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

EXTRUSION

Satinder Gill | MANAGER, EXTRUSION R&D

INGREDIENT INNOVATION

Ricky Lam | MANAGER & SCIENTIST

FERMENTATION & BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM

Mahesh Sivakumar | SENIOR FOOD PROCESS ENGINEER
Pooba Ganeshan |  PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST

FOOD CROP QUALITY PROGRAM

Lindsay Wang | PROGRAM MANAGER

FOOD SAFETY & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Erin Hiebert | MANAGER

AGRI-FOOD INNOVATION CENTRE PROCESSING

Greg Hamilton | OPERATIONS MANAGER
Arran Hamilton | PLANT SUPERVISOR
Dewald Joubert | OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Joel Montelibano | FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR
Glen Sanchez | SHIPPER & RECEIVER
Barry Motilag | MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

PILOT PLANT PROCESSING

Scott Irvine | PILOT PLANT MANAGER
Nolan Langer | ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER AND HACCP COORDINATOR

FC FOOD INSPECTION

Vince Neiser | MANAGER

AWESOME PROGRAM

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