Experience

Dakota Growers Pasta Company

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

• Quality Assurance Technician

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  •Gather samples and analyze finished products with respect to customer specifications and HACCP requirements. Identify any non-conforming product and food safety issues, investigate problems, and recommend solutions. •Establish relationships and responsibilities with laboratory team to ensure all product testing and documentation are completed. •Conduct routine floor audits of production and packaging areas to confirm correct product shapes, specifications, storage, packaging, labeling… Show more •Gather samples and analyze finished products with respect to customer specifications and HACCP requirements. Identify any non-conforming product and food safety issues, investigate problems, and recommend solutions. •Establish relationships and responsibilities with laboratory team to ensure all product testing and documentation are completed. •Conduct routine floor audits of production and packaging areas to confirm correct product shapes, specifications, storage, packaging, labeling, and coding. •Communicate with operation staff regarding product quality and warehouse staff regarding approval details and lot coding. •Generate COAs and ensure raw materials are appropriately identified and released before use in production. •Train new employees on OSHA, GMPs, EH&S Guiding Principles, and safety metric reports. •Execute multiple quality analysis test on wheat and semolina samples by measuring the ash, color, and moisture percentages and determining the RO-TAP and falling numbers. Show less •Gather samples and analyze finished products with respect to customer specifications and HACCP requirements. Identify any non-conforming product and food safety issues, investigate problems, and recommend solutions. •Establish relationships and responsibilities with laboratory team to ensure all product testing and documentation are completed. •Conduct routine floor audits of production and packaging areas to confirm correct product shapes, specifications, storage, packaging, labeling… Show more •Gather samples and analyze finished products with respect to customer specifications and HACCP requirements. Identify any non-conforming product and food safety issues, investigate problems, and recommend solutions. •Establish relationships and responsibilities with laboratory team to ensure all product testing and documentation are completed. •Conduct routine floor audits of production and packaging areas to confirm correct product shapes, specifications, storage, packaging, labeling, and coding. •Communicate with operation staff regarding product quality and warehouse staff regarding approval details and lot coding. •Generate COAs and ensure raw materials are appropriately identified and released before use in production. •Train new employees on OSHA, GMPs, EH&S Guiding Principles, and safety metric reports. •Execute multiple quality analysis test on wheat and semolina samples by measuring the ash, color, and moisture percentages and determining the RO-TAP and falling numbers. Show less



Starbucks

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Store Manager

  • Jun 2008 - Feb 2021

  • Implement company programs by developing store action plans to help increase customer satisfaction scores by 20 points and maintaining a high score above 50/100 for the next 2 years. • Assign store routines to shift team and trainers to help other employees excel in all positions of the store and successfully decreased my out the window times from an average of 60 seconds to 35 seconds. • Oversee new employee training and communicate effectively with shift team and employees to achieve… Show more • Implement company programs by developing store action plans to help increase customer satisfaction scores by 20 points and maintaining a high score above 50/100 for the next 2 years. • Assign store routines to shift team and trainers to help other employees excel in all positions of the store and successfully decreased my out the window times from an average of 60 seconds to 35 seconds. • Oversee new employee training and communicate effectively with shift team and employees to achieve store goals and increase weekly sales by $5,000 over last year totaling in an additional $260,000 for the year. • Launched an action plan for a new store opening effectively by managing progress with employees and vendors and becoming a high volume store in the district with an average revenue of over 50,000 a week within the first year. • Managed and delegated new store opening processes and training and becoming the 7th fastest store in the nation while being a new store opened under 6 months. • Create and implement quality assurance programs for 6 Starbucks stores that lead to passing all cleanliness Ecosure audits with at least a score of 90 out of 100. • Maximize inventory levels within the store by utilizing the tools within Inventory Management System to maintain presentation levels and control inventory levels to reduce waste for paper, food, and milk products. • Establish a food donation program for the store and coordinate volunteer opportunities for the store and district within the community. • Proactive in monitoring store staffing levels to ensure development and talent to maintain store operation requirements and decrease turnover. Show less • Implement company programs by developing store action plans to help increase customer satisfaction scores by 20 points and maintaining a high score above 50/100 for the next 2 years. • Assign store routines to shift team and trainers to help other employees excel in all positions of the store and successfully decreased my out the window times from an average of 60 seconds to 35 seconds. • Oversee new employee training and communicate effectively with shift team and employees to achieve… Show more • Implement company programs by developing store action plans to help increase customer satisfaction scores by 20 points and maintaining a high score above 50/100 for the next 2 years. • Assign store routines to shift team and trainers to help other employees excel in all positions of the store and successfully decreased my out the window times from an average of 60 seconds to 35 seconds. • Oversee new employee training and communicate effectively with shift team and employees to achieve store goals and increase weekly sales by $5,000 over last year totaling in an additional $260,000 for the year. • Launched an action plan for a new store opening effectively by managing progress with employees and vendors and becoming a high volume store in the district with an average revenue of over 50,000 a week within the first year. • Managed and delegated new store opening processes and training and becoming the 7th fastest store in the nation while being a new store opened under 6 months. • Create and implement quality assurance programs for 6 Starbucks stores that lead to passing all cleanliness Ecosure audits with at least a score of 90 out of 100. • Maximize inventory levels within the store by utilizing the tools within Inventory Management System to maintain presentation levels and control inventory levels to reduce waste for paper, food, and milk products. • Establish a food donation program for the store and coordinate volunteer opportunities for the store and district within the community. • Proactive in monitoring store staffing levels to ensure development and talent to maintain store operation requirements and decrease turnover. Show less



The University of Texas at El Paso

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  • Preparation of cultures to determine the role of lipids in the metabolism and signaling of Giardia lamblia. • Documentation of results to evaluate if there was a decrease in the transmission of infective cysts. • Preparation of cultures to determine the role of lipids in the metabolism and signaling of Giardia lamblia. • Documentation of results to evaluate if there was a decrease in the transmission of infective cysts.



Texas Tech University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2010 - Aug 2010

  • Diagnosed and treated patients in Family Medicine to gain an understanding of the routines of a physician. • Documented patients visit to assist physician in delivering efficient patient care. • Interpretation of X ray films from patients to diagnose illness. • Diagnosed and treated patients in Family Medicine to gain an understanding of the routines of a physician. • Documented patients visit to assist physician in delivering efficient patient care. • Interpretation of X ray films from patients to diagnose illness.



University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Assisted pathologist in autopsies, and dissection of internal organs for diagnosis. • Prepared tissue slides for pathologic evaluation, processing, cutting, and staining. • Analyzed slides by using H&E staining to confirm biopsies of suspected cancer in patients. • Assisted pathologist in autopsies, and dissection of internal organs for diagnosis. • Prepared tissue slides for pathologic evaluation, processing, cutting, and staining. • Analyzed slides by using H&E staining to confirm biopsies of suspected cancer in patients.