Experience

Del Monaco Foods

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

• Sr. Culinary Production Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Present



Stonyfield Farms

• Antioch, CA.

• Maintenance & Project Manager

  • Dec 2008 - May 2014

  I direct the maintenance department in the Facilities & Equipment PM /R programs, member of the Safety, HACCP,USDA audit team. Coordinate Continous Improvements to address quality and effeciencies of the plant. Engineer/ Manage Capital Projects from Scope, Design, Equipment specs, Installation time-lines and meeting Budget costs for the following; * 1500 gal Pasteuirizing Vats (qty 3) , Platform and associated piping. * Process area Sanitary sewer line and floor drain replacements * Foam Roof Installation on the Process and Administration buildings. * Installation of S.S. wall panels and EPI ceiling panels. * Refrigeration Compressor up-grades evaporators, expansion valves, Condenser & Freon * Installlation of X-Ray system with option feature Level Fill * Rapid Roll-up doors (qty 4) * Effluent pH treatment system Facilitated the following Continous Improvements and obtained the following results in our Lean Manufacturing practices. * Filler program change with "fruit sample only" feature eliminating stop/start downtime for manual weight check. Uninterrupted flow increased line effeciency & minimized risk of contamination. * SPC of fruit dispensing system...capabilty/reliabilty study with QA departement to determine parameters and eliminated stoppage of line for unnecessary weight adjustments. * SMED Spare & modification assemblies for filler & packaging equipment reduced change-over time. * 5S Best Yogurt in the Business! Show less



Full Bloom Baking C.

• Operations Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Oct 2007

  Managed the Production, Maintenance, Sanitation & Logistics departments in implementing & maintaining the SOP, GMP, Safety/OSHA & Quality standards of Full Bloom Baking Co. Continous Improvements corrected process waste and modernized the filling operation to reduce labor, improve through put and tighen process weight controls. Capital projects; * Vertical batter Mixer * Muffin depositor *Horizontal Individual wrapper (IW) *Blast Freezer Full Bloom Baking Co moved to a large State of the Art faciltiy in Newark and only improved a great tasting product. Show less



Otis Spunkmeyer

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Maintenance & Projects Manager

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

  Managed the Maintenance Department PM&R programs, Budget and Facilites Freon and Ammonia refrigeration systems. Processes included muffin depositors, clam shell wrappers, bucket scales and Vertical wrappers, frozen dough wire cut and spiral freezer. Collaborated with Corp Dir. of Engineering and managed the Capital Projects for the San Leandro facility. Key memeber of the HACCP,Safety/OSHA and AIB team with a Superior rating for 2003. Capital projects; * frozen Tub line with Tamper proof lid * New Case Coders and scanners Show less



Mother's Cookies

• Oakland, CA.

• Maintenace Supervisor

  • Sep 1999 - Dec 2001

  I was day shift maintenace supervisor for a six (6) line operation with responsibiites for plant utilites and equipment set-up and start-up of the prodcution lines. I directed the PM&R programs, parts ordering and assisting the Engineering group with projects. I was day shift maintenace supervisor for a six (6) line operation with responsibiites for plant utilites and equipment set-up and start-up of the prodcution lines. I directed the PM&R programs, parts ordering and assisting the Engineering group with projects.



Crown Cork & Seal

• Union City, CA.

• Plant Superintendent

  • Sep 1995 - Aug 1999

  The Union City facility was a 24x7 high speed 2pc aluminum beverage container operation.I was responsible for the Production, Maintenance, Quality & Logistics department budgets and adherence to the company policies and procedures. The plant goals of 1M units/day with 2% spoilage required absolute process control, charting/documentation and training of personnel to ensure our daily goals were achieved.Six Sigma practices MAIC,SMED,SPC,5S were entrenched in our every work day as the cost of non- conformance was not an option. Show less