Lisa Maynard Old Hickory, TN 740.727.8302 ercbuckeye@hotmail.com

SUMMARY

Senior-Level quality assurance manager with proven track record in driving business-process improvements in the food manufacturing industry. Expertise in developing systems and processes in startup organizations and organizations where they are lacking the QA structure. Competencies, knowledge and skills include:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Five Star Custom Foods, Nashville, TN 2015 to Present Quality Assurance Manager

• Lead SQF Level 3 audit as SQF Practitioner and all other customer audits including YUM Brands.

• Author Food Safety Blogs and articles for company website including current food quality topics pertinent to current events.

• Working knowledge of FDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), HACCP, food allergens and pest control

• Execution of policies & procedures including environmental sampling plan for RTE monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella testing.

• Support and assist QA team members in resolving product quality testing deficiencies • Troubleshoot and monitor in-house Product chemistry testing data to meet customer

specifications. • Coordinate and lead the Food Safety Team for identification of Foreign Material prevention,

GMP internal audit issues, Sanitary Design of equipment for improvement opportunities. • Perform HACCP Pre-shipment Review for Product release • Train all department employees on continuous education of food safety topics. • Analyze, investigate, and trend all customer and vendor complaints for the purpose of

continuous improvement and cost reduction Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, OH 2014-2015 Food Safety Specialist – RFL – Position Eliminated

• Perform GMP audits per Ohio Revised Code 3715 for wholesale food processing establishments.

• Collect samples, conduct inspections, evaluations, investigation and surveillance activities of wholesale food industry for compliance with mandated state and/or federal laws and rules to ensure safe production and sale of food products.

• Provides expert advice, consultation and direction to food industry and/or local health department personnel on food safety issues.

• Ensures compliance with good manufacturing practices, state and federal food laws and regulations.

• License and Inspect wholesale firms in the State of Ohio covering 22 counties. • Prepares reports of technical nature and compares local health department and food industry

performance to required procedures and guidelines and recommends training and additional assistance when warranted

• Quality Assurance Management • Supplier & Contract Management • Internal Process & Product Auditor • Business Analysis/Evaluation • Supplier Management • Quality Management Systems • Program/Project Management • Safety/Regulatory Compliance

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Food Safety Professionals Inc, Portsmouth, OH 2012-2014 Quality Assurance Manager, RFL – Position Eliminated

• Performed HACCP Pre-shipment Review for Product release. • Trained QA department members and Production Supervisors/Superintendents for continuous

education of Food Safety Initiatives utilizing Alchemy Training Sistem: GMP (Cornell University Modules), Foreign Material, Allergen, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action/Preventative Action (CAPA), Blood borne Pathogens, Internal Audit issues and all training topics job specific as required by SQF.

• Monitored daily inspections of finished products and raw materials during processing and testing.

• Exceeded Co-manufacturer Quality Assurance Regulations for Hershey’s, M&M Mars, Nestle. • Managed and developed quality assurance department to meet the increasing demands of new

customer and SQF certification requirements. • Trending of Pre-Op and SSOP/GMP policies for analysis and monitoring to determine

effectiveness of Sanitation programs. Tipton’s Food Inc, Ironton, OH 2000-2010 Operations Manager, RFL – Organization dissolved

• Verification of HACCP plans and all Pre-requisite Programs: Pest Control, SSOP, Metal Detection, QCPs & MCPs, Pre-op Sanitation.

• Execution of Policies & Procedures including Environmental Sampling Plan for RTE monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella testing.

• Trending of Pre-Op and SSOP/GMP policies for analysis and monitoring to determine effectiveness of Sanitation programs.

• Team building of committees for foreign material: reports, investigate root cause, how to prevent contamination of food products.

• Communicate and develop relationship with onsite regulatory agency, USDA & Inspector In Charge.

• Coordinate Food Safety Team and Sanitation Team for compliance to Weekly master cleaning schedule for verification of frequency and cleaning.

Perdue Farms, Monterey, TN 1998-2000 Quality Assurance Microbiologist, RFL – Relocated to OH

• Processed food product samples for testing of bacteria levels: TPC, E.coli, Salmonella, Listeria. • Shelf life testing of food products produced • Implemented HACCP plan and analyzed all food manufacturing processes to determine critical

control points within the process. • Participated in several audits including those of sanitation and customer audits.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - 1997 Bachelor of Science in Microbiology Sanitarian Board, Columbus, OH - 2015 Sanitarian.In.Training #15-166, Ohio State