Expert Details
Concentrated Apple and Fruit Juice Production & Plant Management, Process Design, R&D
ID: 731948
Argentina
27 years of experience in R&D, process design, quality systems and plant management mainly for concentrated apple and pear juice production, but also grapes and peaches.
Responsible for processing more than 1.3 billion tons of apples and pears, this is 40 million gallons of juice concentrate for the US market since 1989.
Trained in ISO 22000 standards and HACCP plans. Nine years of experience managing the process juice producing companies in Mexico. 16 years of experience working as process manager, plant manager, for the biggest apple and pear juice producing company In Argentine. Familiar withg quality standards of most of single strength juice producing companies in the U.S.
Expert has managed production and process operations in juice industries during the last 24 years, (more than 1.3 billons tons of apples and pears for juice production) planning production annual budgets, advising on process control and technical improvements, being part of different management committees. He has been responsible for managing environmental issues and institutional relationships with state authorities. He has been intensively trained in HACCP and ISO 22000 standards, and has taken the plants under his management to comply with these standards. Expert has been responsible for R&D, and Process Engineering activities along his career, being trained in some of the biggest U.S. and Argentine Apple juice producing companies. He has provided technical support and coordination to production and quality areas.
Some of the activities expert performed:
Providing new predictive tools for process control such as plant simulation software for performing mass balances, etc, Improvement in plant layout design, Development of new products such as cloudy juice, Development of methods for testing and selection of new ingredients, Waste water treatment evaluation for plant design, Enhancement of essence and juice recovery yield, Increase of plant production capacity and yield
Development of specific techniques for enzymatic treatment, and decanters operation and control.
Development of prediction methods for ultra filtration performance evaluation, enhancement of filtration flow rates by manipulation of process variables and cleaning techniques. Identification and solving a broad spectrum of quality related problems such as final product stability problems, eradication of microbiological undesirable issues like TAB’s ( Thermo acidophilic bacteria’s ). Proposal and implementation of a development project, which culminated in the creation of software capable of predicting the color deterioration of the final product, throughout its shelf life, under different conditions of transport and storage. Particularly useful in the areas of logistics, commercial and quality. Also for setting the production targets of color for final product. Modeling of the DBO/ DQO generation in all the facilities in order to simulate different working conditions for each plant, for the selection of proper waste water treatment. Responsible for the study, recovery, and starting up of an adsorbent resin column system. Participation in the design of a juice transfer station at port of Wilmington, USA, including procedures, manuals, HACCP Plan, etc. Contact person for customers and trade issues in USA. Responsible for all engineering needs, including proposal, development and execution of the expansion of plant capacity, and yield optimization. Responsible for proposals and implementation of building and layout improvements, changes in processing operation, G.M.P’s, etc., for insertion of a company into the international market for juices. Adviser for commercialization issues of apple and pear essence. He also participated and assisted in the development of red Concord grape and peach concentrated juice production in Mexico. He was technical responsible for long term technical assistance agreement with the Tree Top Company at the USA. Expert has participated in developing capability of Gas Chromatography analysis for pesticides at the plant laboratory.
He was also responsible for hiring and training of new personnel in the operation of equipment, process and quality control techniques in different facilities.
Other Relevant Information: Participation to IFT and US Apple Association meetings, Visits to most well known clients in the USA. Technical training at Tree Top Plants in Washington State
Plant and process evaluation design and optimizationQuality issues araisedCost evaluationPlant simulation, Mass and Energy BalancesNew products development
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1987 | Degree: Masters Degree | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: Universidad Nacional del Sur, Conicet Argentine |
| Year: 1983 | Degree: Bachelor of Science | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentine |
| Year: 1981 | Degree: Chemist | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentine |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1998 to 2016 | Employer: Sower S.A. / Jugos del sur | Title: Plant Manager | Department: Industrial |
Responsibilities:He is manages production and process operations.He is responsible for planning of production annual budget He proposes improvements and advices on process control and technical issues He is member of the management committee He is responsible for environmental issues and institutional relations with state authorities He is member of HACCP team He is responsible for R&D activities |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1998 | Employer: Confrutta S.A. | Title: Process Manager | Department: Industrial |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for process engineering and plant supervisionHe was shared responsibility for for quality control He was technical responsible for technical assistance agreement with Tree Top in U.S.A. between 1989 to 1997. He advised and assisted on Concord grape juice and peach juice projects development. He started up operations and control of such processes. He was interpreter of commercial and quality related activities with clients in U.S.A. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1989 | Employer: Plapiqui ( CONICET),( National Research Council for Scientific Activities)ARGENTINE | Title: Support Engineer | Department: Engineering support to industry |
Responsibilities:He was part of a task engineering group responsible for scientific-engineering support to local food and petrochemical industries.He participated in the process design plant layout, construction, and equipment supply for an apple juice plant in Mexico. He trained process supervisors and laboratory technicians' |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Operation Manager | Department: Plant Management |
Responsibilities:General Plant Management, Process Manager |
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Fields of Expertise
apple juice, Abbe refractometer, background investigation, Current Good Manufacturing Practice, efficiency, engineering investigation, equipment sanitizing, evaporation, food cooling, food process computer modeling, food process modeling, food processing, food processing equipment, food processing good manufacturing practice, food processing optimization, food processing plant, food processing plant design, food processing plant troubleshooting, food processing waste, fruit juice, fruit juice composition, fruit juice quality, fruit processing, fruit puree, Good Manufacturing Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice training, hazard analysis critical control point, heating, industrial enzyme, investigation, juice haze formation, optimization, pasteurization, process modeling, process optimization, quality, research, surface evaporation, system optimization, thermal food processing, ultrafiltration, vertical cutter-mixer, water evaporation, water ultrafiltration, wet grinding, fruit juice processing, food processing pollution prevention, stainless steel 304, steam processing, food machinery, food processing quality, stainless steel 316, clean-in-place, juice labeling, fruit juice authenticating, composition, food processing plant sanitizing, food processing technology, food industry quality control, water quality, kosher food processing, food heat transfer, kosher food, design optimization, energy-efficient food processing, product optimization, water heating, enzyme