Dr. Tatiana Lorca
Vice President of Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Canteen

Dr. Tatiana Lorca is the Vice President of Food Safety & Quality Assurance for Canteen (Compass Group North America’s largest sector) whose business encompasses vending, food manufacturing and foodservice. She is responsible for the management and integration of quality management and improvement programs, as well as field compliance for regulatory and company practices. Dr. Lorca has over 23 years of work experience in the fields of global food safety standards development, training, auditing, consulting and supplier and crisis management within the food industry, holding roles at the SQF Institute, BSI Management Systems, Ecolab and most recently within the Corporate QA team at Compass Group where she was responsible for supply chain QA activities including supplier maintenance and management of customer complaints. Dr. Lorca is a former Adjunct Assistant Professor in Virginia Tech’s Food Science Department. She holds masters and doctoral degrees in food science and technology and represents Compass Group on the Conference for Food Protection Council III.