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Switzerland

Switzerland

• Lead recipe authoring, testing and validation of electronic batch records (EBR) through Syncade Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for Moderna mRNA COVID-19, RSV and Flu vaccines.
• Conducted interdisciplinary workshops and gap-assessments to gather operational requirements from operations for MES Syncade Recipes design.
• Lead qualification shakedown testing, implementing fixes across 15 recipes
• Facilitator of QA meetings to drive recipe approval prior to PPQ batch start.
• Provided on-the-floor support to operations during project start up.
• Lead recipe troubleshooting and implemented recipe improvements and corrections through Syncade Change Requests.

Visp, Valais, Switzerland

• Lead team of manufacturing specialists and operators across multiple production lines in the delivery of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine intermediate product.
• Managed team of specialists and operators with responsibilities for many aspects of human resource management, such as pay decisions, time keeping, personal development and discipline issues.
• Lead PQ batches and water batches for new production lines of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine intermediate product.
• Liaise with Bioprocess Engineers by providing practical knowledge of process equipment tocontinuously improve batch records
• Performed Recipe Authoring, testing and validation for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) on assignment with EBR team from May 2022 to November 2022.
• Executing Electronic Batch Record PQ across all manufacturing operations as part of EBR team during multiple assignments.

Visp, Valais, Switzerland

Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland

• Lead manufacturing team in HVAC PQ throughout the site through witnessing for Moore’s Environmental, driving closures of deviations to EMPQ and HVAC PQ protocols, project management and scheduling of PQ retesting.
• Lead and partook in multiple mock batch activities in a variety of unit operations, such as Depth Filtration, Chromatography, Viral Inactivation, Ultrafiltration/Diafiltration, Viral Filtration.
• Completed Introduction to Bioprocessing training in National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training
• Developed GMP compliant SOPs and training material for unit operations.
• Assisted in closures of investigations related to HVAC PQ activities and Environmental Monitoring PQ activ

Dublin

• HPLC analysis and sampling of finished products, stability samples and raw materials
• Testing of process validation batches and cleaning validation samples.

• Delivered excellent customer service on behalf of a world-renowned footwear retailer.
• Consistent in reaching and exceeding both individual and team sales targets set by store managers.
• Performed hundreds of sales daily, including cash handling transactions.

County Meath, Ireland

• During my time in Alltech, I provided assistance in an ongoing project on the intestinal health of broiler chickens. The aim was to determine the digestive enzyme capacity of broiler chickens. My main duties in the.
• Preparing tissue samples for analysis
• Determining protein concentrations by performing Bradford Assays.
• Carrying out enzyme assays – alkaline phosphatase, maltase and sucrase.Statistical analysis was performed on the data collected. I presented the findings of the project in front of fellow research scientists, project.

• Maintained a very well kept store that has won national awards across branches in Ireland and Europe
• Replenished store with new stock daily and writing off any damaged stock found
• Used IT system in order to check stock availability and order new stock

Bsc, Biotechnology

Master Of Science - Ms, Pharmaceutical Validation Technology