Arthur Susanto

Process Technologist Manager, MSAT Microbial

Brig, Valais, Switzerland

About

I am an old man ... ... who gets the privilege to start a new life and build awesome biotech complex in beautiful Upper Valais ... still running 42.195 km race and not even Covid-19 can stop me having fun ... and still a crazy Nerd waiting for Marty McFly to appear with a hoverboard.

Experience

  • Lonza (Full-time · 7 yrs)
    • Process Technologist Manager, MSAT Microbial
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Technical Lead Manufacturing
      Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      BioAtrium AG, a joint venture Lonza & Sanofi

    • Head of DSP
      Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

      BioAtrium AG, a joint venture Lonza & Sanofi

  • Lead Process Specialist (Downstream Process) at Bayer Pharmaceuticals
    Oct 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Lead Process Specialist of purification process at manufacturing plant for recombinant blood coagulation factor VIII, responsible for: - Being subject matter expert for purification process - Implementation of process changes and optimization - Troubleshooting - Managing deviations and corrective & preventive actions

  • Technology Expert at Bayer AG - Engineering & Technology
    Oct 2012 - Oct 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Process/Utility Engineer in capacity expansion project of a biological product. Current / previous tasks: - Caretaker of DCS recipes for purification skids, responsible for modification & implementation in new environment - Commissioning & Qualification support for Downstream Process - Detail Engineering of skids for purification process steps (till March 2016) - Providing process data for BImSchG application (till April 2015) - Detail Engineering of several Utility Systems (till August 2013)

  • Bayer Technology Services (Leverkusen)
    • Principal Engineer
      Dec 2011 - Oct 2012 · 11 mos

      Project: - Assistant project manager (for technology development) in planning a pilot plant for manufacturing a plant-made, personalized, cancer vaccine - Assessment of single-use-technology vs. stainless-steel-equipments in biopharmaceutical industry - Process simulation support for new cell culture pilot plant - Mass flux & operating schedule analysis for microbiology pilot plant

    • Process Engineer
      Nov 2007 - Dec 2011 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Projects: - Public funding projects (Topic: Bio-mass conversion) - Concept development for the manufacture of a vaccine adjuvant - Process simulation support for an alternative production of a polymer pre-cursor - Process simulation support for the manufacture of crop protection agent