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Rakshit Gowda (RK)

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Expert Engineer II (Innovation) at Ferrara
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Rakshit is an expert engineer at Ferrara, specializing in the food and confectionary industry since 2011. With a Masters from Kansas State University, his expertise includes process innovation and managing large-scale production line installations. Colleagues describe him as being particularly "dedicated" and "determined" in his work.

His professional interests lie with industry leaders like General Mills and Cargill. His graduate research focused on the intersection of human factors, ergonomics, and usability analysis, designing experiments to evaluate new systems and devices for effectiveness and safety, indicating a deep interest in human-centered design principles.

He played a key role in a $12 million expansion project for a chocolate facility, overseeing the installation of new manufacturing and packaging lines.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Expert Engineer II (Innovation)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Food Process Engineering
Has extensive experience planning, designing, and installing food production lines for chocolate, confections, and cereals at companies like Ferrara, IRCA Group, and Kerry.
Chocolate Manufacturing
His work has involved multiple chocolate technologies, including refining, panning, conching, depositors, and the production of chocolate chips, clusters, and chunks.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Expert Engineer II (Innovation)
Ferrara
12-2023 - 11-2024
Sr. Process Engineer
IRCA Group
3-2023 - 12-2023
Process Engineer
IRCA Group
3-2011 - 3-2023
Process Engineer
Kerry Ingredients
5-2009 - 8-2009
Intern
Nexus Medical
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Education
2007 - 2010
M.S
Kansas State University
2002 - 2006
Bachelors of Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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