A 20-minute discovery call. You tell us about your facility and where your program stands, and we give you an honest read on fit. If we are not the right team for your situation, we will say so and point you somewhere better.
About SystemPath
Built by operators, for operators.
SystemPath is run by people who do the work: an operator who manages the food safety program at an SQF-certified plant in Michigan, and an auditor who spent 49 years asking the questions. Beacon is the software they run it with.
The plant
It started on a production floor
Roman Foods, an SQF-certified manufacturer in Michigan. Our founder still runs its food safety program.
The problem
Paper could not keep up
Binders, spreadsheets, and records scattered across places nothing connected.
The build
Beacon, built inside the plant
Software written to run one real program first. Every workflow started as a problem on that floor.
The practice
Then opened to other operators
The platform, plus the consulting and IHA-accredited training to stand a program up.
Today
One company for the whole job
Software, expert consulting, and training, advised by 49 years on the auditor's side of the table.
The proving ground
It has to work on our floor first.
Roman Foods is not a case study. It is where Beacon lives, and where every workflow earns its way into the product.
Beacon runs the food safety program at Roman Foods today. The CCP checks, the sanitation schedule, the corrective actions, the document approvals: not a demo tenant, the live program at an SQF-certified manufacturing facility in Michigan, with our founder responsible for it.
That changes how the software gets built. When a workflow is clumsy, our own team hits the clumsiness first, on a real line, with real product moving. When an auditor walks that plant, Beacon is the program they see. The stakes are ours before they are yours.
Everything we sell is something we run ourselves.
Leadership
Built by people who do this for a living.
Most food-safety software is built by software companies. Beacon was built by an operator who runs an SQF-certified plant, and shaped with one of the most experienced auditors in the country.
Operator
Steven Moussawer
Founder
Steven runs the food safety program at an SQF-certified tahini plant in Michigan and built Beacon to run it, then opened the platform to other operators. He has stood in front of auditors, managed production lines, and carried the program on audit day. Every workflow in Beacon comes from a working facility, not a product spec.
SQF Practitioner · PCQI · HACCP Certified · Internal Auditor
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Auditor
Jeffrey Strout, MPH, RS/REHS, CP-FS
Food Safety Director
Forty-nine years and 7,500+ audits across the supply chain, from farm to plant to restaurant. Jeff was named SQFI Trainer of the Year, is a PCQI Lead Instructor, and co-authored the food-defense guidance the FDA and USDA adopted. He knows what auditors look for and how to prepare your team for the real thing.
SQFI Trainer of the Year · SQF Lead Auditor · PCQI Lead Instructor
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49 yrs
On the auditor's side of the table
7,500+
Audits across the supply chain
1
Working SQF-certified plant
What drives us
Food safety should protect people, not just pass audits.
Passing the audit is the byproduct. The point is a program where problems get caught early, every task has an owner, and nothing rests on one person's memory. Three principles keep us honest about that.
How we work
3 principles
01
Built from the inside
Everything in Beacon started as a real problem on a real floor. The founder runs the program the product manages, and feels every gap first.
02
One company, not three vendors
Software, consulting, and training from the same team, so nothing gets lost between the people who build your program and the people who keep it running.
03
Accountability over compliance
Compliance is the minimum. Every deviation gets an owner, every corrective action gets a deadline, and the record shows who did what.
Work with people who run the same job you do.
Bring your facility to the conversation. It starts with a 20-minute discovery call and an honest read on fit, from a team that has been on both sides of the audit table.
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What happens next
01
Discovery call
About your facility and goals. Not a sales pitch.
02
See it in action
A live walkthrough of Beacon scoped to your operation.
03
Custom proposal
Software, consulting, and training sized to your facility.
You'll talk with a food safety expert, not a sales rep.
20 minutes · No commitment · No pressure
FAQ
Questions about who we are.
Who runs SystemPath, how the company works, and where to find us.
Yes. Our founder runs the food safety program at Roman Foods, an SQF-certified manufacturing facility in Michigan. Beacon runs live on that floor: every module carries real production, real records, and real audits there before it ships to other facilities.
One company, both halves. The Beacon platform is the system of record, and the consulting and training practice stands your program up inside it. You are never coordinating between a software vendor and a separate consultant, because they are the same team.
Jeffrey Strout, our Food Safety Director: 49 years in food safety, 7,500+ audits conducted, a former SQF Lead Auditor, and SQFI Trainer of the Year. Training is IHA-accredited and instructor-led, delivered on your floor or virtually.
Canton, Michigan. We work with facilities across the US: consulting engagements run on-site and virtual, and the Beacon platform supports your team wherever the work happens.