Education

June 2007/ April 2011 Bachelor in Food Science and Technology at University of the Philippines -Mindanao

January 2017/ December 2018 Masters in Business Administration at Asian Institute of Technology

Experience

July 2016- January 2017 Post-Harvest Quality and Sensory Coordinator at Kennemer Foods Incorporated

Summary of Actual Duties:
• Plan, organize and manage sensory tasting program calibration, training of panelist, reporting and document control.
• Develop cacao products
• Analyze and investigate customer complaints and quality related losses.
• Develop corrective actions and coordinate with Kennemer Cacao Center Managers and Post-harvest supervisors in monitoring postharvest processes and procedures to ensure effectiveness and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance of quality system to all Post Harvest Center align to standard quality protocol.
List of Accomplishments and Contributions:
• Sensory Program training and implementation
• Standardized post-harvest process of cacao dry beans
• Establish and implementation of Post Harvest Procedure and Quality Assurance program
• Prototyping of chocolate bars

Feb. 2014 -July 2016 Technology Innovation Research and Development Specialist at Jollibee Foods Corporation – Chowking SBU

Summary of Actual Duties:
• Conduct cost-saving projects thru alternative raw material and packaging testing, process simplification and shelf-life extension of products
• Plan and coordinate quarterly marketing and operation cost-saving projects
• Develops and implements sachet-line technology for in-house sauces in sachet
• Develops and deploys documentation to support successful production and commercialization of new product endeavors
• Actively identifies and evaluate modern technologies (process, ingredients, and packaging) to solve product quality problems, to improve efficiency, cost savings and remove key barriers.
• Actively engages with cross functional technical group (Procurement, Finance, Engineering and Manufacturing) to develop robust, well defined product cost models during product development lifecycle.
• Conduct analysis and audit to suppliers (raw materials, packaging and third-party manufacturing) and internal audit of process and product.

List of Accomplishments and Contributions:
• Establish cost reduction plan through process simplification and raw material and packaging alternative testing
• Developed and commercialized ready to use Asado Sauce (Sachet), Sweet and Sour (Sachet), Dimsum Sauce (Sachet), and Toyomansi (Sachet)
• Cost reduction and process simplification of Noodles, Beef Soup and Meatballs
• Established and implement packaging specification and shelf life study of product

Nov 2011-Feb 2014 Corporate Research and Development Specialist –Meat Processing at Century Pacific Food Inc.

Summary of Actual Duties:
• Responsible in performing administrative and technical task in product development and improvement of frozen meat products and canned meat products, e.g. formula development, shelf life study, microbiology study, sensory testing, storage and handling specification and packaging development.
• Conduct process simplification activities (e.g.raw material alternatives) process to reduce operational expense and increase profitability of existing products for ‘fresh processed meat and marine’ and canned meat business unit
• Facilitate technical documents and requirements for Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) in FDA and NMIS
• Conduct analysis and audit for suppliers of raw material, packaging and third-party manufacturing and internal audit of process and product.
List of Accomplishments and Contributions:
• Cost reduction and commercialization of Wow Ulam canned in all SKUs
• Product improvement and commercialization of (Swift Chicken) Nuggets
• Product Development and commercialization of frozen meat products
• Documentation of FDA product registration
• Develop packaging design for frozen products
• Design shelf life study
• Audit of Suppliers of packaging, raw materials and third party-manufacturers

August 2017- December 2018 Research Assistant at Asian Institute of Technology -Energy Department