Kerstin Arianna Garcia Elizondo

• Oversaw daily operations to ensure adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Sampling and QA Testing of Raw Materials, Semi-Finished Product and Final Product.
• Inspections activities to Inbounds, Raw Materials received, and Walkthrough through the plant and Silos.
• Experience working with SAP system.
• Following up of Calibration and Verification of Equipments and Monitoring Programs.
• Worked in additional projects
• Mentored team members in operational procedures and best practices and implemented training program for new staff.

• Member of the Semilleros’ Trainee Program carried by the engineer Felipe Sanchez.
• 6-month training program in technical and administrative activities of Corn Masa Flour Manufacturing process.
• Projects and activities where assigned as part of the training, like develope a "GRUMANUAL".
• Worked close along for Central Lab, experience in wide Food Lab Analysis methods.

• Field operation of water treatment systems for Purified Water Level 1.
• Operation in physicochemical wastewater treatment systems.
• Physicochemical quality analysis of water samples and jar tests.
• Administrative control of records and writing operation reports.
• Inventory control of products and reagents.

• Analysis of samples for contaminants in gas chromatograph and ICP-OES
• Preparation of Quality Control Standards and calibration curves
• Activities of Continuous Improvement and Automation with Excel and Visual Basic
• Updating of databases and search for supply and prices of reagents, MRC & Proficiency Testing.

Research in: "Adsorption of urea in aqueous solution by means of the zeolite Clinoptilolite". Participation and poster publication in the V Congreso Internacional de Química e Ingeniería Verde

• Report of the maximum adsorption capacity at constant temperature
• Detection of the analyte by an enzymatic method and colorimetry by spectrophotometry
• Fitting kinetic and isotherm models to data

• Development of knowledge in the Introduction to the design of plants, simulation, and optimization of Chemical Engineering processes
• Conception, digitization and/or correction in AutoCAD of process flow diagrams y P&IDs

Research conducted with future interest for the business development of new products. Participation and poster presentation of the research in the XL Encuentro Nacional de la AMIDIQ.