Gopirajah Rajamanickam

Motivated Food Technologist with Doctorate in Food Engineering offering 10+ years of global academic and industrial research experience; Provides technical support and innovative solutions to existing global customers in the cereal and dairy food industry; recognized for transferring novel technologies (ideation to commercialization), Design and implement plans to research, formulate, characterize, and test new products and ingredients, and work cross functionally with internal teams.

Gained 8+ years of academic and industrial research experience. My previous research experience covers the area of food innovations, technology solutions for weight loss, natural emulsifier, and identify competitive food process technology. 

Leading the cereal extrusion R&D Business for the flagship brand of Cheerios (NAR) and Bugles (AMEA) in convenience, Ready to cook categories. General Mills Ltd is ranked under US Fortune 500 generating $15B+ revenue through retail worldwide predominantly from Cheerios made of corn.

Responsible for driving R&D efforts on new product development, assessing operational needs and identify solutions to save costs, improve revenues and drive customer satisfaction. Built a new line of gas injected twin screw extrusion capability (40 kg/hr) at Nashik, with a vision to launch high fibre weight loss cereal snacks.

Doctorate in Food Engineering with post-doc research experience from Cornell University, US. University rank holder during Masters program in Food Science.