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Reza Sarahngpour kafrani

Food Safety Scientist
Montreal,Quebec

Languages

Persian
Native or Bilingual
English
Professional Working
French
Limited Working

Summary

  • Detail-oriented Food and Pharma testing Laboratory Manager with 20 years of experience, highly effective at keeping laboratories running smoothly and efficiently. Knowledgeable about managing supplies, equipment, and facilities. Pursuing new professional challenges with the opportunity to make a positive impact on laboratory operations and research success.
  • Highly qualified Laboratory Manager with top-notch leadership, planning, and problem-solving abilities. Open and clear communicator with a disciplined and thorough approach.
  • Resourceful Manager offering a history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with a hardworking mentality to maintain the quality of services and products.
  • Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Skills

  • Managerial background ( More than 20 years of experience)
  • Food Safety Compliance
  • Laboratory equipment operations
  • Food processing and product development
  • Laboratory setup
  • Customer Needs Assessments
  • Inventory Records
  • Customer Needs Assessments
  • Inventory Records
  • Flexible and Adaptable

Work History

CEO and founder

Avi Life Gp Inc
Montreal, Quebec
10.2015 - Current
  • Highly accomplished successful professional, achieving set deliverables in various roles across academic, research, food, and pharmaceutical laboratories. Dedicated, client-focused manager, driven to promote quality performance, integrity, ethics, and teamwork.
  • Coached and guided senior managers to improve employee job satisfaction and achieve higher performance levels.
  • Established foundational processes for business operations.
  • Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for laboratory work.
  • Kept Laboratory equipment maintained, facility clean and organized and inventory stocked to maximize performance.
  • Kept laboratory in compliance with applicable guidelines and laws.
  • Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
  • Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
  • Oversaw in-depth laboratory inspections and contributed to favorable outcomes.
  • Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
  • Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.

CEO and founder

EB Labs Inc.
Esfahan, Esfahan- Iran
03.2003 - 06.2014
  • Coached and guided senior managers to improve employee job satisfaction and achieve higher performance levels.
  • Reviewed individual department performance and worked with leadership to improve processes, procedures and practices.
  • Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
  • Procured and coordinated new resources to achieve sales targets within optimal timeframes.
  • Identified new revenue generation opportunities to maximize bottom-line profitability.
  • Addressed employee and managerial concerns and implemented corrective actions to promote compliance.
  • Established foundational processes for business operations.
  • Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations.
  • Negotiated with suppliers and delivery workers and ordered materials according to forecasted customer demand.

Product Manager

Pectin Company Ltd.
Esfahan, Esfahan- Iran
02.2001 - 12.2003
  • Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Collected customer requirements, directed testing and conducted continuous evaluations to make proactive adjustments to marketing approaches.
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts to bring products to market.
  • Assessed costs and estimated production capabilities to evaluate economic viability.

Production Manager

Markaz Canning Company (Dourg)
Esfahan, Esfahan- Iran
08.1998 - 03.2001
  • Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees, and worked with human resources to meet changing production schedules.
  • Assessed manufacturing processes and recommended improvements to increase productivity.
  • Estimated labor requirements to support anticipated workload.
  • Managed internal operational standards and productivity targets.
  • Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
  • Implemented quality improvement changes to minimize product defect rates.

Education

Ph.D. - Food Sciences And Technology

McGill University
Montreal, MO
09.2017 - Current

Master of Science - Food Sciences And Technology

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
Esfahan -Iran
09.1999 - 06.2001

Bachelor of Science - Food Sciences And Technology

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
Isfahan- Iran
09.1995 - 06.1999

Accomplishments

  • Drug Establishment Licensefor Pharmaceutical Laboratory from Health Canada in 2021.
  • Developing 6 different products of Bio-organic Fertilizers in 2020-2021.
  • Developing Organic hand Sanitizers during covid-19 pandemic and obtaining NPN from Health Canada in 2020.
  • Establishment License Free Technical & Vocational Institute of Arman Danesh Sina from Emblem of Islamic Republic of Iran, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, State Technical & Vocational Training Organization, 2013.
  • Teacher assistant at McGill University, Montreal, 2017-2020.
  • Supporting letter from Iranian National Standard Organization about producing Certified Reference Materials (CRM) in Iran, 2012.
  • Establishment Permit Technical Engineering unit of Arman Danesh Sina from Ministry of mines and industries, 2011.
  • Design a new industrial kitchen with contract No: 88010121 in the Central kitchen of Esfahan Steel Company, 2009-2010.
  • Standard Expert Permit (Real Entity)
  • Member of Isfahan Research & Technology Network, 2009.
  • $35,500 Grant, Department of the Environment, Isfahan -Iran, 2008-2009
  • $68,000 Grant, Department of the Environment, Isfahan -Iran, 2008-2009
  • Exploitation license for controlling food, Non-Governmental Cosmetics and Hygiene of Ebn-e Sina Peer Laboratory,2006
  • Notice for the Establishment of Ebn-e Sina foodstuffs Control laboratory company (private Joint Stock), 2004.

· Exploitation license of Ebn-e Sina Peer Laboratory, 2004.

· Occupation Certificate in Arman Gostar Espadana Co., 2002-2004.

Software

Communication tools Social Media Spreadsheets Word Processing and Desktop Publishing Tools Presentation Tools

Social Media

Spreadsheets

Word Processing and Desktop Publishing Tools

Presentation Tools

Publications

Journal Publication

  • Tracking Mustard Slurry Allergen Reactivity Through Stove Top Cooking and Enhanced Thermal Treatments Using Sandwich ELISA, Food and Bioprocess Technology (2022) 15:806–820.
  • Simultaneous Determination of Sodium Benzoate, PotassiumSorbate, and Natamycin Content in Iranian Yoghurt Drink (Doogh) and the Associated Risk of Their Intake through Dough Consumption, Iranian Journal of Public Health; Aug2013, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p915.
  • Investigation of Afla Toxin M1 contamination in milk samples (in Isfahan and Yazd), EJFPP, Vol. 2 (3):31-42, 2011. file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/EJFPP8681347305400.pdf
  • Occurrence of Alfa toxins in pistachio nuts in Esfahan Province of Iran, Journal of food safety, 2010. file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/WISproxy[1].pdf
  • Industrial potato salad microbial quality improvement in Isfahan. Iranian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine.2007; (12) 37: 53-59.Books. http://en.journals.sid.ir/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=91299
  • Provolone cheese -specifications and test methods, ISIRI 13326 Standard method, 1st. Edition, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/13326.pdf,
  • Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrate and nitrite contents - Part 1: : Method using cadmium reduction and spectrometry, ISIRI 13327-1 Standard method, 1st. Edition, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/13327-1.pdf
  • Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrate and nitrite contents - Part 2: Method using segmented flow analysis (Routine method), ISIRI 13327-2 Standard method, 1st. Edition, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/13327-2.pdf
  • Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrate and nitrite contents - Part 3: Method using cadmium reduction and flow injection analysis with in-line dialysis (Routine method), ISIRI 13327-3 Standard method, 1st. Edition, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/13327-3.pdf
  • Coulommiers Cheese- Specifications and test methods, ISIRI 13328 Standard method, 1st. Edition, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/13328.pdf
  • Canned Shrimps or Prawns in brine- Specifications and test methods, ISIRI 713 Standard method, 2nd. Revision, 2011, http://www.isiri.org/portal/files/std/713.pdf
  • Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis http://isiri.org/portal/File/std/17219.pdf,2014

Project Management Report Published

  • Sarhangpour, R., Shojaee A.,M.,H., “Determination of persistence organic pollutants (POPs) in underground Water Najaf Abad farm sites – Isfahan-Iran” 2008-2009.
  • Sarhangpour, R., et all. “Determination of hazardous waste from Agricultural sites and food industry in Isfahan province” 2008.

Conference and Presentation

  • Tracking the fate of mustard allergens using Novel Detection and Food Processing Approaches. NABEC 2020.
  • Evaluation of the fate of allergens in soy slurry subjected to intense thermal processing, NABEC 2020.
  • Evaluation of the fate of allergens in soy slurry subjected to intense thermal processing, NABEC 2020.
  • Determination and Optimization of Employing Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for Detecting the Protein Allergens in Various Mustard Species, NABEC 2019.
  • How to reduce food wastes, 2nd Symposium on fuel, energy, and environment, Kermanshah, Iran, 2009.
  • Study hazardous waste from Agricultural sites and food industry in Isfahan province, 2nd Symposium on fuel, energy and environment, Kermanshah, Iran, 2009.

· Research on Adulterations in milk and dairy products, Fall 2012

· Research on the shelf-life of functional foods.2012.

Timeline

Ph.D. - Food Sciences And Technology

McGill University
09.2017 - Current

CEO and founder

Avi Life Gp Inc
10.2015 - Current

CEO and founder

EB Labs Inc.
03.2003 - 06.2014

Product Manager

Pectin Company Ltd.
02.2001 - 12.2003

Master of Science - Food Sciences And Technology

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
09.1999 - 06.2001

Production Manager

Markaz Canning Company (Dourg)
08.1998 - 03.2001

Bachelor of Science - Food Sciences And Technology

Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
09.1995 - 06.1999
Reza Sarahngpour kafraniFood Safety Scientist