Experience

Nichols Farms

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

• Director of Food Safety and Sanitation

  • Aug 2021 - Present

• Quality/Lab Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Present



Silliker

• Tulare, CA

• Operations Supervisor

  • Feb 1998 - Aug 2013

  Supervise 9 to 14 employees in a fast paced, USDA certified, food microbiology lab, performing and supervising various pathogen and indicator organism tests on dairy products, plan organize and conduct meetings with staff, train staff and document training activities, oversee work activities and balance work flow of teams of 17 people, conduct interviews, conduct annual performance appraisals, maintain equipment, instruments and balances, read, write and interpret Standard Operating Procedures, client specific methods, and oversee protocols are followed correctly, implement new test procedures as requested by clients, review data, relay information to clients via email, phone, or fax as requested. Show less



Agricultural and Priority Pollutants Laboratory

• Clovis, CA

• VOA Section Senior Technician

  • Apr 1994 - Feb 1998

  maintain and trouble-shoot instruments, review data, conducted tests, organized work flow. maintain and trouble-shoot instruments, review data, conducted tests, organized work flow.