Martin Gushwa
12522 Spring Creek
Road
Moorpark, Ca 93021
Home 805 529-8412
Cellular 805 660-8412
Fox 805 530-1554
MBGushwa@aol.com
Quality Assurance Manager / Corporate Hygienist / Food Safety Manager
Summary
Management
professional with over 26 years experience in food processing, with specific
expertise in HACCP programs, food safety, cleaning and sanitation, pest
control, hygienic design issues and environmental microbiological monitoring.
Developed and trained a national group of Hygienists, encompassing several
processing technologies. A Certified
Food Safety Professional credentialed by the National Environmental Health Association. Excellent communicator with strong training and coaching skills. Recognized for system analysis, trouble-shooting
and practical problem solving skills. Member of the Dairy Products Institute 3-A Sanitary Standards Sub-Committee.
Experience
Nestlé USA
Glendale, Ca 1985
to 2003
Manager, Corporate Hygiene
Primary
Responsibilities
• Development and presentation of
training materials to support safe, effective and efficient pest control and
cleaning/sanitation programs in all Nestlé USA facilities and Co-Manufacturers
when requested.
• Work with
Nestlé USA Food Safety group to develop training programs and implement
environmental sampling plans, in compliance with Nestec and Nestlé USA
requirements, to control pathogens such as Listeria and Salmonella,
along with indicator microbial populations in the plants.
• Provide
on-going education and training to Nestlé USA Plant Hygienists on issues
relating to food safety, environmental microbiological monitoring and data
analysis.
• Provide
analysis of cleaning and sanitation programs within and across divisions to
insure that least cost, most efficient systems are utilized.
• Support Food
Safety compliance through on-going training, audits and coaching of the Plant
Hygienists.
• Provide
direction, training and assistance to the Plant Hygienists to control cleaning
and sanitation effluent/ waste to the minimum needed to properly clean the
facility.
• Provide
guidance and leadership on the sanitary design of facilities, equipment,
equipment installation and plant layout. This responsibility included assisting
in identification of capital needs for modification or replacement of existing
equipment or structures.
El Torito
Restaurants, Irvine, Ca 1980
to 1985
Manager, Quality Assurance
Primary Responsibilities
• Design and implement a Quality
Assurance system for the central food processing plant and the restaurant kitchens. The central plant system was approved
by the USDA under the Total Quality Control Program.
• Analyzed,
revised and implemented effective cleaning and sanitation programs.
• Developed
and presented GMP training to new employees for both the central processing
plant and the restaurants.
• Trained and supervised the central plant Quality
Control lab technicians.
• Developed specifications and
auditing protocols for ingredients and finished product.
• Handled new product label
submissions to USDA.
• Trained restaurant kitchen staff
on safe food handling techniques.
• Investigated food borne illness
complaints, recommended and implemented corrective action in restaurants.
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Fullerton, CA 1976
to 1980
Supervisor, Ingredient Lab
Primary Responsibilities
• Qualification of new
ingredients and vendors.
• Product reformulations for
ingredient replacement, cost reduction or quality improvement.
• Trouble shooting of
contamination issues in the processing plants.
• Sensory training of plant
personnel
Education
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 1972
B.S, Biological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton,
CA 1976
MA. , Biology -
Title of Masters Thesis “Proteolytic Activity in a Pathogenic Yeast, Candida
albicans”
Skills
Proficient
in the use of Microsoft software - Windows, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Training
Heat Treatment Workshop - 2000 American Feed
Industry Association
HACCP Training - 1999, International HACCP Alliance
Sanitation/Food Safety Workshop - 1998. Ecolab
Presentation Skills - 1996. Nestlé USA
Microbial Food Safety Risk Assessment Workshop -
1995. International Association for Milk, Food and
Environmental
Sanitarians
Quality Audits for Improved Performance - 1991.
American Society for Quality Control
Food Laws and Regulations - 1988, Center for
Professional Advancement
Practical Net Content Control - 1986, Food
Processors Institute
Statistical Quality Control - 1986, University of
California, Davis
Food Microbiology - 1986, University of California,
Davis
Quality Engineering - 1985, American Society for
Quality Control
Credentials
Certified Food Safety Professional (CFSP), National
Environmental Health Association
Affiliations
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). National
Environmental Health Association (NEHA),
International Association for Food Protection (IAFP),
Secretary Southern
California chapter IAFP, Southern California Section IFT