Dave Jones worked in the food industry for 45 years. His career encompassed technical services, research and development, quality assurance, operations, engineering, corporate management, and food safety consulting. During the 27 years at Hillshire Farm/Sara Lee, he was directly involved in sanitation, engineering and operations to enhance food safety and product quality through design and training while implementing engineering controls to grow brands and protect consumers. Dave represented Sara Lee in 2001 as a partner on the American Meat Institute’s Sanitary Design Task Force. Dave championed food safety throughout his career and is known for his hands on-ground level coaching and audit style. He assisted in building food safe facilities and equipment, in addition to improving operational/sanitation efficiency. He has partnered with several major equipment companies to design and build robust and cleanable equipment. Meat slicers, brine chillers, product loaders, packaging equipment and frank peeler design improvements were proven Best Practices throughout the industry.
Dave uses Lean Manufacturing skills to enhance sanitation, operations, engineering and maintenance training while helping employees understand WHY food safety is important to their job. His operational and managerial experiences enable him to drive continuous improvement throughout the organization with a standardized work mindset to achieve sustainable results.
