Quality Assurance Years Experience

Cathy Cunningham

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Address:

City: Buckeye

State: AZ

Zip: 85326

Country: USA

Phone: 623-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Beverage Microbiologist 16 years experience Sanitation Microbiology Certification Advanced Beverage Mycology Certification Intermediate Beverage Mycology Certification Microbiological Sample Beverage Manufacturing Environmental testing Maintaining Product Quality Assurance Mold, Yeast, Bacteria Identification Certified and Maintained Micro Lab Certification Extensive background in Quality Assurance Begin and assisted with successfully growing, developing and advancing with new production plant Q.A. Technician Managed and Maintained Micro Lab and Q.A. Lab Documents and Equipment Microbiological, Sanitation, Production and Quality AssuranceTechnical support

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Rio Salado, Phoenix AZ 1/2001 to 5/1991 (Reading, Math, Social Studies)

Job History / Details:

Summary

Beverage Microbiologist 16 years experience

Sanitation Microbiology Certification

Advanced Beverage Mycology Certification

Intermediate Beverage Mycology Certification

Microbiological Sample

Beverage Manufacturing

Environmental testing

Maintaining Product Quality Assurance

Mold, Yeast, Bacteria Identification

Certified and Maintained Micro Lab Certification

Extensive background in Quality Assurance

Begin and assisted with successfully growing, developing and advancing with new production plant

Q.A. Technician

Managed and Maintained Micro Lab and Q.A. Lab Documents and Equipment

Microbiological, Sanitation, Production and Quality AssuranceTechnical support

Skills

Managing all micro documentation

Maintain micro programs in an audit ready state

Troubleshoot, track and trend micro data.

Collect all micro samples for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual samples for inside and outside lab testing.

Training back-up Tech

Calibration microbiology laboratory equipment

Inventory of Micro Lab

Continuous improvement

Microbiological Mold Identification

Broad knowledge of QA tools

Ordering and receiving Micro lab supplies

R.O. System Knowledge

Troubleshooting Skills

Microsoft Applications Skills

Economic Training

Digital Photography

Knowledge in AIB Audit

Sap Knowledge

BOS

Sensory

5S

Kaizen Continuous Improvement

Accomplishments

Fundamentally established microbiological procedure and protocol for extending line run times, from 24hrs runs to 168hrs.by means of extending product equipment sanitations, while assuring quality produced product.

Read blend screen count down to CIP times calculating and adding days/hours to the precise time for an extended cip. Post, communicate, document, write up each line procedure and protocol, support and assist in educating management staff members, team members and production associates on line cip extensions. Performed, managed, controlled, read, identified, decision making, troubleshooting, reported, communicated and documented all microbiological data.

Sister plants carried on with this procedure and protocol resulting in major cost savings on cip chemicals and vast amount in the company annual revenue, plus upper management annual PDR's.

Experience

December 1995 to August 2012

PepsiCo / Quaker Oats Tolleson, Arizona

Microbiologist (Beverage sports drink)

Sanitation Microbiology Certification

Advanced Beverage Mycology Certification

Intermediate Beverage Mycology Certification

Education and Training

Phoenix, Arizona

GED

Sanitation Microbiology Certification

Advanced Beverage Mycology Certification

Intermediate Beverage Mycology Certification

Hands on Training with Dr in Food and beverage microbiologist and mycologist specialized in mold spoilage

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