Rajko Platisa

Accomplished professional with 25+ years of diverse international experience ranging from government, NGO and private-sector legal work to training, regulatory compliance and consulting.

Rajko’s experience began with a legal career in the jurisdiction of former Yugoslavia before its dissolution in 1991. Upon arriving to North America in 1994, he continued in the area of Regulatory Law involving employment legislation, professional facilitation over to regulatory compliance in Automotive, Food and related industries with emphasis on assessment, development and implementation.

As an independent consultant, he exercised his skills by developing and implementing quality, environmental and food safety management systems.

Industry Experience

For 15+ years, Rajko has been actively enrolled in internal auditing, implementation, maintenance, training and continual improvement of the Quality Management Systems starting with ISO 9001 continuing with ISO 14001 EMS/Sustainability, BRCGS, SQF and FSSC 22000 programs.

Between his ongoing consulting and training engagement, Rajko has assisted food manufacturers including a variety of RTE foods (meat, poultry, seafood, vegetable), bakeries, oils and fats, grains/cereals, coffee, dry ingredients, beverage, pet foods, as well as packaging establishments.

Training and Consulting Qualifications

• NFSTP (National Food Safety Training Practitioners) Certified Trainer

• SQF Certified Trainer Contract, SQF Institute

• Exemplar Global Licensed ISO 14001 EMS Lead Auditor

• FSSC 22000 Consultant & Trainer

• BRCGS ATP Certification

Through his enrolment in design and facilitation of Competency Based Training programs, he has worked on multiple food safety and quality related trainings and is involved in design/redesign of similar training courses on behalf of certified training centres in North America.

Spoken languages: English, Serbian-Croatian dialects.