Jacob Rivera

Jacob Rivera has worked in the food industry since 2011. Jacob began their career at Chobani as a Quality professional. In 2017, they moved to Danone as a QA/QC Supervisor. In 2019, they took on a similar role at Morton Salt. Most recently, they began working as a Food Safety & Quality Manager at Forager Project in 2021.

Jacob Rivera earned an Associate of Science degree in Psychology from the College of Southern Idaho. Jacob has since obtained a variety of certifications, including Internal Auditing - 2 Day, Risk Assessment, Root Cause Analysis, Validation and Verification, Internal Auditor - 2 Day, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Feed Industry HACCP Training, Food Defense 101 - Food Defense for Front-line Employees, Intentional Adulteration Conducting Vulnerability Assessments using Key Activity Types, Intentional Adulteration Food Defense Plan Preparation and Reanalysis, Intentional Adulteration Identification and Explanation of Mitigation Stategies, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - Level II, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, FDA - Labeling, Pest Control in Food Establishments, Preventive Controls for Human Food, Chemunex D-Count Version 1.2.0, HACCP For Food Processors, Implementing SQF Systems - Manufacturing Edition 8, and Laboratory Examination of Dairy Products (FD374) from institutions such as BRCGS, Uma -- Be Bold. Be You. Be Uma., Texas Tech University Department of Plant and Soil Science, FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA), and Eurofins US Food and Eurofins Food Integrity and Innovation.