Dan Qi
Portland,OREGON
Summary
Responsible food scientist with 10 years of experience in the field of food product development and improvement. Skilled in project management, sensory sciences, problem solving. Provide unique ideas based on unique experiences that raised in China and lived in Japan for 13 years. Passionate about develop delicious food products that make impact in people’s lives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Scientist
House Foods Corporation
, Japan
04.2014 - 07.2023
- Developed new products and improved existing products, including seasoning mix for cream strew, chowder, curry, beef strew etc.
- Performed project management from bench top to plant trials to commercialization.
- Improved Vermont Curry (long-selling No.1 curry brand in Japan) to exclude sesame allergen without changing the taste. Successfully formulated product recipes through sensory evaluation, Central Local Test (CLT) and Home Use Test (HUT).
- Provided unique ideas based on multicultural experiences, and developed a series of stir-fry seasoning mix products.
- Solved problems self-motivated. Determined problems and designed lab experiments to test product quality, which contributed to productivity increasing and product quality improving.
- Collaborated with others to solve technical problems, and applied 5 Japanese patents (2 approved, 3 in pending).
Education
Master of Science - Applied Bioscience
Kyoto University
Japan03-2014
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Engineering
Liaoning University
China07-2010
Skills
- Product development
- Project management
- Sensory sciences
- Food Product Formulation
- Quality Assurance
- Culinary skill
- Ingredient knowledge
- Nutrition fact panel
- Documentation and reporting
- Plant trials
- Problem solving
- Multitasking
Languages
English
Professional
Japanese
Full Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Food Scientist
House Foods Corporation
04.2014 - 07.2023
Master of Science - Applied Bioscience
Kyoto University
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Engineering
Liaoning University
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