Experience

Imbibe

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Flavor Applications Associate Scientist and Flavor Librarian

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Application of maskers, sweeteners, flavors and colors to complement a customer's desired active ingredients and regulatory compliance.Collaborate with cross-functional teams of 4 or more people to exceed customer expectations Develop formulations utilizing Imbibe selling ingredients to support sales goals and meet customer success criteria Coordinate and delegate work for effective execution of customer flavor sample requests Support internal company and team initiatives including process optimization and the training of new hires Show less

• Flavor Applications Technician

  • Oct 2018 - Sep 2021



Green Mountain Flavors, Inc

• Oswego, IL

• Flavor Applications and Food Safety Technician

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2018

  Developed new product and product applications including mixing/creating prototypes and identifying necessary improvements. Recipes were distributed to marketing as well as customers. Applications included frozen desserts (dairy & non-dairy), variegates, and marshmallows. Created and documented standardized procedures that were used to train three additional employees. Completed company-wide initial food safety gap analysis and initiated SQF certification process Developed new product and product applications including mixing/creating prototypes and identifying necessary improvements. Recipes were distributed to marketing as well as customers. Applications included frozen desserts (dairy & non-dairy), variegates, and marshmallows. Created and documented standardized procedures that were used to train three additional employees. Completed company-wide initial food safety gap analysis and initiated SQF certification process



Texas Sierra Club

• Austin, Texas Area

• Environmental Communications Intern

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  • Researched, wrote, edited and posted material covering a variety of environmental topics for the website • Followed and tracked media coverage of environmental topics using the clip report and media list • Researched legislators involved in the passage of environmental-related legislation • Researched, wrote, edited and posted material covering a variety of environmental topics for the website • Followed and tracked media coverage of environmental topics using the clip report and media list • Researched legislators involved in the passage of environmental-related legislation



CARSON PIRIE SCOTT

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Associate

  • Nov 2014 - Jan 2015

  This was a seasonal sales position where I assisted customers locate desired items, processed customers' orders on the POS terminal and communicated efficiently with co-workers and customers. This was a seasonal sales position where I assisted customers locate desired items, processed customers' orders on the POS terminal and communicated efficiently with co-workers and customers.



Green Mountain Flavors

• Oswego, IL

• R&D Lab Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Researched and developed a new line of flavors. This included screening for stability and organoleptic properties. This work resulted in a usage level chart that was distributed to marketing and customers Logged information for future use, created standardized procedures (SOP creation) and trained three other employees in new operating procedures Communicated results of experiments to a manager and other employees Quickly learned to perform new tasks and developed new skills for each project Show less