Sharath Haridas

Product Development Tech @Cronos Group

Clearview, ON, CA

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including but not limited to R&D, Marketing, Legal, Quality,Manufacturing and Sensory Teams to develop and update documents, including productspecifications, SOPs, ingredient lists, and labelling requirementsWorked in the development and commercialization of new innovative product concepts and lineextensions from bench-top to pilot scale while identifying cost improving opportunities and improvingprocess efficienciesLed end-to-end R&D projects from bench-top development to scale-up plant line operation trials for avariety of food products, including chocolate and sugar-panned confections, caramels, fudges,starch- and pectin-based gummies, tinctures, and emulsion-based formulationsMaintain documentation from quality control tests, including microbiological testing & COAs of rawmaterials and finished products, to identify risks, trends, deviationsPrepared prototypes of diverse products for sensory evaluation sessions, ensuring formulationsaccurately reflected target specifications and provided actionable insights for product refinementProvided technical expertise in sensory evaluation, product formulation, ingredient functionality, andprocess optimization to support cross-functional teamsDocumented precise formulation data, including recipes, procedures, processing parameters, yieldlosses, and batch weights for translation of test kitchen trials to commercial-scale productionParticipated in operational optimization exercises and customer innovation sessions to identifyemerging trends, competitive products, and consumer preferences helping in strategic developmentdecisions

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Food Science and Technology

Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology

Postgraduate Degree, Regulatory Affairs - Life Science

Georgian College

Postgraduate Degree , Food and Nutrition Management