Resume

Summary of Qualifications

Food Science and nutrition professional with four years of experience as a Quality Assurance Technician and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition.

Food service: Rouxbe professional cook certificate with experience as a cook at Courtyard by Marriott.

Molecular gastronomy: edX Harvard university chemistry and physics of food by Harold McGee.

Research: extensively researched topics such as starch gelatinization in sugar to improve food safety.

Testing: applied nutrition and food science to the study of sugar, color & beef jerky with research and analytical equipment such as colorimeter, water activity, pH, viscometer, and microbiological testing such ATP swab, pack-vac leak detector, oxygen analyzer, and entering weight data to get statistics.

Food safety: food Safety System knowledge including SOPs, sanitation procedures such as SSOP, and GMP.

Audits: trained employees on various sanitation procedures such as SSOPs, and fixed Food Safety System according to the auditor’s recommendations.

Quality Assurance Technician, Principal assistant to Director overseeing efficient operation of the factory:
Utilized strong multitasking and time management skills to manage lab statistics, testing, and entering Key performance Indicators.
Within one-year, monthly inspection, sanitation schedule scores, and employee efficiency increased 80% with a GFSI score of A.

Software knowledge such as MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Bartender, eview, and Boom look up.

Work Experience
Product Inspection Technician, Oberto, Kent, WA
Test product pouches with pack-vac leak detector, oxygen analyzer, and weight statistics.
Checked label on product pouches match with work in progress label.
Monitored production line weights, leakers, and notified QA lead of any out of spec products.
Managed 10-12 production lines as a team.

Sales Associate / Quality Assurance Technician, Eat Local, Seattle, WA
Verified that various meat entrees have USDA stamps.
Implemented and fixed issues for the Amazon, WSDA, and USDA audit.
Managed the sanitation, and critical control points in the production area.
Managed 10 kitchen employees.
Monitored the blast chiller and kept food in the temperature safe zone.
Corrective actions as needed such as temperature safe zone of food, and critical control points.
Contributed to the inventory management system of frozen entrees (First In, First Out).
Provided training to increase worker’s efficiency for the audits.

Quality Assurance Technician, Field Roast Grain Meat, Seattle, WA
Responsible for supporting the implementation of quality assurance and food safety program.
Monitored HACCP critical control points including sensory testing every two hours.

Contract documentation clerk, Ener-G Foods, Inc., Seattle, WA
Assisted in the mock audit with the independent contractor, and Costco auditors.

Quality Assurance Technician, Lucks Food Decorating Company, Tacoma, WA
Lab testing of finished product with research and analytical equipment.
Assure that GMP’s are followed by production employees and company policies are followed.
Daily QA production and line checks, and daily pre-op inspections.
Assist in investigation of customer complaints and assist in decisions for disposition of product.
Daily, weekly, and monthly inspections of processing facility per company’s SOPs and SSOPs.
Participate as a team member at BRC certification meetings for the plant.
Monitor lab database and statistical process control programs.

Cheese Worker, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Followed HACCP procedures to ensure sanitary conditions and safety of all in the factory.

Education
Bachelor of Science Food Science and Nutrition
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

Bachelor of Science Restaurant and Resort Management
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Upon request I can send an updated resume