ADEFOLUKE EMENIKE

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OBJECTIVE: Desire the Challenging Position of a Food Scientist to contribute in developing new and better ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods.

PROFILE: Extremely talented, self-motivated, enthusiastic Food Scientist with over 8 years experience in developing new and better ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods. Proven research experience with the ability to discover new food sources; analyze food content, determine levels of fat, protein in food

Core Competencies

• Strong organizational skills.

• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral), attention to detail, and superb project management skills.

• Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

• Proven ability to critically appraise scientific information and to target written and oral communications to a range of audiences.

• Excellent knowledge of wheat grain technology (including laboratory analytical systems), basic mechanical skills, business management skills, and employee relations skills.

• Knowledge and understanding of meat and poultry processing (ham and savory meats), and cooking and as well as remarkable experience with food processing equipment.

• Deep experience with computerized food nutrition analyses programs.

• Proficient in Product Development and Quality Assurance Procedures.

• Excellent with Word, Excel and Microsoft Office Applications.

• Superb understanding of statistical approaches used in assay development and results processing.

• Expertise in the retrieval and analysis of relevant literature, and proficiency in presenting a case.

• Solid ability of Conceptual thinking, and proficiency in networking.

• Professional Experience

Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland 2006-2011

Food Scientist/Researcher (Wheat grain, flour and bread quality prediction by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy).

1. Receipt of batches of wheat grain samples from different locations within Ireland. Sorting, cleaning and milling of wheat samples for flour production

2. NIRS scanning of whole wheat grains, flours, dough and breads produced from the wheat flours

3. Performed laboratory analysis of wheat, flour and bread samples to determine the physiochemical properties of the samples.

4. Using NIRS to predict the quality of the wheat samples at different processing stages

5. Preparing reports illustrating findings of work carried out and presentation of reports in annual seminars

6. Prepared proposals and reports where advanced technical knowledge of ingredients is required.

Professional Experience

Tastee Fried Chicken, Lagos, Nigeria 1999-2003

Food Scientist/Operations

1. Monitor product/menu trends, product development activities and food industry technology developments.

2. Participate on project teams to provide expertise on ingredient, product build and equipment aspects.

3. Coordinate with Sensory Team - participating taste tests during new product showings, competitor shopping and idea creation sessions.

4. Recommend best product, procedure, packaging and equipment options based on delivery of concept, operational feasibility, consumer research and sensory panel results and supplier capabilities.

5. Provide mentorship to other less experienced production staff.

6. Update and maintain specifications and assure ingredient formulations on file are current.

7. Ensure that supervisors are given clear direction and feedback with relation to decisions taken by management.

EDUCATION

MS Engineering Technology, University College Dublin, Ireland (2004)

MS Food Technology University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1999

BS Food Science & Technology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (1996)

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