Rick Stokes is the Area Technical Support Manager for Food Safety and Digital Consulting in the Food and Beverage division of Ecolab. He has spent 25 years in the food and beverage industry working in areas of Quality, Sanitation, Thermal Process, Sanitary Design and Food Safety in Laboratory, Plant and Corporate positions for Nestle, Campbell’s Soup, Leprino and Kraft. He joined Ecolab to help lead the SEALS technical support group focused on troubleshooting some of our customer’s biggest challenges in food safety and sanitation effectiveness.