Jamil Ahmed
Burlington, NJ 08016
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SUMMARY
** ***** ** ************* ********** in Quality and Product
Development.
** ***** **** ****** **NONE. Obtained training in Process Control
System and Product Development from Athis-Mons Research Center,
France.
13 years of management experience including 9 years experience as
Manager, Quality Control and Product Development while playing a key
PROFESSIONAL role in managing, implementing and auditing Quality Control and Food
EXPERIENCE Safety tools; HACCP, SPC, TQM, ISO9000, GMP, cGMP, AIB, ISO
9001-2008.
Developed new products for LU Biscuit brands.
5/2005- Present
American Casein and American Custom Drying Companies, Burlington, NJ
Director of Quality - 2 Plants
American Casein Company manufacturers powdered protein ingredients
and protein polymer for variety of Natural Beverages, Health and
Nutritional Products, Food Products and products for Cosmetic and
Personal care industries with a variety of technical applications.
American Custom Drying Company is a privately held providing custom
spray-drying and blending services to Fortune 500 Food, Chemical and
Pharmaceutical companies.
Responsible for implementing, reviewing and auditing quality control
disciplines; Document Control, Internal Audits, Customer
Complaints, Corrective and Preventive Actions, Management Review,
Purchasing, Preventive Maintenance and Training, Customer
Satisfaction Survey, TQM, SOP, HACCP, SPC, GMP, OSHA, USDA, Crises
12/1987-4/2005 Management. Managing, updating and documenting ISO 9001-2000
Quality Systems and Procedures.
Developed and implemented food safety management system to satisfy
HACCP and cGMP requirements for American Custom Drying Company for
the manufacturing of dairy ingredients. Obtained 21CFR 110 GMP and
9CFR 417HACCP certifications. Food Safety standards conforms to AIB
Food Safety standards and rated excellent.
GROUPE DANONE & The Dannon Company, Inc., Karachi, Pakistan, White
Plains, NY
A global leader in healthy food
Dannon is one of the fastest growing fresh dairy companies in the US
and is part of Groupe DANONE, the world's largest fresh dairy
company worldwide.
Continental Foods, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Manager Quality Assurance & Food Safety, 8/2002-4/2005
Managed, executed, audited and trained work force to implement
following food safety and quality control discipline. HACCP, SPC,
GMP, TQM.
The Dannon Company, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Research Technologist, 7/2001-7/2002
Worked on multiple fruit filled and drinkable yogurt projects.
Developed yogurt formulations and / or processes; Executed pilot
trials and plant trials; Communicated best practices on formulations
internationally. Worked with dairy ingredient and fruit suppliers
to obtain best results for product development. Participated as an
R&D representative to product launch and start up.
Continental Biscuits Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Manger Quality Control & Product Development, 10/1992-6/2001
Responsible for Plants throughout Southeast Asia covering 7
Countries
Headed Quality Control & Product Development departments of CBL for
almost 10 years. Besides my contribution on international R&D front,
I managed quality control and R&D departments of GROUPE DANONE
consisting of multiple production lines, operating round the clock
and having over all production of cookies approximately 22,000 to
25,000 tons per annum. Appointed trained and managed 15 to 20
members of QC, Food Safety and R&D departments. Reporting VP of
Quality Control and VP of R&D.
Continental Biscuits Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Assistant Manger Quality Control & Development, 10/1989-9/1992
Worked as Assistant Manager Quality Control & Product Development
for almost 03 years and handled both the sections diligently. In
view of my performance, successfully completed one-month extensive
R&D training program besides developing new products during my stay
at Athis-Mons, Paris, France.
Continental Biscuits Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Quality Control & Production Officer, 12/1987-9/1989
EDUCATION Started career with Continental Biscuits Limited in November 1987 as
an entry level Officer and was promoted in July 89 as Assistant
Manager Quality Control & Development.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
KEY COURSES Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MS - APPLIED CHEMISTRY with specialization in Food Science &
Technology - 1987
Food Engineering, Food Processing, Quality Control, Plant Designing,
KEY COURSES Industrial Hazards, Heat Transfer (Chemical Engineering), Analytical
Techniques & Instrumentation
Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan
BS - APPLIED CHEMISTRY - 1986
Unit operation of Chemical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Chemical
Engineering Reactions
ADDITIONAL TRAINING Process Control Systems and Product Development from Athis-Mons
Research Center of GROUPE DANONE, France.
Food Safety, GROUPE DANONE at BBM Malaysia.
Implement and audit food safety tools for ensuring improvements.
HACCP, SPC, GMP, TQM
Marketing Plan & Marketing Management Process. The training
sessions were jointly organized by the National University of
Singapore and GROUPE DANONE.
ACHIEVEMENTS Developed and implemented food safety management system to satisfy
HACCP and cGMP requirement for American Custom Drying Company for
the manufacturing of dairy ingredients.
Obtained certification for HACCP and cGMP.
Developed a number of Products for Continental Biscuits Limited.
Obtained international recognition and adopted by other GROUPE
DANONE Asia Pacific units in an exchange of in-house product and
technology transfer. Listed as International Research & Development
Correspondent of the group.