Quality Lead

• Jun 2023 - Present

Additional responsibility: management of facility sanitation program

Quality Specialist

• Nov 2021 - Jun 2023

Coordinating and leading all company initiatives in Quality Control, Food Safety, and Regulatory Affairs for in-house brands and co-packing clients

R&D Lab Technician

• Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

Preparing and conducting sensory tests (internal and external), formulating new protein powders and RTD shake products and optimizing current products, running powder rheology tests, researching and presenting research about market trends and ingredient properties. Preparing and conducting sensory tests (internal and external), formulating new protein powders and RTD shake products and optimizing current products, running powder rheology tests, researching and presenting research about market trends and ingredient properties.

Shift Lead

• Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

Store Marketing Captain

• Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

Barista

• Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

R&D Lab Technician

• Sep 2019 - Apr 2020

Assisting QC in color-correcting production batches, performing stability testing, communicating between lab team and product development team (both in-house and clients’ product development team), and researching ingredients to make sure they are compliant with clients’ standards for regulatory and marketing. Formulated and reverse-engineered multiple shades of eyeshadows, powder and cream blushes, powder and liquid foundations, pigmented lipsticks, various types of lipglosses, and many more, some of which are on the market. Show less

R&D Intern

• Dec 2018 - Sep 2019

Formulating and reverse-engineering color cosmetics using both natural and synthetic materials, recording all formulas in organized lab notebook and in Excel, scaling-up lab batches for production, maintaining a clean and organized lab, and meeting with raw material suppliers.

Event Staff

• Dec 2016 - Sep 2019

Refining customer service skills through interactions with guests and coworkers, training new coworkers, practicing organizational and planning skills throughout preparation of events, and using time-management and proactive thinking throughout event. Refining customer service skills through interactions with guests and coworkers, training new coworkers, practicing organizational and planning skills throughout preparation of events, and using time-management and proactive thinking throughout event.

Assistant Document Manager

• May 2017 - Dec 2018

Review of SOPs, GMPs, DCRs, etc., reformatting past documents, data entry, organization, and other documentation needs. Clients include Kindred BioSciences (Burlingame, California) and Genentech (Vacaville, California). Review of SOPs, GMPs, DCRs, etc., reformatting past documents, data entry, organization, and other documentation needs. Clients include Kindred BioSciences (Burlingame, California) and Genentech (Vacaville, California).

TechHive Intern

• Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

Designing, building, coding, and programming a multilingual information robot for museum guest use. Designing, building, coding, and programming a multilingual information robot for museum guest use.