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Dave Pooch
Food and Agro Processing specialist
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Telephone: +64 9 410 8357
Fax: +64 9 410 8355
Mobile: +64 2 123 56789
Email: []
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"...Dave Pooch is a senior food technologist with lots of international experience. Having started up a successful processing company he brings an entrepreneurial approach that sits well with owners of small businesses. He also undertakes voluntary work....".
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
- Bachelor of Technology (Food Technology) Massey University
INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
- Dave has worked in more than 20 countries during his career; Australia,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Fiji, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Indonesia, Niue, Papua
New Guinea, Samoa, Thailand Tonga, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
- He has worked for many international agencies including NZAid, UNIDO, Danida and worked on World Bank and Asian Development bank projects.
- Skills include project identification, project reports, needs and training needs assessment, project implementation, project review and monitoring/evaluation in the food and agro processing industries.
- His experience in tropical, arid and developing economies is unusual in New Zealand.
- Voluntary work; in special cases Dave will do international work on a voluntary or semi voluntary basis.
>> For a full CV click here (.pdf)
WRITING AND SPEAKING
- Dave is Director and writer for Peppermint Press, www.peppermintpress.co.nz the company that publishes the NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology journal Food
NZ. Dave writes in clear English and this is specially appreciated in countries where English is a second language.
- Dave is a current member and past president of Northrise Toastmasters
Club; www.northrise-toastmasters.org/.
He is a very competent public speaker.
SMALL BUSINESS SKILLS
- Dave successfully started up then later sold off his own food processing company, which specialised in baked and frozen foods. Accordingly he brings a strong entrepreneurial and small-business approach to his work. Dave will also act as a mentor to small scale food processing businesses.
TRAINING
- Dave has written training manuals, conducted training of trainers (TOT) sessions and conducted training sessions in Vietnam and Tonga.
- He also designs and organises specialised training courses in New Zealand for foreign people coming here under NZAid funded programmes.
KEY WORDS
- David, Dave Pooch, food technology, agro processing, specialist, consultant, New Zealand, NZ, training, trainer, TOT, project identification, review, monitor, write, writing, technical, publicity material, brochure, sub, sector,
- NZIFST president, fellow,
- Toastmaster, public speaker present paper,
- Peppermint Press, writer, writing,
Food New Zealand,
- Fruit, vegetable, SME, small scale, pacific, Asia, Africa, rural based, business, entrepreneur, start, women,
- Packaging, jam, freeze, frozen, dry, dried, dehydrate, juice, concentrate, pickle, safety, can, canned, UHT, good manufacturing practice, practise, GMP, HACCP, SWOT, intervention, network, cluster,
- Sago, honey, cardamom, palm oil, baked, bakery, rice, noodle, paper, tofu, malt, fish, peach, apricot, apple, problem, tomato, kiwi, marmalade, passion, lime, orange, spray,
- Add value,
- Volunteer, voluntary,
UNIDO, NZAid.
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