Navigate Food Safety Solutions | Founder & CEO

Alex Hanley is a food safety expert with 25 plus years
experience in the food safety industry, many of those as a food safety auditor. Alex has travelled the world designing, implementing and auditing best practices for manufacturers of every size and production level.
Alex understands what it takes to manage a plant every day and the many intersecting business imperatives a company may be facing. He has performed over 1000 HACCP, quality system and food safety audits covering agriculture, meat, dairy, baking, seafood, processed foods and packaging material.
He has a deep understanding of food safety management systems and food safety certification, with particular expertise in standards benchmarked to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) such as BRC, SQF and FSSC22000.
Alex is the founder and CEO of Navigate Food Safety Solutions and Navigate Food
Safety Training. He spends his days either building training content, including a
comprehensive and practical Internal Auditor Training, or working directly with facilities as a food safety coach.
He is recognized for his friendly and easy-to-understand approach and for his ability to distill the complex into something people can relate to in their everyday work. Hear more about why Alex left auditing to build solutions to make things better at the plant level.

Maple Leaf Foods | FSQ Manager – HACCP Systems

Jessica Morrison is a food safety quality assurance professional with over 15 years of experience in various roles with Maple Leaf Foods. In her previous roles with the company, she worked as a microbiologist in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, as well as in Food Safety / Quality leadership roles at two manufacturing sites producing both raw and Ready-to-Eat meat products. In her current role as a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager, Jessica leads corporate-driven HACCP initiatives and supports the company’s manufacturing sites across the U.S and Canada in developing and maintaining their preventative control plans. Jessica is a PCQI and HACCP Alliance-recognized lead trainer with experience spanning regulatory compliance, BRCGS standards, and continuous improvement in food safety. Outside of work Jessica enjoys family life with her husband and two young kids. Jessica holds a Master of Science in Integrative Biology (Microbiology) from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Waterloo.

Consultant

Tess Burlingame spent 20 years in various quality management related roles in the food industry.  Then, spent 10 years doing certification audits and in technical roles for certification bodies.  She also started a consulting business to help food companies prepare for GFSI audits.  Tess is currently traveling for enjoyment and semi-retired.