In his role as Technical Development Director, Felix focuses on coordinating the advancement of technical knowledge across CFS including supporting troubleshooting and mitigation of food safety challenges with customers. He seeks to identify challenges to food safety and food quality in order to identify root causes and propose solution sets
During the course of his career, Felix specialized in managing and developing sanitation programs in various USDA plants—at Kraft Foods and more recently Sugar Creek—and within USDA-regulated restaurant commissary operations. He has worked as a Corporate Sanitation Specialist and as an Associate Principal of Product Protection, Sanitation, and Hygienic Design. In these roles, he supported a variety of food-processing facilities, including meat, cheese, and biscuit plants.
Felix has gained significant experience on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) improvement to increase sanitation effectiveness and efficiency. This approach has enabled plants to improve productivity and sustainability while developing, implementing, and supporting a large variety of sanitation and food safety programs.