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Expert in Food Technology - Tropical Fruits
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Expert has had experience applying his Chemical Engineering background to Research and Development and Post-graduate work in food technology in the freeze-drying of model substances, in air drying of tropical fruits and vegetables, in ultrasonic assisted extraction of vegetable oils. Also in commercial multi-line canning operations integrated back to the can making process. Among the retail products he has had experience packing we count tomato products, nectars and juices, vegetables, different kinds of beans, etc. Concentrated products such as tomato paste, concentrated banana puree and juice. Organizationally he has been responsible for QA/QC Management, Operations Management, Plant Management and General Management with multiple responsibilities. As consultant he has been involved in several projects, such as the technical support for the development of a project in Vietnam for the packing of canned nectars and juices.
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Expert in his capacity of plant manager of two different canneries in Guatemala and Puerto Rico coordinated the filing with the US FDA of the thermal processes of products such as refried beans, canned beans, low acid baby foods, sweet corn, sweet peas, string beans and other products. He also coordinated with the National Food Laboratory in California which was the processing authority, to generate the heat penetration and other needed data for those products that required it for thermal processing purposes.
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During his 15 years employment with a major banana company first as general manager of three plants in Honduras, Panama and Costa Rica directed the handling and ripening of fresh bananas to be used as raw material for the production of banana puree, concentrated puree and concentrated clarified banana juice.
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Towards the end of his involvement, with a major banana company, Expert helped change the aseptic packaging in rigid containers (55 gal drums and N10 cans) to bag in box (BIB) containers 285 gallons, bag in drum containers 55 gallons and BIB 5 gallons containers. As consultant Expert assisted a plant in Ecuador to file thermal processes for aseptic packaged low acid banana and pumpkin purees.
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During his employment with the largest cannery in Guatemala Expert was responsible for a whole line of refrigerated meat products, including cooked ham, lunch cold cuts, and several sausages. He later was involved with packing several refrigerated and frozen tropical fruit products in Honduras and Costa Rica, among them: refrigerated whole peeled bananas, frozen purees (4+1) and (7+1), both in 5 gallons plastic pails and in bag-in-box. Expert also packed frozen concentrated clarified banana juice in 55 galllons drums with plastic liners. As consultant Expert served as technical advice to legal counsel in relation to a case of discoloration due to improper temperature control during transportation and storage of CCBJ.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: San Jose, California;
San Francisco, California;
Sacramento, California;
Oakland, California;
Stockton, California;
Fremont, California;
Modesto, California;
Salinas, California;
Santa Rosa, California;
and Hayward, California.
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Honors |
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1967
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Diploma
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Food Preservation International Seminar
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Bundesforschungs Anstalt fur Lebensmittel - Karlsruhe Univ. Germany
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Post Doctoral One Year Scholarship
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1965
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Ph.D.
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Chemical Engineering
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Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Now Polytechnic Institute of New York University ) New York City
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1960
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M.Ch.E.
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Chemical Engineering
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Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Now Polytechnic Institute of New York University ) New York City
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US Deptment of State Scholarship
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1958
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Chemical Engineer
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Chemical Engineering
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San Carlos National University - Guatemala City
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2000 to
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(Undisclosed Consulting Company)
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Principal
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He is an International Management Consultant in Food Technology with emphasis in tropical fruits
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1998 to 2000
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Colorado Greenhouse LLP
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R&D and Quality Assurance
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Vice-President R&D and Q.A.
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He was responsible for three greenhouse complexes in Colorado and New Mexico and coordination of Quality Assurance with joint venture with a location in Baja California - Mexico
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1994 to 1998
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(Undisclosed Consulting Company)
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Principal
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He was an International Management Consultant in Food Technology with emphasis in tropical fruits
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1989 to 1994
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Chiquita Brands International Inc.- Ohio
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Processed Fruit Ingredients
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V.P. Q.A. / Q.C
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He was responsible for QA/QC of three plants in the Tropics and for Refrigerated Juices packed by three co-packers in the USA
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1986 to 1989
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Chiquita Brands Inc. New York
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Processed Foods
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Director of Technical Services
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He was responsible for QA/QC of three plants in the Tropics and for Technical Customer Service to clients in the USA and Europe
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1982 to 1986
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Numar Processed Foods Group - Costa Rica
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Business Development
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VicePresident of Business Development
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Responsible for several new projects in Costa Rica (New Processed Bananas Plant and Dehydrated Soups Plant) and Honduras (Laundry Soap Plant)
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1979 to 1982
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Tela Railroad Company - Honduras
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Processed Bananas Production
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General Manager
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Responsible for operations of one plant in Honduras and another in Panama for packing of processed banana products.
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1974 to 1978
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Casera Foods Inc. Puerto Rico
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Plant Manager
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He was responsible for plant operations of this facility packing canned tomato sauce, beans in brine, soups and other canned products in one pound and N10 cans. Also re-packed oliveoil in glass containers.
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Associations/Societies
He is member of Institute of Food Technologists, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Union of Concerned Scientists
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has over 20 publications, 4 US patents and a recent chapter on Bananas (Processed) in a Book Processing Fruits - Science and Technology - 2nd Ed. (2005)
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He coordinated testing at University of Oregon for effect of storage temperature in the color of bananas for a client in Oregon
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He evaluated several potential suppliers in Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras for a client in the USA. The products were frozen and aseptically packed tropical fruit purees.
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He formed part of a team of three consultants assisting an investor in New York to evaluate bids of several suppliers for a turn-key fruit juice and drinks new facility in Vietnam. The plant was built using equipment recommended by the team.
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He assisted an Ecuadoran company in negotiations to buy an aseptic puree packing line from a major equipment supplier in the USA. He oversaw the installation and validated the aseptic process in coordination with the Processing Authority. Then oversaw the start-up of this fruit puree bag-in-drum and bag-in-bag aseptic packing line.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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He served as technical advice to legal counsel in Oregon in a case of improper refrigeration during transportation and storage of a frozen fruit juice. The case was settled out of court between the parties.
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1991 to 1993
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Costa Rica
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While based in Ohio provided techical support and process development for a brand new plant in Costa Rica including negotiations with the equipment suppliers. The plant was started up and produces single strength and concentrated banana puree packed in aseptic bins bag in box and bag in drum containers.
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1982 to 1986
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Costa Rica and Honduras
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He was based in Costa Rica and supervised the refurbishing of a dehydrated soups plant in Heredia Costa Rica to which bullion cubes production capabilities were added. The plant was subsequently started up and brought on stream. He also supervised the addition of a laundry soap manufacturing plant to a palm oil refining operation in San Expert Sula, Honduras. This was also started up.
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1979 to 1982
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Honduras and Panama
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He was General Manager of Processed Bananas based in Honduras with responsibility for a plant in La Lima Honduras and for a plant in Changuinola Panama.He spent one week per month at the Panama plant. Those plants packed banana puree aseptically in N10 cans and in 55 gal drums. The Honduras plant packed sliced bananas in syrup in N10 cans as well as several other refrigerated and fozen banana products. All production was exported to the USA and Europe.
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1974 to 1978
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Puerto Rico
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He was plant manager residing in Puerto Rico for a company canning beans in brine, soups, tomato sauce and Puerto Rican products mostly in one pound cans and N10 cans. The plant was a USDA inspected establishment for the purposes of packing meat containing Puerto Rican specialties.
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1972 to 1974
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Sevilla Spain
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He was Director General of an olive packing plant owned by a major US Food Company. He assisted in buying an existing plant, refurbishing it and bringing it back in production. Most of the products were packed in brine in glass containers of one pound or less.
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| Language Skills: |
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English
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He is proficient having attended graduate school in the USA and worked most of his life in an English or bilingual (Spanish English) environment.
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Spanish
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He is proficient in his mother tongue. He obtained his undergraduate degree using Spanish
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German
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He passed the German profficiency exam of the Goethe Institut in Freiburg, Germany. Then attended a one year seminar in German at the Karlsruhe University in Germany. He has lost some of this language skills because of lack of use.
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French
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He reads French with the aid of a dictionary and understands some spoken language but has difficulty speaking and writting correctly
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Presented one day seminars in Honduras and Costa Rica on GMP in the Food Packaging Industry.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Have inspected and evaluated vendors and co-packers plants in Central and South America for major US food companies.
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Other Skills and Services
Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite Software (Word, Excel, Publisher) PC Environment Windows
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