Food Safety Live 2020 Conference Speakers

Data Science & Technical Services Manager, Safefood 360°

As Data Science and Technical Services Manager, Sean Gibbons works alongside some of the world's leading food businesses who use Safefood 360° to ensure their reporting and data analysis remain at the digital frontier of Business Intelligence and data management. 

Director of Learning, Sher Consulting & Training

David Rosenblatt, D.V.M. has close to 30 years of experience in food safety management and public health. He worked as Food Quality and Safety Manager at Unilever for nine years and spent four years as Senior Food Safety Auditor at lead trainer the Standards Institution of Israel. Since 2006 he has been Director of Learning at Sher Consulting and Training. He also has extensive experience in petfood safety management systems. David teaches food safety at the Hebrew University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, and regularly teaches the food safety teams of multinational players such as Nestle, Coca Cola, Unilever, Domino’s Pizza and more.

Food Safety Compliance Specialist, HACCP Mentor

HACCP Mentor is a food safety compliance and education consultancy serving food businesses worldwide. The business was founded with one simple objective – to make food compliance easy. We do this by helping to educate food handlers, food businesses and the food industry in food safety and food quality compliance requirements. Principle food safety consultant and Compliance Specialist, Amanda Evans-Lara, has over 25 years experience working with Australian and International food businesses. A strong platform of skill and knowledge has been built after initially working for 7 years as a Food Inspector for the NSW government and for the past 20 years, as a food safety auditor, educator and compliance consultant. With food compliance, food labelling and education a specialty, assistance is provided to food manufacturers to keep up-to-date with legal and business requirements along with mentoring other food safety professionals through the www.haccpmentor.com online platform.

Director Training & Education Services for Latin America, NSF International

Veterinarian by profession, with more than 20 years dedicated to the development of skills in the food industry, he has vast national and international experience delivering training activities related to food safety in all its scope of production. He is part of the founding team of the Chilean Food Protection Corporation (CHAFP), a subsidiary of IAFP (International Association for Food Protection). His recent professional update includes qualification as Lead Instructor of the FSPCA Alliance for the Regulation of Preventive Controls of the FSMA Act and the course of trainers to train agents of change in the Culture of Safety.

Clinical Surveyor, DNV GL

Leslie Lloyd has served in multiple roles in the healthcare industry since 1993.
Before joining DNV-GL Healthcare, she managed the Infection Prevention program for a 235 bed Medical Center which included Long Term Care, Behavioral Health, Ambulatory Surgery, and multiple physician practices. Leslie previously partnered with local business to provide blood borne pathogen education to employees at risk within the community. She has served as a consultant for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Leslie has a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Healthcare Management, a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing and Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) from the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Food Safety Professional, AIB International

Alicia Swanson is a Food Safety Professional with AIB International. She has held this position since 2010, with primary duties related to audits and inspections focused on GMPs, FSMA, food defense, and agricultural practices. In 2015, she also became an instructor with AIB International, providing food safety training for AIB International employees and food industry audiences throughout North America.

Vice President Technical Affairs, SQFI

LeAnn has over 30 years of foodservice experience specializing in supply chain food safety and quality assurance and is responsible for the technical elements of the SQF program including the development, maintenance and technical support of the SQF Program. LeAnn is active with many organizations including GFSI, AFDO and the International Association for Food Protection. She sits on several committees in an effort to enhance policy and develop programs for the industry to help protect public health.

Principal Consultant, Advancing Food Safety Culture

Brita Ball, PhD, CTDP, ECPC, supports food businesses wanting to improve their culture of food safety, training and bottom line. She is a food safety and training specialist, principal consultant and coach at Brita Ball & Associates, and Past-chair of the Food Safety Education professional development group for the International Association for Food Protection. 

Senior Advisor Food Safety & Regulation, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection Division

During Robert's 24 years of experience of various commercial and technical roles within METTLER TOLEDO he has facilitated customer's development of food safety programs around METTLER TOLEDO technology. In this strategic role, Robert provides clients with expertise in the fields of current regulation and compliance within the food industry as they relate to product inspection solutions. Robert has provided consultative services to clients which have delivered value in their systems suitability and efficiency. His consultation has covered areas such as process capabilities, validation and verification, maximize efficiencies through proper system identification and placement, all within the scope of customer's limitations and resources.

Market Development Director, FSSC22000

Cor Groenveld is the FSSC 22000 Market Development Director. As Director, he is responsible for the Market Development of FSSC 22000 and the support to partners and users around the globe. The Market Development Team has local representatives in North America, Latin America, Japan, China, and India. Cor holds a BSc degree in food technology and has extensive international experience in food safety and quality by working for 22 years with a global certification organization. Before that he worked as both a Quality Manager and Plant Manager within various food manufacturing organizations. Cor is a member of Technical Committees in ISO and the GFSI. Cor’s goals are to ensure that FSSC 22000 is known and used around the world and to support stakeholders in using FSSC 22000 to assure and improve Food Safety in their supply chains.

Technical Services Director, Mérieux NutriSciences

Patrick Bèle has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of audit, consulting & education for the food industry. He held various positions at Bureau Veritas including auditing against many standards, managing a team and also corporate roles. Since 2015, he is responsible for auditing & education services in Europe for Mérieux NutriSciences.

Lab Director, Trace Analytics LLC

Maria Sandoval has over 15 years of experience in Microbiology and Molecular Biology. Her field work includes analyzing extremophiles isolated from the depths of Lake Baikal in Russia to the 50km exclusion zone of Chernobyl. Additionally, she’s worked alongside the CDC with DSHS analyzing and diagnosing patient microflora. Her tenure with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of State Health Services and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has made her a leading expert in microbial testing. As Trace Analytics’ Microbiologist and Lab Director, she is responsible for microbial testing and procedural development.

Senior Technical Advisor, IFSQN

A graduate of Durham University, Tony began his career in 1988 with the UK’s leading dairy foods company, he has extensive experience of working with major food retailers and some of the world’s leading food companies. Tony became a qualified Quality Management System Lead Auditor in 1994 and has been writing extensive Food Safety Management Systems for 20 years. Tony has a wealth of management experience and practical use of Food Safety & Quality Management Systems in the food industry. His management roles have included, Laboratory Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Production Manager, Processing Manager, Technical Manager, Technical Development Manager and Group Technical Manager. He has a broad knowledge of departments that operate within a food company which is highly valuable when documenting policies and procedures relating to those activities. Not only this but practical knowledge of how to implement systems means that a better understanding of company requirements is passed on to each and every employee. Tony provides expert food safety support to the IFSQN website and has written an extensive range of Food Safety Manuals that meet the requirements of GFSI benchmarked standards including BRC, SQF, IFS, FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000.

Consultant and Trainer, IFSQN

Food Safety expert with more than 10 years in food safety topics and implementation, training and auditing business. Food safety standards are my focus, still strongly included in standards for quality, environmental protection and health and safety. Currently on position of project manager for certification body of Quality Austria were i am also accredited auditor and trainer with more than 500 audits performed in different industries and more than 1000 persons trained. I have a vision of finding a new ways to analyse risks in food safety and defining of methods that will be used in industries cross the world. My strategy is to develop and research new topics in food safety,presenting them through the webinars,training's, forums, blogging and publications.