Control Point Profiles

Trevor J. Morones

President | Chief Quality Officer

Control Point founder Trevor J. Morones is a classically culinary-trained expert butcher. As a craft butcher, he understands first-hand the desire to focus on the craft and create the best product possible, making throngs of satisfied customers and fulfilling brand promises of quality, efficiency, and unique value.

As a Certified Quality Auditor, Lead HACCP Instructor, GFSI auditor, and ANSI Instructor/Proctor, Trevor brings his brilliant engineering mind and spirit to craft training and solutions to minimize the amount of time spent with red tape and regulations, eliminating costly mistakes and fines while creating cultures of operational excellence.

In working with high-volume manufacturing facilities and highly acclaimed restaurants such as Pat La Frieda Wholesale Meats, Las Vegas Raiders, Honest Hospitality Team, and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Trevor has perfected the balance between productivity and compliance. Control Point was created to guide Chefs, Restaurant Groups, and Food Manufacturers through their food safety concerns and processes with a high level of excellence.

Control Point is all about results. Trevor’s training and implementation practices have proven to increase company growth, domestically and internationally, by 66%. Trevor holds positions on many ASTM International committees that are critical to supporting product safety and excellence.

Julia C. White CEC, CBC, CTC & CEO

Executive Coach

With technology accelerating at exorbitant rates, no one can afford to hold onto old habits and systems of effectively running a company. I know you can’t, and I know that because you’re smart enough to reach out for assistance.

Why have a coach?

Effective leaders indeed lead by example and are dedicated to continual improvement, which can inspire and motivate their teams. The alignment between managers and coaches in their commitment to excellence and adaptability is crucial. Similarly, as a certified executive coach, I embrace a behavioral science-backed approach that significantly impacts my clients by guiding them through self-analysis and adaptation. This allows them to remain responsive to evolving challenges and opportunities, fostering a culture of growth and resilience.

 

Communication is the key, all day, every day.

When leaders genuinely understand and consider the feelings and perspectives of others, it enhances their ability to motivate and engage their team. This emotional connection can significantly impact a leader’s influence and effectiveness. Empathy allows leaders to connect with their team on a deeper level, fostering trust and understanding.

Effective communication complements empathy by conveying the leader’s understanding clearly and constructively. It involves sharing one’s ideas and feedback and actively listening to others. This balance helps address concerns, set clear expectations, and align the team toward common goals.

I will help you distinguish between goal orientation and strategic thinking. Goal orientation indeed focuses on defining clear, measurable objectives—the destination. Strategic thinking, on the other hand, involves crafting the most effective route to achieve those goals. Confidentiality is a critical cornerstone of effective leadership coaching and is crucial for maintaining trust and integrity. What we discuss will stay between us. Always. Our coaching engagements may be six, nine, or 12 months. We focus on helping you sharpen your existing capabilities through 1-on-1 coaching sessions or group coaching.

Don R. Morrow Jr., BBA, ASQ CQE, CQA

Product Safety Liaison

Don R Morrow Jr BBA, ASQ CQE, CQA is the President of Ranger Consulting LLC and brings over 35 years meat and poultry experience to help medium to small companies. Specializing in USDA FSIS and AMS-regulated plants, he brings his experience from live handling/slaughter to fabrication/processing to Heat Treated / Ready to Eat Products.

Expertise:

  • PAACO Humane Handling Trained
  • New Plant Animal Design with Dr. Temple Grandin
  • International HACCP Alliance (IHA) Certified HACCP training course
  • Process Validation and Process Capability Studies for compliance with validation regulatory requirements
  • Prerequisite Programs including sanitation SSOP, microbiology/epidemiology investigation, shelf-life determination, foreign object exclusion, % Fat system profile
  • USDA FSIS
    • Label requirements
    • Grant of Inspection
    • USDA AMS grading programs, certification programs, production plans, and technical plans for commodity purchase requirements
  • Process Controls
  • Food Safety Assessment, including pre-audit / preparation, assessment review, recovery, and corrective action development
  • Recall / Food Defense plans
  • Recall recovery from determination through closeout
  • Competitive exclusion through a partnership with Log10 Food Safety Biotechnology for the elimination of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp from processing environments
  • Development of sentinel site program for Listeria and Salmonella control to meet USDA and FDA requirements
  • Internal process audits against BRC / SQF GFSI requirements / pre-audit / preparation
  • General Quality Engineering to include a quality overview, line production review to specification requirements, and report development.
  • Experience in NAMI specifications for Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Turkey products
  • Meat Importer Council of America (MICA) Fat claim resolution (both for domestic and imports)
  • Meat Chemistry resolution and batch adjustment
  • FSPCA training which meets the requirements of PCQI

Scott Forgey

Advisor

Scott Forgey, J.D., S.N.D. is a master consultant and practitioner of transformational leadership who specializes in aligning people and organizations to operate in a state of oneness. Since launching Un Consulting in 2006, he has combined the multi-dimensional thinking of Silicon Valley with the wisdom and practices of advanced enlightenment traditions.

Scott is formerly a distinguished trial lawyer, who created a breakthrough law firm practicing in Civil Rights and financial rights. After trying hundreds of jury and bench trials, he pivoted careers to lead Landmark Education’s transformational programs for over 100,000 people around the world. Applying this wisdom to the organizational effectiveness field, he led the eBay and PayPal Agile transformations as their Enterprise Agile Coach. He is an expert in the application of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Lean methodologies as applied to tech and other business verticals. He is also a black belt in Karate, a pilot, avid sailor, and father of three grown children. His clients include award-winning architects, designers, athletes from the NBA, NFL and Formula One, tech startup geniuses, renowned chefs, Oscar, Tony and Grammy Award winners, and top executives.

About HACCP

Food safety is at the core of HACCP. HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points and is defined by the FDA as “a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.”