Career Summary
Chemical Engineer with over nine years of diversified experience in the areas of Research, Process, Product Development, Solid Mixing, Quality Control, Spray and Freeze Drying, Encapsulation, Dry Blends, Contract Manufacturing, and Binary System Liquid-carrier (Dry Antioxidants Premixes). Experienced working in a fast paced cross-functional team environment, with strong financial, analytical, and Project Management skills. Knowledge of GMP and FDA guidelines for Food and Pharmaceutical industry, Animal Feed and Pets Food. Worked in a class 100 clean room environment. Managed research projects, technical transfers, schedules, and budgets up to $24MM and commissioned a chemical plant start-up.
Experience
Pharma/API/GMP/CMO (Confidential/contract), FL JUN 2015 – Present
Process Engineer
Led technology transfer for new processes, equipment and products from selling company to acquiring businesses conversely.
Identified best technology and tuning process able to adjust to formulation (product) improvement and to deliver toll manufacturer optimization . Reduced manufacturing (toll) cost up to 36 times.
Managed and helped to improve business relationship between toll company, R&D department, Operation and technology transfer logistic of product, innovation, processes and product improvement.
Applied product improvement, product development, formulation, technology transfer developed cross evaluation techniques and methodology expertise from initial trial phases to commercialization.
Extensive expertise of solid, liquid and semisolid physical processes .
Led to identify technology formulation and product improvement's critical parameters .
Chemical Process Improvement, Davie, FL Feb 2011 – JUN 2015
Sr. Principal Engineer in Research & Development
Led technology transfer for new processes, equipment and products from selling company to acquiring businesses conversely.
Capable of modifying formulation and technology controlled critical parameters to be applied on various manufacturing phases including intermediate products.
Significantly impacted the organization and business clients bottom line through formulation technology application, process development and product improvement .
Helped to improve product's domestic and international market positioning directly and indirectly through controlled formulation adjustments.
Widely contributed to diminishing the organization product recall rate and regulatory - costumes complaints by developing and implementing revolutionary cross evaluation techniques and methodology.
Developed new manufacturing techniques capable of identifying critical process parameters related to product formulation components performance.
Participated and assisted on process , performance and formulation technology research study.
Provided research expertise on process, product, formulation, performance and technology transfer; from site to site and from business to business entities.
Noven Pharmaceutical Inc., Miami, FL Oct 2011 – Jun 2012
Process Development & Research Engineer (Contract )
Ensured processes and designs compatibility for new product technology transfer and established future process and equipment automation technologies
Developed and recommended new process formulas and technologies improving product quality and increasing cost effectiveness.
Led new product scale-up, process optimization, technology transfer, design of experiments, and process validation.
Assisted manufacturing operations in process definition, data gathering, and problem solving for materials, equipment and systems.
Recommended processes for production of products through material handling, mixing tankage, process piping, fluid pumping, coating, cutting, oven systems, laminating dies, pouching and packaging systems.
Designed and implemented manufacturing processes, instrumentation and equipment from laboratory through pilot plant to manufacturing scale.
Established operating equipment specifications and improved manufacturing techniques.
Provided engineering design, process and scale-up of single and multi-component processes (Mixing System and Intermediates).
Novus International Global Headquarters, St. Charles, MO Oct. 2008 – Feb 2011
Corporate Sr. Research & Development Engineer
Developed processes and formulations for new specialty products.
Improved existing manufacturing processes and doubled revenue from company core product line which saved up to $6MM per year.
Provided engineering support to specialty product sales increases two years in a row.
Provided training for operators, chemists, engineers, and supervisors on new equipment and processes for Asian, European, and Latin America Novus manufacturing plants.
Provided technical and sales support for Asian, Latin America, and European market.
Led critical product and process improvements.
Design of experiments and led premixes formulation, production trials, and scale-up campaigns for new products and processes.
Developing new physical stress models for new Solid Premixes and Dry Products.
Managed and coached lab technicians and junior engineers.
Provided cross function training for plant management personnel on new equipment and processes.
Developed training programs for sales and marketing team.
Filed individual and group patents, currently pending.
Polypeptides Laboratories Inc., Torrance, CA Apr. 2006 - Oct. 2008
Production Engineer
Trained operators, chemists, and supervisors on new equipment and processes for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
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