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North Chicago, Il

Plant Service lead, delivering Engineering, Controls, Maintenance, Housekeeping, and Hazardous Waste functions to the North Chicago Plant. Total staff of ~70 team members.Direct budgetary spend of > $12MM. Direct annual CapEx project spend of > $3MM.Client supporting Capital Project (Pharma Plant Upgrade) of spend > $25MM.Direct support of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Business Development activities.Engineering Validation Review Board (VRB) and Change Review Board (CRB) Lead.

North Chicago, Il

Key leadership role within North Chicago Fermentation Plant at AbbVie. Lead large-scale manufacturing area specializing in 'Classical' Fermentation techniques to produce small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) as well as other microbial products. I also lead a high value recovery (downstream) processing area as well as a site-level waste services group. I also serve as the primary manufacturing point person for New Product Introduction (NPI), through support of our quotation process, business development, and overall site capacity planning. My direct team consists of about 100 team members in total.

North Chicago, Il

Lead multi-building Pharmaceutical Operations unit of approximately 150+ team members in manufacture of commerical and clinical Active Pharmaceuitical Ingredients (APIs), and Finished Goods product. Additionally our team provides site services for waste disposal, as well as clinical service functions.

Abbott Park, Il

Led an operations organization of 175+ team members, responsible for all final Pharmaceutical packaging for Global Pharmaceutical Operations division at Abbott Park. Bottle, blister, syringe, granule, and liquid fill packaging configurations and technologies.

2004-2009: Fermentation Recovery Unit Manager: Led an operations organization of up to 175+ team members manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Finished Goods, and providing waste disposal services within the North Chicago site.2000-2004: Production Section Manager: Led operations team of ~30 crew members producing multiple API products. Improve output to above capacity, yields, efficiencies, safety/quality, team. 1998-2000: Development Engineer: Technical Process Support role to implement process improvements, qualify API processes, address process deviations, and new business development.1993-1998: Process Engineer: Completed Capital Projects, DCS Controls Upgrades, and Process Improvements in Production Plant Setting.1991-1993: Engineering Professional Development Program (EPDP): 6-month Engineering assignments in API Plant Engineering, Fill/Finish Engineering, Package Development, and Chemical Process Support.

Mba, Business Administration

Specialization: Organizational Behavior (graduated top 10% of class)

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering