Experience

King's Hawaiian

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Packaging Engineer

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  • Sr. Packaging Engineer supporting plant production in California and Georgia interfacing with purchasing, marketing/innovation, engineering, and operations. • Conducts weekly meetings with cross functional partners to execute cost reduction initiatives and large-scale innovation projects (30+ projects). • Lead engineer and designer on multi-million-dollar network ops projects. Supporting new start up facilities by conducting FAT’s and qualifying equipment/packaging designs. • Participates in new employee selection processes by conducting interviews and trainings for new hires within engineering and marketing. Show less

• Packaging Engineer

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Initiated design and development of new packaging materials. Accountable for delivering high integrity packaging through completing verification trials to meet marketing and customer expectations. • Developed and launched promotional DRP displays for the holiday season. • Created SKU list and specification system for King’s Hawaiian packaging. • Oversaw/managed packaging material changes in SAP. Worked with material planning/production to successfully transition to new materials through inventory analysis and logistical coordination. Show less



Conagra Brands

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

• Associate Packaging Engineer

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Led supplier qualification trials for alternative films that provided over $600,000 in cost savings. • Headed the installation of new display-ready packaging designs within multiple different food platforms. • Conducted extensive microwave testing/research on microwavable and non-microwaveable films. • Responsible for providing preliminary designs, leading line trials, and presenting cross- functionally to get alignment with the commercialization team - experienced in network optimization. • Packaging department head of CAPE software - provided technical reports and distribution solutions for logistics. Show less



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sensory Laboratory Student Employee

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Responsible for conducting and designing sensory experiments for internal Michigan State research labs and external companies. • Responsible for conducting and designing sensory experiments for internal Michigan State research labs and external companies.



Mars

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Aided in formulating and evaluating recipes for different petcare brands such as Sheba, Cesar, and Pedigree to achieve high performing, quality products. • Aided in formulating and evaluating recipes for different petcare brands such as Sheba, Cesar, and Pedigree to achieve high performing, quality products.



Conagra Brands

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

• R&D Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017