Experience

Meyer Natural Foods

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

• Director Of Operations

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Responsible for copacker relationships and efficient production of beef and pork finished goods. Work to identify opportunities to effectively utilize a network of copackers across the United States to produce high quality products for retail and foodservice customers. Identify value through quality and yield improvement, cost reduction, and operational excellence. Responsible for copacker relationships and efficient production of beef and pork finished goods. Work to identify opportunities to effectively utilize a network of copackers across the United States to produce high quality products for retail and foodservice customers. Identify value through quality and yield improvement, cost reduction, and operational excellence.



Cargill

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Improvement Lead

  • Apr 2020 - Feb 2022

  Responsible for evaluation and enhancement of current supply chain software used to plan production in eight primary beef harvest facilities across the US and Canada. Coordinate efforts between IT, Data Science, Sales, and Operations to maximize efficiency and value.

• Beef Scheduling and Supply Chain Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2020

  Responsible for the Team leading daily production planning and forecasting in eight primary beef harvest facilities across the US and Canada. Duties included maintenance of run plans, cattle forecasting, production planning, and orderfill. Worked dynamically with Operations, Sales, Pricing, Procurement, and Transportation to exceed customer expectations and add value.

• Value Creation Manager, Beef BU

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  Coordinate the efforts of R&D, Marketing, Sales, and Operations to address Product Quality, Value Creation, and Supply Chain Management.

• Senior Food Scientist

  • Dec 2014 - Feb 2016

  Focused on Raw Material Utilization, Optimization and Value Creation.

• Food Scientist

  • Dec 2013 - Dec 2014

  Food Scientist for Ground Beef Division of the Beef Business Unit



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2008 - Nov 2013

  Research Interests: -Beef Quality -Beef Tenderness -Novel Technologies for Prediction of Beef Tenderness -Effect of Growth Promotants on Beef Quality -Animal Growth and Development Research Interests: -Beef Quality -Beef Tenderness -Novel Technologies for Prediction of Beef Tenderness -Effect of Growth Promotants on Beef Quality -Animal Growth and Development


CSU Meat Lab
• Work Study

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

Harris Ranch Beef Company
• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007