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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Global

Consultant to the Food, Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods Industry; Developing Ultra-Premium Products; Sustained Continuous ImprovementOver 30 Years of Industry experience with Internationally Recognized Brands.Food, Beverage, Cosmetics, Apparel, Consumer Electronics, Chemical, Hard Goods, Packaging, Children's Products

Toronto, Canada Area

Authoring 4 concurrent series of Children's Adventure and Historical based Fantasy with common characters to create a graduated and familiar reading environment across four age categories, appealing to both boys and girls;5 to 8 years8 to 10 years10 to 13 years13 to 17 yearsCurrent Books:My Twin has a SecretSecret of the Amber RoomAttack of the Giant.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hired to establish and implement the global quality vision and strategy with staff in Halifax NS, Shenzhen, China and Hong Kong for the global leader in tactile toys and activities.Reinforced testing practices, Cost of Quality Tracking, strengthened EPA requirements supported by a 3-year strategic and quality growth and development plan while radially.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Engaged to develop the playing division; recreation and sports vision, quality management plans, goals, and metrics to execute the entity's strategic plan.Developed and introduced numerous new products, transitioned third-party inspection firms authored quality processes to ensure international compliance.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Leading a team of interdisciplinary Quality and Product Development professionals and managing a $2.5 M budget to ensure a 3500+ active SKU count of over 400+ product families of cutting edge, innovative, unique.
• Develop programs for enhancing sustainability and ‘design for manufacture’ through training… Show more Leading a team of interdisciplinary Quality and Product Development professionals and managing a $2.5 M budget to.
• Develop programs for enhancing sustainability and ‘design for manufacture’ through training initiatives, SPC, and Social Responsibility
• Develop and implement Programs to keep SpinMaster ahead of pending legislation, and growing safety concerns; establishes corporate testing protocols
• Develop and implement Due Care Plan, and 3 Year corporate Quality Plan
• Global Quality Integration of business entity acquisitions, including Swimways, Meccano, Cardinal, EG and Spy Gear

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsibility for establishing, monitoring and improving upon Corporate Quality Assurance Standards for all packaging and finished products within a wide ranged product portfolio. Lead respective quality staff in Hong.
• Developed new product launch maps for new interactive food products. Mapping process being integrated into other toy lines.
• Train and Integrate knowledge of Food Safety, Quality, and Industry Best Practices, into the Spin Master Quality and… Show more Responsibility for establishing, monitoring and improving upon Corporate Quality Assurance.
• Train and Integrate knowledge of Food Safety, Quality, and Industry Best Practices, into the Spin Master Quality and Product Development programs
• Trained Asia based staff on Food Safety standards and inspection techniques, including HACCP, GMP, BRC, for successful qualification of off-shore facilities for manufacture, storage and distribution of new interactive.
• Launched five new multi-sku product lines and assumed responsibility for 6 others in one year.

National Quality Assurance Manager, Brampton, ONOverall responsibility for establishing, monitoring and improving upon Quality Assurance Standards for all packaging and finished products represented by Bacardi Canada Inc. from conception through to consumption. Managed a staff of 3 direct reports including 1 Line inspector and 2 Quality Coordinators.

Coordinator, Quality Assurance, Toronto, ONEnsured safety and quality of all products manufactured and designed in the Toronto Plant, by providing support to Manufacturing, R&D, and Marketing. Managed teams for development and implementation of information and programs, such as formulations, procedures, processes, related HACCP, and related sections of.

Ensured the proper operation of several manufacturing departments to achieve and exceed set levels and standards of attainment, efficiency, quality and safety, through several progressive positions

Professional Development

Activities and Societies: American Society for Quality (ASQ) Ontario Food Protection Association Society for Consumer Affairs.

Bsc, Biology, Environmental Sciences