Experience

Marcatus QED

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food Scientist

  • Jun 2021 - Present



VM Food Group

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Development Technician

  • May 2019 - Jun 2021



University of Guelph

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

  Under Food Science department, the food microbiology lab is in charge to provide experimentation ground for Food Science/FSQA graduate students as well as for food companies to draw safer and improved methods for maintaining food safety. • Collaborated with food companies in studying antibacterial compounds on meat products in ongoing recall, resulting in adequate concentrations for increased sensory acceptance and sufficient kill-rate • Assist graduate students in recording, monitoring, and performing microbiological experiments on fresh produce. • Training lab volunteers and graduate students on microbiological procedures and tools for needed research projects.



Ventura Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research And Development Assistant

  • May 2017 - Apr 2018

  Ventura Foods Canada is an agile manufacturer of custom and branded dressings, sauces, condiments, emulsified products that help leading food industry players with food solutions, and line expansions. • Efficiently assisted 3 R&D Technologists in fast-paced commercialization by performing sample preparations, ideation prep, analytical testing, and ingredient optimizations. • Collaborated with suppliers for product development and regulatory system updates of 300+ ingredients for certification and customer audits, resulting in high scores and timely reported new raw materials. • Flexible and dependable team player by supporting numerous projects regarding reformulation, line extension, and shelf-life studies for food-service restaurants, while proactively carrying individual functionality studies in starches, gums, and emulsions. • Accurately organized, collected, and presented sensory evaluations for cross-plant productions and new formulations to make suitable improvements.



Gay Lea Foods

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Quality Control Laboratory Technician

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Gay Lea Foods is a leading Canadian dairy co-operative company that is dedicated to developing high quality products, such as milk, spreads, butter, cream, cheese, in order to fulfill the growing market for Canadian milk. ● Adapted to fast-paced, demanding workload, through following instructions to schedule equipment calibration, maintain lab cleanliness and perform daily sample preparation of milk ingredients and finished products for in-house and external testing. ● Responsible to carry out water chlorine analysis, air quality analysis, and microbiological spread plating for used water sources. ● Improved critical thinking skills to manage and communicate to supervisors any production changes and concerns to have obstacles solved in a timely-manner.