John Hofmeister & Son *****
Quality Assurance & Food Safety Manager
• Manage Sanitation, Food Safety and S.S.O.P. Programs
• Supervise Contract & Plant Sanitation Staff and Technicians.
• Responsible for Label Approvals & Export Shipments
• Train all company employees in GMP’s, Food Safety, Food Defense, HACCP & Safety
Achievements:
• Wrote and established Training Program for employees.
• Created instrument calibration program
• Instituted Monthly Internal Audit system for plant.
• Improved plant Silliker rating from Fair (88% prior to arrival) to Excellent (99% in 2011)

Stock Yards Packing Company *****
Quality Assurance Manager
• Administered and managed HACCP and S.S.O.P. Programs
• Supervised Q.A. Technicians and Sanitation Staff.
• Worked closely with U.S.D.A.
• Responsible for all quality and food safety programs

Achievements:
• Revised HACCP Program
• Rewrote S.S.O.P. Program
• Initiated Food Safety Training Program for employees.
• Redesigned Plant Sanitation Program
• Started environmental testing program
• Achieved Superior Rating (highest awarded) from Steritech Audit
• Improved and expanded export program including getting the plant certified for shipments to South Korea


Stampede Meat, Bridgeview, IL
Quality Assurance Manager 2006 – 2008
• Coordinator for Foodservice Customer Relations
• Principal liaison with Applebee’s
• Handle product specifications and new product development
• Investigation of customer issues and special projects
• Supervision and Training of Quality Assurance department employees

Achievements
• Set up quality product review program
• Reduced customer quality issues
• Revised product specifications
• Improved customer relations and satisfaction


Birchwood Foods, Frankfort, IN
Quality Assurance Manager *****
• Supervision and Training of Quality Assurance Techs and manage department
• Handle all labeling functions, submittals, creation, etc.
• Responsible for writing of product specifications and product formulas.
• Manage all HACCP Plans and Programs
• HACCP team Chairman


Achievements
• Rewrote HACCP, S.S.O.P. and G.M.P. Programs
• Reduced NR’s by 10%
• Plant passed Silliker Audit- 2004 Achieved Good Rating-2005
• Plant approved by Wal-Mart, Safeway, Wegman’s & Advance Foods for production of their products
• Created monitoring programs, audits, forms and systems for new Entrée Product Line
• Revised current Environmental Swabbing Program and created LM Testing Program.

Michigan Turkey Producers, Wyoming, MI 1999 – 2003
HACCP Administrator: 2003
• Maintain and update HACCP Program.
• Implement all revisions.
• Provide HACCP Training to all employees

Quality Assurance Manager: 1999 – 2002
• Responsible for all Quality Assurance functions for the Michigan Turkey Producers Company.
• Supervise 9 employees including 1 Q.A. Supervisor, 2 Chemists, 6 Q.A. Techs.
• Responsible for HACCP, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures and HIMP.
• Primary contact for U.S.D.A.
• Responsible for product specification.
• Product development responsibilities.
• Responsible for customer inquiries, correspondence, company relations, etc.
• Chair of the HACCP Team
• Member of the National Turkey Federation Technical and*****mittee.

Achievements:
• 11th employee of the Michigan Turkey Producers Company and heavily involved in the startup of the company
• Developed HACCP and Sanitation Standard Operating procedures
• Created all Q.A. programs, systems, procedures, plans, forms and check sheets.
• Created GMP’s for plant. Wrote and designed Hygiene Manual for Plant.
• Hired Quality Assurance Staff and developed department for company.
• Developed food safety systems for plant.
• Plant ranked #1 by U.S.D.A. for lowest incidence of salmonella found in testing.
• Plant given Silliker Company’s Gold Certificate two consecutive years (their highest ranking) following their plant audits of our facility.
• Plant passed audit by Russian Federation for shipment of product to Russia.







Thorn Apple Valley *****
Quality Assurance Manager, Grand Rapids, MI
• Supervised Quality Assurance Staff
• Responsible for Label Approvals
• Responsible for the Laboratory and Pre-Operational Inspection.
• Directly involved with new product development and product formulations.
• Maintained Quality Assurance Plant Records.
• Handled consumer inquiries
• Responsible for product recalls.
• Coordinated Plant Food Safety Training Programs

Achievements:
• Created HACCP Program for plant.
• Revised S.S.O.P. Program for plant.
• Reduced U.S.D.A. deficiencies by over 68% from previous year.
• Created new Quality Assurance programs for AQL auditing.
• Improved training program and reduced turnover of Quality Assurance employees by over 60%.


Wilson Foods Corporation, Logansport, IN *****
Senior Q.A. Inspector
• Online inspection and AQL Inspection of raw and finished products.
• Assisted in new product development.
• Responsible for shelf life research program for company.
• Performed laboratory testing of products.
• Conducted micro and analytical sampling of incoming raw materials.

Achievements:
• Helped to develop many new products, one of which won entrée of the year by Prepared Foods Magazine, resulting in record sales for the company.
• Instrumental in the development of least costing system used for meat blending. Resulting lower costs, maintaining quality and producing a consistent product.

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Education, Ball State University, 1974
Bachelor of Science in Business, Ball State University, 1978

Continuing Education:
• Total Quality Management Training, Wilson Foods Corporation, 1992
• STOP Safety Training, Thorn Apple Valley, 1994
• HACCP Training, Thorn Apple Valley, 1997.
• Personnel Training, Thorn Apple Valley, 1997.
• U.S.D.A. HACCP Training Seminar, 1998.
• HACCP Certification Course, American Meat Science Association, 1998
• HACCP Training, Michigan Turkey Producers, 2000.
• Advanced HACCP and IDV Training, HACCP Consulting Group, 2000
• HACCP Lead Instructor Certification, International HACCP Alliance, 2000.
• Applied Statistical Quality Control Training, Northwest Analytical, 2001.
• Business Management Training, Grand Rapids Community College, 2001.
• Seafood HACCP Certification, University of Connecticut, 2008.
• SQF Training, Silliker, 2010.

• Member of the National Turkey Federation Technical and*****mittee.

Highlights of Qualifications:
• 30 years experience in Quality Assurance
• Innovative and effective manager
• HACCP Lead Instructor Certification-International HACCP Alliance
• HACCP and Advanced HACCP Certificates
• Seafood HACCP Certified
• SQF Trained – SQF Practitioner
• Well versed in U.S.D.A. Regulations, Bioterrorism, Animal Welfare
• Knowledgeable in GMP, S.S.O. P., Sanitation and Operations
• Trained in Statistical Process Control Methods
• Author of HACCP Programs for 5 facilities
• Author of S.S.O.P. Programs for 3 facilities