Staff

The Food Centre team consists of over 55 full-time staff who are working to grow the agri-food industry in Saskatchewan.  Our expertise is diverse but our goal is the same – providing you the best service we can.  We have too many staff to list but if you need to get in contact with us, please send us an email through our CONTACT page or call our front desk at 306-933-7555.

Mehmet Tulbek | PRESIDENT

Dan Prefontaine | DIRECTOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS | PAST PRESIDENT

Valerie Menzies | ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Carmen Ly | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Glenna Long | ACCOUNTANT

Emma Laing | PROGRAM FACILITATOR

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Sara Lui | DIRECTOR, NEW PRODUCT INNOVATION
Cathy Querimit | SENIOR PD SPECIALIST
Shirley Cabrera | PD SPECIALIST
Breann Squires | PD ASSISTANT
Maryam Rafati | PD ASSISTANT
Amelia Rivera | PD ASSISTANT

EXTRUSION

Satinder Gill | MANAGER, EXTRUSION R&D
Dellaney Konieczny | MANAGER, EXTRUSION INGREDIENTS & COMMERCIALIZATION
Matthew Marcotte | EXTRUSION SPECIALIST
Chetan Ahuja | EXTRUSION OPERATOR
Nenita Sanchez  | EXTRUSION PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Cara Wandler (Mat. Leave) | EXTRUSION PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

INGREDIENT INNOVATION

Ricky Lam | MANAGER & SCIENTIST
Hayley Kumitch | RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
YanRan Tang | RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Holly Rempel | LAB TECHNICIAN
Mark Dyck | INGREDIENT ASSISTANT

FERMENTATION PROGRAM

Mahesh Sivakumar | SENIOR FOOD PROCESS ENGINEER
Pooba Ganeshan |  PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Siyang Shen | JUNIOR SCIENTIST
Azita Khorsandi | JUNIOR FERMENTATION SCIENTIST/MICROBIOLOGIST
Erin Campbell | JUNIOR FERMENTATION TECHNICIAN

FOOD CROP QUALITY PROGRAM

Lindsay Wang | MANAGER

FOOD SAFETY & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Erin Hiebert | MANAGER
Elmer Peralta | FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST

AGRI-FOOD INNOVATION CENTRE PROCESSING

Greg Hamilton | OPERATIONS MANAGER
Arran Hamilton | PLANT SUPERVISOR
Joel Montelibano | FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR
Glen Sanchez | SHIPPER & RECEIVER
Barry Motilag | MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
John Wilkinson | MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT
Patrick Campbell | MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT
Blair Charters | MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT
Floyd Sookocheff | MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT

PILOT PLANT PROCESSING

Scott Irvine | PILOT PLANT MANAGER
Nolan Langer | ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER AND HACCP COORDINATOR
Sue Waldner | PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Jennifer Pasaje | LEAD OPERATOR
Michael Suru | MAINTENANCE

FC FOOD INSPECTION

Vince Neiser | MANAGER

AWESOME PROGRAM

Shenuka Wickramasinghe | PROGRAM MANAGER
Carly Beckman | PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Brynn Krysa | MARKETING SPECIALIST