Expertise

• Broad experience in most technical aspects of the food and brewing industry including:
• Flour production
• Starch modification
• Extraction and dewatering systems; presses, belt drainers
• Biogum precipitation, dewatering and drying
• Drying
• Heating and heat exchangers
• Brewing and fermentation

Experience

Currently, Independent Consultant for food and brewing industries; consulting for process improvement and product improvement.

Hosakawa Bepex, Inc., Product Specialist.

• Developed tortilla flour production system; developed improved extraction system for screw presses; developed system for biogum precipitation, dewatering and drying.

Stord, Inc., Manager of Process Development.

• Developed in-dryer radio frequency moisture sensor; developed continuous glue and emulsion breaking system; coordinator with Battelle in international corporate effort to improve dewatering.

Pope Scientific, Inc., Development Consultant.

• Led development to upgrade of existing laboratory scraped surface heat exchanger to an industrial model, complete with improved throughput and automation

Miller Brewing Company, Senior Development Engineer

• Developed major improvement in kettle design and first large scale fermentation vessel concept; developed yeast suspension system.

Carling Brewing Company

• Progressed from plant engineer to shift assistant Brew master to Packaging Superintendent to Assistant to the Plant Manager

Honors & Publications

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Institute of Food Technologists

Education

• M.S. Biochemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• B.S. Food Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology