Manager Technical Support
Resume:
Zach Kapp
Food Technical and R&D Specialist
Englewood, NJ
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Experience
Food Technical Manager/ R&D Lycored Group, Orange, NJ and Israel June 2010 – November 2015 Food Technical Manager February 2012- November 2015 Specialized in food additive and dietary supplements within food and beverage industry.
Lead flavor enhancer “SANTE” formulation, reducing sodium by up to 35% without sacrificing flavor while saving over $1 million in production costs over three years.
Managed the application of ingredients, food colorants, and taste enhancement to result in more than 50 new customer projects including fortune 500 accounts such as ADM, Kraft and ConAgra.
Reinforced 12 new Food & Beverage products scale up using microencapsulation techniques while improving techniques on existing formulations from emulsion, suspension, and application.
Supported the sales team by conducting 18 field demonstrations to share proof-of concept at leading trade shows Recognized as Lycored’s “most committed” performer by Commercialization, Senior Vice President Golan Raz R&D Researcher June 2010- June 2011
Developed and improved formulations and lab processes including one of LycoRed’s main colorant and biological molecule’s separation for health support research.
Natural color formulation development; Includes emulsions and suspensions formulations, UV analysis, Colorimeter analysis (Color Measurement Spectrophotometer).
Engineered and developed extraction processes from plants; including extraction in small reactors and concentration (Rotovap).
Conducted research on biological molecules; including HPLC separation, Elisa analysis as well as bead formation process.
Education and Immersive Training
2008-2010 M.Sc in Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. 2004-2008 B.Sc in Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Sep. 2008-April 2010 Masters Studies, Glycobiology laboratory
Research thesis: "The role of glycans conjugated to membrane GP96 on immunogenicity of Fibrosarcoma cell lines"; Sep. 2007-July 2008 Senior Year Engineering Project Sep. 2006-Aug. 2007 Research Assistant at Glycobiology Laboratory Key skills: Purification and identification of HSP using genetic engineering manipulation; Analysis techniques using flow cytometry (advanced FACS), cell fluorescence staining and Electron Microscopy (TEM) staining; analysis of glycans and proteins using MALDI, HPLC, Separating Gels etc. ; Work with cell cultures; 2000-2003 Military Service, Israel Defense Force, Israel; Course Distribution Officer Publications
Hayoun D, Kapp T, Edri-Brami M, Ventura T, Cohen M, Avidan A, Lichtenstein RG; HSP60 is transported through the secretory pathway of 3-MCA-induced fibrosarcoma tumour cells and undergoes N-glycosylation, FEBS J. 2012 Jun. Avi Avidan & Michal Perlmutter, Smadar Tal, Omer Oraki, Tsachi Kapp, Yacov Krelin, Moshe Elkabets, Shahar Dotan, Ron N. Apte, Rachel G. Lichtenstein; Differences in the sialylation patterns of membrane stress proteins in chemical carcinogen- induced tumors developed in BALB/c and IL-1α deficient mice, Glycoconj J. 2009 May 9. Miscellaneous
Volunteer work Assistance in the Jewish Federation of Northern NJ in the Israel Programs Center, Paramus NJ; Interests My family; Cooking over 20 years, different cuisines such as middle eastern, Thai, Italian. homemade ice cream; discovering new recipes, problem solving; Baking and decorating; Bicycle riding
Languages English, Hebrew (native)
Key Skills
Spectrophotometer Colorimeter Small reactor Homogenizers Plate reader Advanced FACS Fluorescence microscopy TEM Genetic engineering Photoshop C+ programming MS Office
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