Quality Assurance Engineer

EDUARDO BRAVO PEREZ

**** ********** ******* ** ***. 104B Tampa, FL 33613 Phone: 863-***-****

*********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position in management that requires excellent leadership,

interpersonal, organizational, and supervisory skills. Would welcome

assignments in engineering, operations, quality, marketing, customer

services or related areas.

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration GPA: 3.8/4.0 Expected May 2010

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

. Concentrations: Entrepreneurship and Building Sustainable Enterprise

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Dec. 2002

Maua Engineering School -Maua Institute of Technology, Sao Paulo, Brazil

. Major: Food Engineering

EXPERIENCE

Production Supervisor Jul. 2004 - Jul. 2008

Cutrale Citrus Juices USA, Inc., Auburndale, FL

. Ensured the quality and efficiency of the process of orange juice and

its byproducts: from the receiving of raw materials to the product

storage of orange juice, pulp and orange oil.

. Contributed to improvement of production efficiency by 12 % and

reduction of production costs.

. Member of the Internal Quality Audit Team.

. Supervised more than 150 production's employees.

. Conducted employee meetings and training on safety and equipment

operation.

. Participated and supervised the project of construction of the new Oil

Room, that tripled the orange oil recovery.

. Scheduled and efficiently utilized labor to assure availability of

adequate personnel and overtime minimization.

Trainee Engineer Jul. 2003 - Jul. 2004

Sucocitrico Cutrale Ltda., Araraquara, Brazil

. Analyzed fruit processing area in both plants in the USA to determine

necessary upgrades.

. Helped implement technical programs such as GMP, HACCP, ISO 9002/2000

and improvements in the processing line to achieve a higher quality of

products.

Food Engineering Intern Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2002

Corn Products Brasil, Jundiai, Brazil

. Laboratory analysis of the company's products, and development of

modified starch and vegetal glue.

SPECIAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING

. "Six Sigma Green Belt", University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

. "International Entrepreneurship Course", University of Glamorgan,

Wales, UK

. "Oil Recovery Course", FMC Technologies, Inc., Lakeland, FL

. "ISO 9001:2000", Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, Inc., Auburndale,

FL

. "OSHA CFR 1910 General Industry 10-hour Training", Risk Consultants,

Inc., Lakeland, FL

. "TETRA PAK Separators", Sucocitrico Cutrale Ltda., Araraquara, Brazil

. "Functional Foods and Health", Food Institute of Technology, Campinas,

Brazil

. "Food Packaging Course", Maua Institute of Technology, Sao Paulo,

Brazil

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Language

. Portuguese - native language

. English and Spanish - speak fluently and read/write with high

proficiency

. Italian - speak, read, and write with basic competence

Computer

. Microsoft Office, Delphi Language, MicroStation

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