Kestrel is pleased to be growing our resources to the food industry with the addition of Senior Consultant Melody Ge.

Melody brings a diverse background to the Kestrel team. She started her career in product development, including production and quality control of a vegan “chicken meat” product. She then transitioned to a Compliance Specialist at SQF Institute, where she established and developed the SQFI Compliance Program and maintained the integrity of the SQF certification; and developing the SQF Code.

Immediately prior to joining Kestrel, Melody served in a number of quality management and business development roles at Lidl, an international grocery chain. As the Deputy Quality Assurance Director, she oversaw suppliers, food safety control, and product quality monitoring and management to maintain quality and safety of product routine tasks.

At Kestrel, Melody will be serving as project manager for food safety-related projects. She will be supporting clients in developing and implementing GFSI schemes and supplier approval programs, and sharing her expertise in GFSI, FSMA, FSVP, HACCP, GMP, SQF, IFS, FSSC 22000, and ISO.

Melody holds a Master’s Degree in Food Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology from Shanghai Ocean University, and is fluent in English, Mandarin/Cantonese Chinese, French, and German. She is a member of the Institute of Food Technology (IFT) and holds certificates in HACCP, Extrusion Processing and Technology and Commercialization, and Commercially Sterile Packaged Foods.