Wilhelmsen Consulting

SUMMARY

Over twelve years of technical service and management in a corporate research environment. Strong technical background, goal oriented, innovative with excellent problem solving skills. Proven team building skills.

1995- Present WILHELMSEN CONSULTING, Milpitas, CA

Research Consultant and Applied Technology Specialist

Generate value by applying skill and experience as a problem solver and innovator.

• Diagnosed and developed a successful plan to eliminate 3 million dollar spoilage problem for a biotechnology company.
• Developed several prototype food products and provided technical expertise for other related efforts.
• Conducted international laboratory audit and established a residue monitoring program.
• Functional Foods have been an increasingly important in the consulting practice.
1983 - 1995 DOLE FOOD COMPANY, San José, CA

Group Manager - Applied Technologies 1994- 1995

Identified and developed technologies for increasing the profitability of the various operating groups. Provided technical expertise to the corporate environmental program.

• Implemented projects expected to yield over $300 million in productivity increases by increasing the green life of bananas and by improvement of clonal selection.
• Delivered technical support for fresh and packaged business diversification program in Latin America to develop prepared salad, prepared fruit and juice businesses.
• Invented two technologies to control latex flow and to control browning problems in bananas.
• Trained environmental coordinators in monitoring program design to support risk assessment.
• Developed accreditation program for evaluating contract laboratories worldwide.
Manager, Analytical and Applied Chemistry 1986 - 1994

Managed General Chemistry, Advanced Instrumentation and Microbiology including up to 5 senior scientists and 10 other professional and hourly personnel. Managed $100K in annual operating budgets and justified and managed about $50K in capital budgets. Supervised building hazardous materials management plan and OHSA compliance effort.

• Provided technical support to build $350 million beverage business and $150 million value-added fresh-cut vegetable business.
• Diagnosed and resolved multi-million dollar product problems for canned fruit.
• Developed methods and managed in-house and contract analyses for products and environmental research.
• Recruited staff and directed capital expenditures to build an applied research team including expertise in Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Senior Food Chemist 1985 - 1986

Conceived, executed and completed projects to meet objectives of Dole Packaged Foods. Lead scientist in the Analytical Laboratory. · Trained technicians on all instrumentation, including HPLC, GC, GC-MS(ion trap), uv/vis and Hunter color.

Analytical Food Chemist 1983 - 1985

Developed instrumental methods for monitoring quality, detecting contamination and evaluating package performance for fruit and vegetable products. Executed projects and experiments to support research programs.

1979 - 1983 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Davis, CA

Post Graduate Biochemist Research Assistant

Initiated and completed research projects, maintained equipment and prepared manuscripts for publication. · Part of team that successfully sought $300K from NIH to study the basis of the nutritional requirement for Selenium, an essential trace element.

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry University of California at Davis 1983

M.S. in Food Science and Technology University of California at Davis 1980

B.S. in Food Biochemistry (High Honors) University of California at Davis 1979

• Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving,
• Leadership Development
• Gaining Cooperation,
• Making Training Work,
• Marketing Fundamentals,
• On-line searching, and
• SAS training

Fifteen diverse publications in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Food Science. Several invited presentations. (Available on request.)

Proficient in oral and written French

• American Chemical Society
• AOAC
• AAAS
• Institute of Food Technology
• Technical Committee for Juice and Juice Products - Past Chair
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society