Brian Smith Email & Phone Number

Bend, Or, Us

Bend, Oregon Area

Basel, Ch

Waltham, Ma, Us

Architect of improvement projects designed to enhance Pkg quality and efficiency: - Achieved 50% reduction in deviations (~$500,000 annual savings) by integrating AQL sampling guidelines with triage response criteria - Increased training compliance from <10% to 95% by standardizing hundreds of OJTs and SOPs for content and format; developed tracking database - Improved Right First Time (RFT) by mating test methods to qualified settings - Reduced downtime by implementing zone cleaning and tiered breaks - Automated SharePoint workflows to harmonize real-time email and text-based quality alerts across all manufacturing and support departmentsChief investigator for packaging quality excursions: - Led teams of engineers, management, operations, and quality in on-the-floor problem solving sessions to determine root cause and containment actions - Facilitated engineering solutions to mitigate human intervention and repeat non-conformitiesAuthor of 200 deviation reports (DR), dozens of Annual Product Review (APR) reports, Quarterly Quality Reports (QQR), and rework/inspection batch records (BPR/LPR)Cincinnati Site Technical Writing Trainer: - Taught established technical writing principles over recurrent 8-hour courses to hundreds of lab, quality, business and engineering personnel

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Leader of a 50-person, high volume, seven-line contract packaging department encompassing bottle-filling, blister-pack, liquid-fill, Label Control, Warehouse, and Line QADeveloped, trained, and directed line leaders; ensured adherence to training compliance, equipment/product SOPs, EHS guidelines, and DEA controlled substance regulations; performed annual performance reviews

Tel-Aviv, Il

- Supervisor of a 22 person, 11 product GMP manufacturing value stream: Compression (4); Granulation (5); Bottle-Fill packaging (5); Blister-Packing (8)CDC Factory system administrator; SharePoint administrator

Dublin, Ie

Led team of 7 operators in day to day operations in powder filling dept;

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Manufactured Prozac Weekly & Cymbalta.