David Shuaihua Pu
Principal Scientist @California Dairies, Inc
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Scientist @California Dairies, Inc
Visalia, CA, US
Lead formula development for ready-to-drink beverages from concept design through pilot trials and plant-scale production.Drive product commercialization and support successful product launches in collaboration with cross-functional teams.Serve as subject-matter expert on nutrition labeling development and regulatory compliance across multiple markets.Provide scientific and technical leadership for lactose-free product development, including formulation strategy and processing considerations.Act as technical expert supporting products for international markets, ensuring formulation robustness, regulatory alignment, and market readiness.
EDUCATION
South China University of Technology
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), International Business and Trade
South China University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Food Science and Technology
University of Manitoba
Doctorate Degree, Human Nutritional Sciences
Louisiana State University
Master's Degree, Food Science
ABOUT DAVID SHUAIHUA PU
Food & Beverage R&D Nutrition professional with over 10 years of demonstrated experience in dairy innovation, plant-based RTD, human nutrition, clinical affairs, and academic institutions. Had the capability to develop and communicate science-based information and positioning, and provide scientific guidance to internal stakeholders (R&D, science and technology, corporate affairs, legal, senior management) on infants/adult nutrition, ingredients claims, and emerging scientific and regulatory issues of interest. Advanced understanding of personalized nutrition, microbiome, diagnostics, novel active ingredients, and their health benefits. Enjoyed working across the product development lifecycle - from the early stage of ideation and assessment in R&D, through scale-up and commercialization in Supply and Market. I am very glad to become an R&D function lead to leverage my strategic business thinking and robust scientific knowledge, ensure implementation, and share best practices in innovation.Specialties: • Strong research professional and proactive commercial sense.• Strong team player and responsible for delivery of strategic decisions related to the company’s core values. • Robust understanding of functional ingredients for new formulation applications.• Excellent understanding of consumer insights and market trends for R&D technical projects.• Solid background in independent and collaborative designs, plans, experiments, and data analyses. • Excellent organizational and time management skills; strong ability to work well individually or within a team under pressure and effectively manage multiple projects.• Fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese.
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