Director of Food Safety and Quality

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Michael Anthony Jackson

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dynamic Director of Quality with over 15 years of experience in food safety and quality management also 8 years in Sanitation management and chemical manufacturing. Proven record in ensuring compliance with FDA, USDA, HACCP, BRC, AIB, Lean Manufacturing and SQF standards while driving continuous improvement efforts.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

DIRECTOR OF FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY Jan 2023 - Present

Trulli Fresh Innovations 25 Enterprise Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30336

•Foster a strong quality culture across all levels of the organization.

•Ensure compliance with regulatory and certification standards, including FDA, USDA, HACCP, and SQF.

•The Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager provides leadership and support for the development and implementation of Quality Assurance policies and procedures.

•Plans and direct the overall quality assurance program and ensure that the quality system in place meets all requirements offs IS, SQF, HACCP, SSOP programs and all written procedures.

•Maintains that the company is producing a quality, safe food product while complying with customer and regulatory requirements.

QUALITY DIRECTOR & SAFETY MANAGER/ SANITATION MANAGEMENT Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

Doehler North America 400 High Point Rd SE, Cartersville, GA 30120

•Drafted reports on quality verification activity outcomes, presenting findings to decision-makers and recommending response efforts.

•Evaluated accuracy of existing quality assurance measurement techniques, implementing improvements to increase efficiency and reduce errors.

•Provided analytical, planning and coordination support on projects as assigned, reviewing, interpreting, analyzing, and illustrating data to stimulate and support enlightened decision making.

•Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics, communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies with quality and production leadership.

•Provided guidance and leadership in situations where deviations have occurred, and any potential risk that could have been identified related to food safety and/or quality attributes.

•Supervise, Schedule and Coordinate Sanitation technicians.

•Train employees on OSHA safety, chemical handling and safety, food safety and PPE. Enforce PPE compliance on the sanitation team.

•Manage Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS).

•Conduct daily walk through to review equipment design and inspect for damage.

•Daily Pre-Operational Inspection walk-through and corrective actions documented through use and verification of ATP swabs (In conjunction with QA technician).

•Complete monthly internal Food Safety audit corrective actions.

•Complete work orders for damaged or equipment in need of repair.

•Keep Sanitation Chemical Supply room clean and orderly.

•Ongoing Employee training for specific equipment cleaning procedures with completion of the Annual Verification Training for each zone per employee.

•Daily walk through prior to employee dismissal.

•Monitor and trend chemical usage and employee supplies.

QUALITY MANAGER/LABORATORY ANALYTICAL CHEMIST Jul 2017 - Dec 2019 Chemstar Corporation 120 Interstate W Pkwy Suite 100, Lithia Springs, GA 30122

•Effectively and accurately performs general analytical techniques and operates analytical equipment (such as HPLC, GC, HPLC/MS, GC/MS, X-Ray Diffraction, and Particle Size Laser Diffraction), troubleshoots nonroutine equipment issues and independent interprets spectra and data results.

•Collaborated with employees and management to implement quality improvement activities.

•Improved production quality by auditing and inspecting parts and processes to identify improvement opportunities; investigated and took corrective action on the opportunities to resolve quality issues.

•Establish customer satisfaction measurements and use these measures to implement customer satisfaction improvement.

•Ensure effectiveness of internal quality and EHS audits by assuming the position of lead internal auditor.

LABORATORY PETROLEUM ANALYST/CHEMIST Dec 2012 - Jul 2017

Avista Oil/Universal Environmental Services 411 Dividend Dr, Peachtree City, GA 30269

•Performs basic to complex wet chemistry, organics, and metals analysis on samples from the raw water reservoirs, drinking water distribution system and water filtration plant, for both routine tests and special studies, according to approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and the laboratory’s quality management system.

•Complex analyses require specialized equipment such as Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectroscopy and/or Ion Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy.

•Records assess results per the SOPs and quality management system. Enter and maintain test result data.

•and quality control data in the laboratory information system (LIMS) to produce reports for the Laboratory Technical Supervisor’s review. Is responsible for batching or ensuring that daily work orders are available on LIMs.

MICROBIOLOGY SUPERVISOR/MRO BUYER/SANITATION MANAGEMENT Jul 2008 - Dec 2012

Southern Ice Cream Specialties/Kroger Dairy Plant 1058 King Industrial Dr, Marietta, GA 30062

•Serving as the Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Practitioner with responsibility for food safety and quality.

•Grading and releasing finished products for shipment, including preparation of all certificates of analysis.

•Prepare microbiological media for in-house food testing purposes.

•Managed the release of raw materials & finished product. Instruments used: LC/MS, GC /MS, UPLC, HPLC, GC, Software: EzChrom and ChemStation.

•Performed HPLC sugar analysis on Cocoa Flakes and Chocolate formulations Operated a Differential Scanning Calorimeter for melting point determinations on Cocoa Butter.

•Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance and report test results to management for immediate notification.

•Microbiological analyses of food ingredients finished product, and environmental swabs.

•Develops and maintains standard sanitation operating procedures.

•Verify chemical titrations with chemical supplier. (Quantitative) and daily chemical concentration of dispensing equipment.

•Assists in analyzing sanitation data in order to identify trends and continual improvement opportunities.

•Provides support before/during customer audits, health department inspections, or any other scheduled or unscheduled audits/inspections.

•Implements and maintain daily sanitation schedules.

•Coordinates with Food Safety and Hygiene on Environmental Testing.

•Develop and maintain environmental testing programs.

ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER / QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER Feb 2005 - Jul 2008

Maxwell Chase Technologies 125 Westlake Pkwy SW, Atlanta, GA 30336

•Implementing methods to inspect, evaluate and evaluate products and Production equipment. Ensuring that products adhere to quality Standards.

•Preparing reports by collecting, analyzing, and Summarizing data. Working according to deadlines for the delivery of products.

•Training and managing production line staff in production practices and quality assessment of goods.

•Tracking products through the manufacturing process to guarantee that each part of the process is correct.

•Performing detailed and recorded inspections of final products so the products are up to industry and company standards.

•Eliminating products that are not up to standard and finding the reasons for product problems.

3RD SHIFT PLANT MANAGER Jul 2000 - Feb 2005

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation 3330 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811

•Review peer laboratory data to ensure accuracy and completeness.

•Demonstrate and develop experience on HPLC, UPLC, Karl Fischer, UV analysis, NIR, and other analytical techniques and train other laboratory personnel on these techniques.

•Develop skills to troubleshoot and perform minor maintenance, calibration, and repair of laboratory instrumentation.

•Provide input on investigations (OOS, OOT, invalid assays, and other lab-related non-conformances including investigations of audit observations) and support the implementation of relevant CAPAs and monitor effectiveness of CAPAs and as needed.

•Perform duties in a safe manner and within compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines including FDA, ISO, EPA, OSHA, and DEA, while adhering to all company and site policies and procedures.

•Perform other duties as assigned by site leadership.

LABORATORY MANAGER Dec 1995 - Jul 2000

Gambro Health Care 1990 Industrial Dr, Deland, Florida 32724

•Coordinated and managed activities and programs within a laboratory facility; manages records for all activities and programs, as necessary; provides technical support for laboratory equipment, supplies, and data analysis tools.

•Responsible for overseeing safety and security of laboratory facilities including maintaining current knowledge of all relevant protocols, regulations, standards, and safety procedures as well as developing and maintaining standard operating procedures.

•Overseed personnel functions such as interviewing, selecting, training, supervising, evaluating performance, and/developing staff, work schedules, and assignments; organizes staff meetings; coordinates continuing education training and in-services for staff; advised, guided, and/or directed on operational activities and/or government, industry, or institutional regulatory guidelines.

•Responsible for laboratory equipment, supplies, and data analysis tools including inspecting, maintaining, and/or troubleshooting.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FOOD SCIENCE Jun 1998 - Aug 2002

University of Florida Gainesville, Florida

Deland High School Class of 1990

SKILLS

Food Safety (Expert), Quality Management, HACCP, SQF, FDA Compliance, USDA Compliance, Lean Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Chemical Analysis, Laboratory Management, OSHA, ERP, HPLC, GC/MS, Microbiology, Sanitation Management, Quality Control, Process Improvement, Team Leadership.

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