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Expert in Food Process, Product and Packaging Development for Food Industry
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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As a qualified Chef, who has completed a full apprenticeship as well as extensive experience in the hospitality industry, Expert has well-honed cooking skills in many styles of cooking. He has experience in pastry and yeast making from small to industrial bakery manufacturing. As a Product Development Food Scientist with Simplot Australia Pty Ltd, much of the work that Expert was involved in related to thermally processed foods in cans (glass and pouches as well). The development work included selecting appropriate stabilizing systems, flavoring and coloring systems that would survive the rigorous and high temperature processing of canned low acid foods. He was also involved in developing the thermal process and overpressure program for flexible and semi-rigid retort packaging Expert provides Product, Process and Packaging Design for the food-manufacturing sector. He is fully qualified in food science and/or engineering with extensive innovation experience in product and process development. He is also an experienced project manager with Kepner Tregoe accreditation in Project Management. Expert manages all packaging development and innovation through an extensive network of support organizations and industry contacts.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise |
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Degree |
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Institution |
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2003
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Bachelor
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Food Science
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Charles Sturt University
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2001
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Assc Degree
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Food Processing
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Charles Sturt University
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1999
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Certificate IV
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Food Technology
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Chisolm Institute
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2006
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Certificate IV
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Training and Assessment
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WED
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2005 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Blu Oak Innovations
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Principal Consultant
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Senior Innovation consultant for process, product and packaging development
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1997 to 2006
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Simplot Australia Pty Ltd
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Quality and Innovation
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Packaging Technology and Development Manager
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He was the Packaging Technology and Development Manager looking after;
-Packaging development
- New packaging technology
-Shelf life evaluation of packaging
- Artwork development and control
- Global Barcode Standards
-Cost down and efficiency projects
- Artwork asset management
- All artwork and packaging related policies and procedure development
- Packaging environmental standards- National Packaging Covenant
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Associations/Societies
Member of the Australian Institute of Packaging
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Licenses/Certifications
Qualified Food Safety Auditor
Qualified Work Place Trainer and Assesor
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Professional Appointments
Associate Director and Committee member for Victoria branch Australian Institute of Packaging
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Awards/Recognition
Packaging systems designed in 2004/2005 recieved Two international awards at Sial in France, State Premiers Award for Innovation in Victoria Australia and Also awards at the Sydney Challenge food awards.
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Client had five weeks to find new manufacturer, design and set up new process and packaging line and begin commercial manufacture of product previously manufactured by another contract manufacturer. No details where available from current manufacturer, we were able to design the process, help select and procure the equipment, assist in installation and commisioning and have the first commercial run completed within the required timeline.
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Client had range of new products to be manufactured, current plant set up was innefficient and did not produce the correct product texture. He was able to re-engineer the current line with the current equipment and very little capital to produce the product and improve overall plant efficiency.
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Client had range of new products promised to retailer with out any development work completed. Product development, packaging and process development all completed within twelve weeks with succesful products launched into two major retailers within review period.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in sauce manufacturing engineering for consulting on development of a new sauce processing line.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your expert consulting needs.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert witness for a client wishing to prove that three formulations were not similar in either function or organoleptically.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Food poisoning expert witness for consulting on E. Coli and food poisoning case.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding expert testimony,
litigation consulting and support, forensic services, or any related expert witness services.
A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
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Expert is free.
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1999 to 1999
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Italy
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Development of a range of value added tomato products in aseptic Tetra block containers with Delphino in Italy
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2001 to 2001
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Peru
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Development of white and green asparagus canning to meet strict marketing requirements for Edgell. Thermal procesing review and thermal penetration studies for retorting of products. Specifications developed and set before full scale production began
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Italian
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Can converse in very basic italian and read OK.
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Training/Seminars
National Accreditied food safety training through our RTO (Registered Training Organisation) Green Acorn Training
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Currently have two packaging agencies exclusively managed in Australia and have an extensive range of industry contacts for packaging materials and equipment.
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Other Skills and Services
Experienced in the development of innovative packaging for microwave applications and also for flexible pouches for both hot fill and low acid retorted materials
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