Experience

Chew

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

• Food Safety & Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  • Managed and structured all FSQA initiatives, including organizing recalls, client requests, pest control, record-keeping protocols, allergen control, inspections, and environmental monitoring testing. • Spearheaded Informed Sports, Mérieux NutriSciences, and NSF certification programs for FASTFOOD (CHEW’s sister company that produces sports nutrition products for high-performance athletes) and other CHEW products (plant-based meat, dairy alternatives, confections, and beverages) ensuring finished product claims were accurate and within label compliance • Conducted GFSI based on-site and off-site audits for clients, contract manufacturers, and suppliers • Facilitated food safety, GMP, and OSHA training to enable a positive food safety culture in the office and production facility • Developed and executed 20+ SOPs while monitoring and verifying records to comply with FDA & USDA regulations • Consulted on 10+ R&D projects to develop production plans, HACCP plans, and microbial thresholds for each product (plant-based meats and cheeses, sports nutrition confections, hydrators, beverages, CBD products, and snack bars) • Applied Genesis on creating regulatory-compliant nutrition facts labels and allergen statements for each product • Implemented food safety practices in supply chain operations, such as FSVP, supplier risk assessments, and ingredient inspections • Organized microbiological, nutritional, and analytical testing of production and R&D samples Show less



New Jersey Association for Food Protection

• United States
• Food & Beverages

• Executive Board Member

  • Aug 2022 - Jan 2023



North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Developing and implementing sanitation programs including environmental monitoring program for small food processors. Graduate Teaching Assistant for Food Microbiology Lab at NCSU. Developing and implementing sanitation programs including environmental monitoring program for small food processors. Graduate Teaching Assistant for Food Microbiology Lab at NCSU.



NCSU Food Safety Extension

• Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Graduate Research Student

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2023

  - Currently researching on food safety training for small food processors and entrepreneurs - Creating a food safety training manual for small food processors that are exempt from Subpart C & G in FSMA's PCHF Rule. - Training local food processors and growers in sanitation and food safety - Sanitation testing in small food processors' facilities - Currently researching on food safety training for small food processors and entrepreneurs - Creating a food safety training manual for small food processors that are exempt from Subpart C & G in FSMA's PCHF Rule. - Training local food processors and growers in sanitation and food safety - Sanitation testing in small food processors' facilities



Florida International University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2018 - Apr 2020

  Assisted students with building recipes, improving knife skills, sanitation and in food-service operations.Developed recipes and food orders that include contemporary foods and techniques.Advised food entrepreneurs regarding food safety, food cost analysis and product development in StartUp FIU Food

• • Jan 2018 - Apr 2020

  -Planning, managing & coordinating small projects for the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at FIU.-Substituting as a lab assistant for FSS3230C.



PantherNow

• Florida International University

• Promotions Director & Recruitment Director

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  Recruits talent and promotes Student Media through giveaways, events and social media. Speaks in classes and events encouraging students to join FIU Student Media. Hires and manages unpaid interns and analyzes market research information. Recruits talent and promotes Student Media through giveaways, events and social media. Speaks in classes and events encouraging students to join FIU Student Media. Hires and manages unpaid interns and analyzes market research information.