Sensory & Consumer Sciences Division 2011 Election Results
Posted: May 31, 2011

We are pleased to announce the newest SCSD Executive Committee Members:
Chair Elect – Soo-Yeun Lee, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Team Lead – Rachel Liggett, Global Sensory Senior Project Manager, Givaudan Flavors
Team Lead – Judith R. Lindsey, Vice President and General Manager, Products Dynamics Div RQA, Inc.
Student Representative – Tomomi Fujimaru, Ph.D. candidate – Human Psychophysics and Sensory Evaluation, Oregon State University

2009 IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo

As published on www.ift.org

Food Science and Culinology: Merging Perspectives
by Kelly Frederick

This year’s IFT/RCA Culinology presentation took place on Sunday, June 7, and centered on the topic of “Connecting Art & Soul to Science through Culinology.” The three panelists each shared their different perspectives on the food product development process from different segments of the industry including consulting, food manufacturing, and food service. The first speaker, Judy Lindsey (Product Dynamics) shared the viewpoint of a food scientist in the product development process. <read more...>

Chicago Section IFT Election Results

2009-2010 Officers
Chair: Diane Dawson, Dawson Sales, dianedawson@dawsonsales.com
Chair-Elect: Pamela Vaillancourt, RQA, Inc., p.vaillancourt@RQA-INC.com
Treasurer: Uwe Nienaber, Kraft Foods, Uwe.Nienaber@kraft.com
Secretary: Jennifer Padilla, Aerotek, jpadilla@aerotek.com

New Executive Committee Members
Vijay Arora, Kraft Foods, varora@kraft.com
Krista Ruhnke, Consultant, kcruhnke@aol.com
John Schuette, Quaker Foods, john_schuette@quakeroats.com
Dayna Syperek, ACH Food, dsyperek@achfood.com
Steve Wilson, Chemidex LLC, swilson@chemidex.com

New VP for RQA's Product Dynamic's Division
Posted: July 20, 2007

We are pleased to announce that Pamela Vaillancourt has joined Product Dynamics, a Division of RQA, Inc. as Vice-President, Business Development. Her areas of responsibility will include: Consumer Research, Sensory Evaluation, Product Formulation and Development, in addition to other innovative and custom services. Pamela will be working with our clients to incorporate these services into their business from concept to commercialization. You’ll find Pam to be an experienced resource, who will make your goals her top priority, and hopefully make your job easier.

Pamela joins Product Dynamics with over eleven years of experience in sales and service within the food industry and over twenty years of experience in food manufacturing and food service. She is also well versed in regulatory affairs and quality assurance. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and has recently been elected by her peers to serve a 3-year term on the IFT Nominations and Elections Committee. She is an active member of the Research Chefs Association, American Candy Technologists, and the American Society of Cereal Chemists.

Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology from Washington State University and a Master of Science in Food Science from the University of Washington. She has also had culinary courses from the Culinary Institute in St. Helena, California and multiple business and marketing courses.

Pamela will work with Judy Lindsey, VP and General Manager, and Cynthia Wolter, Director, Research, who along with the entire Product Dynamics team, will continue to provide you with professional and timely services. Pamela is anxious to meet you and explore means of expanding your success through partnering with Product Dynamics. She will be in touch with you shortly to introduce herself, share Product Dynamics in-house capabilities, and to discuss your specific needs and challenges.

RQA, Inc. would like to thank you for your support. Our business is only as successful as those of our clients and we appreciate the opportunity to be your supplier of choice for your third party services and needs.

Larry Platt
President - RQA, Inc.

Pamela can be reached at the Product Dynamics facility in Orland Park, IL or at her office in Sacramento CA:
Pamela Vaillancourt
(708) 364-7060 x182
(206) 510-0440 cell
p.vaillancourt@rqa-inc.com

Product Dynamics Announces Major Expansion
August 11, 2006 Orland Park, IL - Product Dynamics, a division of RQA, Inc., recently completed a major expansion of its offices and testing labs in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.

The expansion, completed in June, boosted Product Dynamics' offices to 38,000 square feet, from 6,000 square feet.

"The roomier facility gives Product Dynamics more space to run consumer tests of products," says Judy Lindsey, vice president and general manager. "Everything we do involves consumers interacting with product."

Click <HERE> to download a PDF of the floor plan.

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