Michael Barisua Madu

Meat Inspector & IT Systems Security Specialist
📍 Taranaki, New Zealand  |  ✉️ barisuamadu@gmail.com

Professional Profile

Practicing Company Meat Inspector with comprehensive experience enforcing food safety regulations, standard operating procedures, and Risk Management Programmes (RMPs) across both multi-species lines (sheep, lamb, bobby calf) and dedicated beef processing facilities. Uniquely backed by a professional background in IT systems administration, cybersecurity, and digital access control within regulated environments.

Areas of Expertise

Compliance & Food Safety

  • Multi-Species Processing (Beef, Sheep, Lamb, Calf)
  • Regulatory Compliance (Animal Products Act)
  • HACCP & Risk Management Programmes (RMPs)
  • ISO 22000 / ISO 9001 Systems Alignment
  • Audit Readiness & Documentation Control

IT & Systems Security

  • Active Directory & Microsoft 365
  • Network Security (Splunk, Wireshark, Nmap)
  • ERP Fundamentals (SAP Materials Management)
  • Access Control & Incident Response

Work History

Butcher / Slaughterer (Beef Processing Plant)
May 2026 - Present
Ample Meats
  • Execute precision processing operations on high-throughput beef slaughter lines in strict alignment with site standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Uphold absolute structural compliance with New Zealand food safety legislation and rigorous beef carcass dressing hygiene parameters.
  • Maintain close communication with QA and inspection teams to ensure continuous execution of Zero Faecal Tolerance (ZFT) protocols.
Meat Inspector | Compliance & Quality Assurance
Aug 2023 - May 2026
AFFCO New Zealand Limited
  • Verified compliance with New Zealand food safety and export regulatory frameworks, specifically managing sheep, lamb, and bobby calf multi-species lines.
  • Conducted strict verification activities across slaughter and processing operations, adhering to Zero Faecal Tolerance (ZFT) standards and HACCP principles under the Animal Products Act.
  • Maintained accurate, traceable inspection records and audit evidence in line with ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 documentation principles.
  • Supported ongoing audit readiness for internal reviews and external regulatory verification bodies.
Systems Security Specialist
2021 - 2023
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
  • Supported compliance operations within a regulated healthcare environment governed by strict data protection and HIPAA-aligned privacy principles.
  • Maintained controlled user access to sensitive hospital systems, managed role-based permissions, and supported internal audit tracks.
  • Participated in regular risk assessments, incident reporting, and corrective action logging to guarantee documentation accuracy and traceability.
IT Systems Administrator
2019 - 2021
UPTH Technical Services Division
  • Managed deployment and network configuration updates across site-wide terminal systems to ensure infrastructure reliability.
  • Administered Active Directory access parameters, auditing user groups to prevent unauthorized privilege creep.
  • Delivered fast-turnaround technical incident mitigation, keeping network downtime to an absolute minimum.

Technical Projects & Simulations

Enterprise Incident Response & Threat Mitigation

Simulations: Telstra, AIG (Shields Up)

  • Simulated end-to-end incident response for active malware attacks; analyzed attack vectors, conducted post-mortem isolation, and engineered strategies to bypass active ransomware.
  • Developed and deployed rapid patching strategies to counter critical zero-day exploits within production environments, minimizing potential downtime.

Cyber Risk Governance & Threat Intelligence

Simulations: Datacom, ANZ, Mastercard

  • Analyzed the systemic impact of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) breaches on enterprise information security architectures.
  • Formulated comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment frameworks to identify operational vulnerabilities and align security postures with business objectives.
  • Conducted digital and social engineering investigations; designed corporate phishing email simulations and interpreted behavioral data to improve organizational security awareness.

Application Security & Data Integrity

Simulations: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

  • Designed and developed secure access management systems to tighten control over sensitive enterprise information, preventing unauthorized privilege creep.
  • Analyzed large, complex datasets of financial payment services to detect anomalies and flag fraudulent activity.
  • Applied application security fundamentals to web environments and engineered machine learning email classifiers (Spam vs. Ham) to mitigate inbound vector threats.