Bob Salo

Experience

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  U.S. Army Veterinary Service

  Jan 1980 - Jun 1996

  Veterinary Services Technician

  Served as a commissioned Warrant Officer in various duty assignments for the U.S. Army Public Health Command in Virginia, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, and the 7th Medical Command in Augsburg, Germany in leading and managing food safety missions for Department of Defense Activities.

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  Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, Operations Directorate, Quality Assurance Divison

  Jun 1996 - Jul 1999

  Senior Food Safety Officer

  Technical adviser on programs, initiatives, and policies relating to food safety for the U.S. Army's multi-million dollar annual Food Service Program and its worldwide field activities. Principle writer and instructor for food safety and sanitation at the military's food service training academy. Member of the Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine project team that re-engineered the military's "Food Code" manual -Technical Bulletin Medical 530- to incorporate current science principles and foundations. Authored numerous food safety and quality regulations, specifications, and bulletins affecting the military’s outstanding record for serving and procuring safe food Show less

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  Performance Food Group

  Jul 1999 - Jun 2016

  Director Food Safety & Quality

  Provided corporate management and oversight for development, modification, and enhancement of food safety & defense/quality assurance programs and training for the nation’s second largest food service distributor. Developed supported, and validated GFSI Certification processes, product specifications, and Hazard Analysis Risk Based Preventive Control programs to champion continuous improvement efforts. Managed the safety and quality of corporate branded products to mitigate risk and protect the financial interest of the corporation. Conducted program management inspections of suppliers’ quality systems to assure compliance to regulatory statues and provided associated training, and methods for vendor assurance and compliance. Show less

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  UniPro Foodservice

  Jul 2016 - now

  Vice President, Food Safety/Quality & Regulatory Affairs

  Senior counselor to executive management and 650+ membership companies for food safety and regulatory affairs for the largest food distribution cooperative in the U.S. Manages and approves all packaging and/or labeling projects for UniPro Private Branded products. Manages and leads department staff by overseeing and strategically planning out the QA organization structure, labor and professional development needs. Responds to high risk/level consumer complaints. Develops food safety programs (including best practices guides, educational materials and training tools) for member companies. Champions the development of food safety initiatives to identify opportunities for continuous improvement of established food safety metrics. Manages the safety, quality, and compliance of UniPro branded products to mitigate risk and protect the financial interest of the cooperative and maintains trademark and intellectual property assets. Show less