Vice President of Research and Development and Quality Assurance

• Jul 2018 - Present

Develop an ongoing pipeline of new product development for both internal production facilities and co-pack operations. Verify production specifications are robust and accurate for the facility to have reproducible results. • Develop and train direct reports in best practices of product development to meet objectives and timelines.• Work with sales to ensure accurate and attainable goals are set for each project.• Develop a network of suppliers to properly support new product development activities.

Vice President R&D / QA

• Feb 2014 - Present

Corp. Dir. QA and R&D

• Feb 2014 - Feb 2014

Vice President Food Safety and Quality

• Feb 2015 - Present

Oversee a group of food production, brokerage and sales companies covering a wide variety of food products. Strengthen the Food Safety internal practices and external expectations for all products. Supervised the development of new and revised programs at both existing and new internal production facilities. • Coordinate an internal system to verify co-packer operations and setting standards to apply for each unit. • Working across all areas to develop standard practices for QA and R&D in the start-up of a new production facility. • Work collaboratively with Operations, Sales, QA, R&D and Supply Chain to implement new procedures during production to ensure higher quality levels are achieved and maintained.

Director of Research & Development

• Sep 2002 - Feb 2014

Develop close working relationships with all customers from small regional to large national chains. Coordinate successful ideation, development and scale up plans of new products. Review and evaluate HACCP and Food Safety defense plans. Review and develop customer product specifications. Coordinate the development, design, review and governmental approval of all product retail and food service packaging, labels. • Develop all product nutritional information. • Analyze all potential new business and desired products for cost and capability assessments. • Supervise Quality Assurance actions and internal/external audit preparations. • Audit, Train and certify all co-packers in the production of proprietary products. • Develop network of vendor relationships to assist in development of new products for customers.

Director R&D

• 2000 - 2002

Coordinate all activities of new product and process development across several company departments. Develop and promote an advanced sense of accomplishment and goal achievement across different departments. Examine current procedures/practices to determine more effective methodologies for improved efficiency and quality. • Develop and manage implementation of cost saving procedures. • Develop functional working relationships with customers and sales to build business and opportunities for growth. • Develop and institute standards for company branded product lines to instill customer confidence.

Food Technologist

• 1995 - 2000

Work directly with customers to develop new products in Beef, Pork, Chicken and Fish. Examine current products and processes to solve existing problems. Source raw materials and vendors. Write production specifications. Ensure product meets customer expectations. • Research and product development in further processed chicken, beef and fish. • Examine new processes and functional ingredients to increase processing yields, sensory expectations and shelf life of products. • Travel to new production facilities and immediately train line personnel in desired processing techniques and quality parameters. • Coordinate with all departments in the development of new products as well as the conversion of McCarty products into the Tyson system.

Food Technologist

• 1993 - 1995