Quality Engineer /Manager

Mark Curella

***** ****** ****

Louisville, Kentucky 40241

502-***-****

Experience

Ralcorp Frozen Foods, Louisville, KY (2008-2010)

Quality Assurance Technician

• Completed HACCP, Process Deviation, and Hold reports. Placed nonconforming product on hold

• Performed NACL and CO2 test on biscuit and hotcake dry mixes

• Cleared blenders between batch transitions. Conducted pre-production sanitation inspections

Attended the Academy of Art

San Francisco (September 2006-January 2008)

Lived and attended school in San Francisco

Area of Study: Industrial Design

• Perspective Drawing-Learned basics of perspective drawing

• Model-Making-Learned to design, build, and paint a representational concept model.

• Form Design-Ideation, design, and construction of a product.

Carriage House Foods, Bucker, KY (2000-2006)

Quality Assurance Technician (2004-2006)

• Conducted laboratory tests; brix, pH sensory test: Completed shift paperwork

• Audited production lines for compliance to company specifications

• Collaborated with production team to ensure product met all company specifications

Plant Sanitarian (2002-2004)

• Developed plan to outsource sanitation functions and saved company $100,000

• Managed hourly sanitation workers and monitored work of cleaning contractor

• Coordinated sanitation and food safety programs

Quality Assurance Lab Tech (2000-2002)

• Collaborated with production team to ensure product met specifications

• Conducted laboratory tests – brix, pH sensory tests; Completed and organized shift paperwork

• Isolated product and raw ingredients that did not meet specifications

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

MS, Systems Science-Information Systems, University of Louisville (1991)

BS, Sociology, Murray State University (1980)

Computer Training, Louisville Free Public Library: Excel, Publisher, etc. (2010)

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