Duration

Position details

Aug 2001 – Nov 2007

Senior Research Engineer, Supply Chain Innovation
Food Science Australia ( a joint venture of CSIRO and the Victorian Government)

• Project management of R&D portfolios in the areas of cold chain distribution and value chains for food and pharmaceutical products.
• Development of science strategy in the area of food supply chain research
• Development of R &D projects, with emphasis in innovative distribution systems and processes for foods and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products.
• Coordination of research activities in multidisciplinary teams of researchers and technical officers.

Sept 2000 - Jul 2001

Product Specialist (Refrigerators)
General Electric- MABE (Technology & Research) Mexico.

• Part of a project team undertaking R&D in domestic refrigerators.
• Specialist in food freshness and quality, and design parameters (heat and mass transfer) in domestic refrigerators.
  
  

Nov 1999 - Jul 2001

Manager and consultant
Consultores Especializados en Alimentos (CONESAL).

Management of a team dedicated to service the Mexican food industry. Some of our projects included:

• Food labelling projects for the fresh produce, bakery, and canning industries in Mexico.
• Development of training curricula and course materials related to Good Manufacturing Practices, safe handling of fresh produce and HACCP, for processing companies and for a large Mexican food restaurant chain.

Jan 1992 - Jan 2001

Associate Professor, Food Engineering, BSc and MSc.
National University of Mexico, Campus Cuautitlan (FES-C, UNAM).

Undergraduate teaching: Food Technology, Food Engineering (principles of refrigeration), Advanced Refrigeration Systems for Food Plants (including field trips to freezing plants) and Heat Transfer Laboratory.