Asla founder and principal, Dr. Adelmo Monsalve-González, is a food scientist with over 25 years of experience in product and process development in the food and pet industry with a proven track record of success in developing and introducing innovative and profitable food products at General Mills, Clorox, Post Brands, and the JM Smucker/Pet Brands across the US and Latin America markets. His experience includes:

• Leading cross-functional teams through the effective development of new or improved products, quality metrics, analytical methodology, ingredient technology, enterprise-level cost-saving programs, and commercialization programs.

• Leveraging expertise in alternative proteins and starch nutrition and functionality on human and pet food formulation
  (C5) and processing and applications with a broad range of technologies across grain-based processes, such as bran bleaching, emulsion, cereal/pet food extrusion/co-extrusion, gun puffing, flaked, milled, sheeted, and shredded cereal technologies.

• Communicate effectively in English and Spanish on technical and business aspects of product development and commercialization.

Adelmo is the inventor and co-inventor of nine US patents and applications, author and co-author of more than 15 peer-review publications, and a current peer reviewer for the Journal of Food Chemistry. He earned his B.Sc. in Biology from the University Central of Venezuela, an M.Sc., Ph.D. in Food and Cereal Chemistry, and a post-doctoral in Biosystem Engineering from Washington State University.

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