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Miami, FL, US

Low-cost clean hydrogen production

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Designed and leveraged digital tools to optimize Drug Substance business process and strategy. Integrated historical metrics in Spotfire for visibility to help cross-functional teams align on department-level goals.
• Collected feedback from leaders to create an onboarding ecosystem designed to reduce ambiguity for staff new to technology transfer projects.

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Product Owner for a GxP source data system used to intake data from external organizations with varying levels of digital maturity. Prioritized product backlog with key stakeholders using an agile framework.
• Identified and led a $500k system upgrade that provides Operations with new agility and efficiency required to integrate data from two recent acquisitions to support Amgen’s pipeline advancement goals.
• Removed external contingency and increased system reliability by 76%. Reduced data-capture template validation time by 94%. Expected 304% ROI over ten years.

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Negotiated with a supplier to devise a novel data sharing process, saving 30 FTE hours annually.
• Cross-functionally triaged process excursions and identified improvement opportunities for synthetic and biologic processes with Quality, PD, and Manufacturing. Trained and managed contract workers.
• Continuous Process Verification lead for Amgen Singapore and Contract Manufacturing sites. Authored sections to support Annual Product Reviews, quality records, and process control strategy.
• Successfully trained my replacement to manage digital monitoring for Singapore without any issues.Amgen Scientific Exchange Committee

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Supported four technology transfers between Pivotal-to-Commercial, and Commercial-to-Commercial locations by implementing a strategy for automated Process Validation data reporting. Enabled digital process monitoring.
• Used PI Historian data in multivariate models to establish real-time, remote monitoring for scale-up and commercial processes.
• Continuous Process Verification lead for Amgen Singapore.

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Coordinated with site engineers and quality to triage process excursions and identify improvement opportunities for synthetics and biologics manufacturing in Singapore.
• Used SQL and R to build statistical process control charts for mAb manufacturing. Later implemented limits using PLM, and authoring GMP quality documentation.
• Compared process variation across the manufacturing network using advanced analytical techniques in JMP, SIMCA, and Spotfire.

Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

• Increased stability and accessibility of SAP HR data by integrating on-premise bank servers with SAP Cloud.
• Presented project outcomes with client leaders. Trained in SQL, Java, Python, SAP, DevOps and Project Management.

• Critically assessed and provided first response in crisis situations for a hall of 550 students.
• Lead initiatives to create an inclusive, living-learning environment for residents. Resolved conflicts among students.
• Leveraged organizational and public speaking skills to educate and direct residents to relevant campus resources about diversity, chemical abuse, security, and academic concerns.

Amherst, Massachusetts, US

• Investigated and quantified the role of organelle tethering proteins in ensuring proper mitotic spindle orientation. Misaligned spindles have been implicated in various diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy.
• Published my findings in my honors thesis manuscript and in the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference.

Austin, Texas, US

• Led a project to identify optimal electrode mixing & coating parameters with process analytical instrument vendors; with the goal of optimizing the performance of batteries manufactured in a laboratory setting.
• Quantified sources of capacity loss in silicon anodes, which are an investigational new material that could increase anode capacity 10x. Validated MATLAB degradation models with in-situ results. Presented findings in.

Westborough, MA, US

• Conducted electrochemical analysis and quantified sources of impedance in the flagship lithium-ion cell.
• Results used to develop the next-generation lithium-ion cell, with a 15% increase in capacity.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US

• Coordinated with equipment suppliers and line operators to add controls and automate the manufacturing of emergency oxygen generators. Later designed next-gen oxygen equipment based on airline feedback.
• Applied lean six sigma techniques, performed FMEA, root cause analysis, DOE and revised BOM to increase the output of chemical oxygen generators passing FAA compliance testing to 83%, from 41% earlier.

Led various outreach programs to increase the enrollment rate of prospective, accepted students.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

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