Twenty-five years of practical and technical experience in the manufacturing and Research & Development fields. Sixteen years manufacturing was "all hands" on in all aspects of the canning/manufacturing industry including Quality Control and Quality Control Supervisor.

A few products/brands both retail and foodservice worked with include Nutritional drinks, ReaLemon, ReaLime, ReaLemonade, Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, Cremora (non-dairy powder), Cracker Jacks, Borden Ice Cream, Borden Cheese, Borden Snacks, Borden Egg Nog (aseptic), Snow's Seafood and Classico.

Equipment experience includes but is not limited to many types of pilot plant and production size retorts, canning equipment, mixing apparatus, pumps, evaporators, filling machines, cappers, homogenizers, and limited aseptic systems. Laboratory equipment includes but not limited to Reology, Colorimeter, Water Activity, Autotitration, and Brix.

Eagle Family Foods Inc. - Columbus, OH [1998 - 2001]
Food Technologist

Set up and ran pilot plant trials, travel to plants for technical service work and new product start-ups, set up and evaluated shelf life studies, set up and ran pilot plant trials, conducted analytical lab testing, limited formulation work.

Borden Foods Company [1975 - 1998]
Factory Worker, QC Technician, QC Supervisor, R&D Technician, Food Technologist

Ran heat penetrations on pilot plant and production product on static, Rotomat and sterilmatic retorts, conducted analytical lab testing, traveled to plants for technical service work and new product start-ups, set-up and evaluated shelf life studies, set up and ran pilot plant trials, Quality Control Supervisor at new Hyper-plant in Cape May NJ, line Worker-Seafood & Sauces, R&D Pilot Plant Technician, worked "hands-on" in most aspects of the manufacturing facility.

• Had an essential role in clearing a 1.2 million-unit potential recall of Snow's Clam chowder by determining commercial sterility on suspect product.
• Participated in the successful launch of 12 new product introductions in just the last 3 years.
• Was co-inventor on U.S. patent for Low Fat and Fat Free Sweetened Condensed Milk.
• Worked directly with NFPA setting up and running heat distribution testing at new plant.

• Scarborough High School, Scarborough, ME
• Thermal Processing Related Courses
• Thermal Process Determinations, American Can
• Better Process School, NFPA/FDA/University of Maine at Orono
• Workshop on Thermal Processing - Food
• Process Determination Workshop, NFPA
• Process Deviation Seminar, NFPA

IFT (Institute Of Food Technologist)

• Patent # US5766666 - Process for Low Fat and Fat Free Sweetened Condensed Milk - (co-inventor)
• Eagle Family Foods "Spirit Award"

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