

Greater Denver Area

• Supervised QA technicians and Production personnel. Trained new employees and instructed ongoing training sessions for all departments. • Assisted management with projects, studies, audits and customers visits.• Enforced GMPs, SSOPs, policies and procedures, and monitored HACCP system on the production floor, from receiving raw material to the distribution of finished products.• Completed physical-chemical and sensory analysis of in-process products and finished products.• Reviewed paperwork, prepared data and reports as assigned.• Inspected returned inventory and evaluated scrap and rework.• Wrote instructive manuals.

Quito, Ecuador

- Supervised approximately 100 plant operators per work shift and trained personnel in good manufacturing practices and knowledge necessary for quality food processing as FDA and Codex Alimentarius regulations.- Ensured GMPs and monitored HACCP through the entire production process, from receiving raw material to packaging.- Completed physical-chemical and sensory analysis to classify in-process products and finished products.- Recorded and compiled test results, prepared graphs, charts, reports and calculated management indicators.- Inspected returned inventory and evaluated scrap and rework.- Wrote instructive manuals.

Design Thinking

Creativity and Design Thinking

Master Of Science - Ms, Food Safety

Latino Leadership Institute Fellowship, Executive Leadership

Agro-Industrial Engineering, Food Science

Major: multidisciplinary 5-years Food Science program covering everything from land preparation to production, processing.