Gig Harbor, Washington, United States
My professional experience in both the Pharmaceutical and Ag chemical industries is directly aligned with my desire to improve the efficiency, environmental foot print, and reputation of the specialty chemicals industry. My leadership in this area is well proven with broad experience in fine chemicals synthesis and operations management in the US, Europe and India.
Manufacturing Director for global cereal herbicide portfolio and regional director for external manufacturing in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Production Leader for a state of the art fine chemicals facility Direct manegerial responsibility for 25+ staff and contingent staff Overall responsible for Safety, Productivity, and Cost performance of the facility Implementation of 5S and LEAN principles to maximize productivity Responsible for driving HRO principles within the organization
Responsible for external manufacturing operations in Europe, India, and Africa Budgetary responsibility for nominally $100,000,000 in annual spending Intimate engagement in contract negotiation AND implementation Extensive expertise in facility assessment and financial evaluation Broad technical knowledge of both pharma and agrochemical markets Extensive international travel and cultural understanding
Manage daily production activities for a $250MM/yr manufacturing facility Manage MRPII Implementation for facility, including MPS/PTP/PPP& BOM/PIRA Advanced process troubleshooting Maintain and manage both maintenance and manufacturing budget Responsible for environmental commitments of the facility including interaction with DEQ and EPA.
Six Sigma Blackbelt Worked with numerous cross functional teams within Dowpharma to complete Six Sigma MAIC projects Completed 9 projects over the course of 3 years, delivering $600M EBIT to date with anticipated contributions exceeding $2MM when all projects complete realization Have certified or actively coaching numerous green belt candidates within Dowpharma Project manager for major API process development projects, including high level client interaction (CEO,CFO), contract negotiation, project planning, financial modeling.
Dowpharma - Process Development Responsible for process development project management and technology development including technology transfer. Proficient in cGMP manufacturing and Process Development Protocol. Developed best practices and tools among process development engineers for project planning and execution. Developed expertise in crystallization, Batch Distillation, Complex synthetic organic chemistry, batch kinetics, mixing, and many other unit operations. Numerous scale up demonstrations from <1-L to >4000 L scale. Patent Disclosure for HIPE emulsion formation Thorough understanding of requirements for process scalability and risk assessment