Hi,
I have been a member of IFSQN for many years and regularly logged in for feedback, webinars, and to provide feedback to other professionals but never introduced myself. I have been a food safety professional for over 10 years working as a QA manager and eventually FSQA director in the snacks and baked goods industry. In a brief past life I also worked in the regulatory side for the county and state manufactured food safety programs (with a short stint in retail/restaurant inspections which were fun with a side of hectic!).
I have not logged on for a couple years after a particular bad experience that had be walking away from a terrible situation at a facility, and also made me walk away from the FSQA role. I actually used this forum to reach out to other professionals and obtain feedback on the situation before making my exit (using a throwaway account of course due to severity).
Stepping away made me go into certifier work which, while important, does not fulfill my actual career passion of managing food safety systems and building strong food safety teams and culture. I am meditating on getting back on the path, but this is currently undecided. I am excited to re-join the current conversations on this forum and read with the food safety world has been up to!
