Brett Pearce Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, Va, Us

Duncan, South Carolina, United States

• Manage operations swim lane for transfer of legacy Cytiva product produced in the Westborough, MA site to the legacy Pall site located in Duncan, SC • Manage teams across two shifts and three functional areas of the plant representing 22% of overall labor for the site• Increased department output by over 100% while reducing headcount of department from 32 to 19 resulting in a productivity improvement of ~330% through use of Kaizens and Daily Management• Developed & manage inventory monitoring system across the plant used by Operations department for personnel allocation• Developed & manage system for creating batch master records which reduced administrative time and increased processing yield on paperwork right the first time• Acting Ethics Champion; Responsible for acting as impartial mediator for associates & furthering site compliance activities related to safety and ethical decision-making

Port Washington, New York, United States

• Developed enhanced forecasting methodology to relate key leading variables to filter sales by segment

Sparks, Maryland

Responsible for driving the development and validation of novel diagnostic equipment, owning the technical and performance characteristics of those instruments, as well as providing continuous improvement support for existing equipment• Led an international team in Ireland, Germany, and the United States in developing novel software for a Cytology platform• Controlled and negotiated contractually binding requirements and specifications across two international organizations in Germany and the United States regarding the development of a new Cytology platform• Developed and validated a large scale high-throughput system named the BD COR MX, a qPCR analytical instrument designed to process more than 1000 patient samples in a day for a variety of diagnostic tests• Directed cross-functional efforts focused on improving throughput and reducing processing failures on BD COR MX• Received the BD Life Sciences Recognition award for resolving manufacturing defects; issue resolution resulted in cost savings >$5 million and allowed for revenue capture >$10 million• Collaborated with four software developers to design and realize software features on the BD COR MX meant to reduce service time and streamline user experience by decreasing needed user interactions by 200%• Validated software for an existing HPV diagnostic instrument (ViperLT) to meet FDA Cybersecurity Standards

Sparks, Maryland

Worked as part of a three-person team responsible for helping small businesses develop and validate novel infectious disease tests for use on BD’s instrument portfolio, as well as providing product sustaining support for key internal stakeholders • Managed providing Systems Engineering support and Consultation for outside companies developing diagnostic tests on the BD MAX platform, a mid-throughput qPCR diagnostic instrument designed to process ~200 samples in a day• Designed and launched a new BD MAX Qualification kit used to qualify and release all BD MAX instruments• Designed two separate novel diagnostic assays for use in a STEM mentorship program for environmental research regarding tetracycline-resistance and the environmental location of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis• Guided an international matrixed team split across two organizations to the FDA Release, CE marking and sale of a third-party diagnostic assay (Check-Direct CPE for the BD MAX)• Led development of a mRNA Blood Assay for early detection of Sepsis• Presented molecular research weekly to external stakeholders for use in product strategy discussions

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Coached youth lacrosse teams over the summers while providing a focus on individual skill development.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Systems Engineering • Worked primarily under an Assay Development team on a Mid-Throughput Diagnostic platform. • Performed detailed statistical comparison study of assay performance across different magnet assemblies on multiple generations of the BD Max platform and presented study to management • Performed Measurement System Analyses (MSA) and followed Standard Operating Procedure • Cross-functionally developed an instrument script to decrease Aerosolization and Cross-Contamination • Service and Quality Assurance of the instrumentsMolecular Science Experience • Performed detailed analysis on large data sets using Minitab Statistical Software and Excel • Experimental Design • BSL2 Organism ManipulationProfessional Experience • Presented weekly with BD Team on Instrument Data • Presented Internal Poster: Investigating the Source of Sample Processing Performance Differences

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Batten Innovation Scholar - Full Tuition Scholarship Recipient; Member of the Technology Club, Healthcare Club.

Master Of Science - Ms, Systems Engineering, 3.87/4.0

Focus in Project Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Gamma Delta, Member of Division I Lacrosse Team