Scott Thacker

About Scott Thacker

Dedicated leader with comprehensive food safety, food quality, and operations management experience in complex working environments. Experienced Food Director with a demonstrated history of working in the food industry. Skilled in organization, creative thinking, GFSI, continuous improvement, new product development, food safety, risk assessments, sanitary design, and process validation/verification. Strong operations professional with a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Food Safety and Technology from Illinois Institute of Technology. Campden BRI Level 4 Award in Food Safety Management, HACCP Certified & Seafood HACCP Alliance Train the Trainer Certified, FSPCA PCQI for Human Food Certified, FSPCA IA Certified, BPCS – LACF and Acidified Foods Processing Certified, BRCGS Auditor Certification, SQF Practitioner, Seafood Sensory Certification, Laboratory Testing Certified – Chemical and Microbiological, NFI: USDC/NOAA Certified Sensory Evaluation, NSF Certified Internal Auditing, NCSI Certified Risk Assessment

Experience

1. Category Manager - Product Specialist

   Cooke Inc.

   Mar 2023 — Present

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Food Safety and Technology

  2017 — 2020

• Virginia Commonwealth University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Brc
• Food Safety
• Quality Assurance
• Food Labelling
• Gfsi
• Product Development
• Research Design
• Food Science
• Quality Management
• Quality Auditing
• Haccp
• Bpcs
• Process Management
• Process Optimization
• Process Control
• Internal Audit
• Sanitary Design
• Industrial Hygiene
• Seafood
• Frozen Food
• Continuous Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Budgets
• Microsoft Office
• Food Manufacturing
• Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Customer Service
• Manufacturing
• Sales
• Inventory Management
• Quality System
• Food Technology
• Ingredients
• Supply Chain
• Strategic Planning