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• Assessed ongoing business-related R&D initiatives with customers and took appropriate actions to implement agreed upon objectives and to communicate with internal business partners. Responsible for project and product deliverables and technical support • Re-structured the R&D group to effectively align with business ventures and business development directives. • Acted as Technical Delivery Leader to ensure projects were ready for each Gate and ensured all planning and execution was on track. • Led research on tea, coffee, botanical, fruit and vegetable chemistry and processing including new natural flavor extraction, improving extract quality/yield, natural color extraction/stabilization, beverage clarification, and ultra-filtration. • Conducted food chemistry and phytochemistry research on new product development, physical/chemical stability, flavor stability/improvement, color enhancement, turbidity reduction and preventing off flavor of various beverages and other natural products in coordination with tea and coffee beverage application team. • Developed new functional and natural tea and coffee beverages with enhanced flavor, color, stability, clarity and nutritional value. • Managed scientists and train them for advanced research, processing, and analytical techniques. Currently manage 3 scientists in analytical, sensory and processing improvement areas. • Operated analytical instruments (GC/MS, GC/O, LC/MS, HPLC, spectrometer, and microplate reader) for quantitative determination of volatile and non-volatile compounds and antioxidant phytochemicals in various botanical products. • Conducted functionality added natural beverage research by applying knowledge and experience on antioxidant capacity. • Conducted assigned flavor and nutrition research using tea and coffee extracts as one of leaders in Synergy/Carbery global nutrition, processing, and analytical group. • Responsible for managing and/or supporting cross-functional teams to the successful completion of research and scale-up projects. • Provided technical leadership to conduct multi-site operation management and to support new product commercialization • Utilized engineering expertise to make process changes allowing manipulation and optimization of tea, coffee, and various fruit/vegetable extracts and essences. • Conducted multi-site operation management including ingredients sourcing, roasting, processing, drying and aseptic packaging • Conducted scientific assessment including designing experiments and analyzing data to provide directions to new product development division. • Managed the interaction of the R&D group with other departments (Business Development, Production, Quality, & Purchasing). • Developed new QC evaluation methods for adopting more up to date scientific evaluation methods. • Assisted in QC activities including sampling, analysis, data recording, inspections and HACCP implementation. • Collaborated with external consultants at universities and research organizations to design and lead projects. January 2010 to August 2107

Senior Research Scientist Synergy flavors Inc. Hamilton, OH

CV-Youngmok Kim

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