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M.S. degree in chemical engineering,

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