• Provide automation system support to engineering projects in the Biologics Manufacturing Facility (BMF) cGMP and cGLP areas as well as provide day to day support to site operating and maintenance groups. Assist in preparation and execution of automation systems Validation Qualification protocols. Update and develop User Requirement Specifications, Functional Specifications, Design Specifications, Operation and Maintenance Manuals for new and existing control systems. Configured the 3 new Advanced Instrument Single Sample Micro Osmometers per the Functional Specification in support of 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. Created the SDS and Administration SOP by Validation's timeline for IOPQ testing. Created a Microsoft Access master alarm database to perform alarm risk assessments on the BMF equipment and updated the Teva Alarm Philosophy per industry best practices ISA 18.2 and EEMUA 191. Investigated excessive alarms on Critical to Quality list and discovered that an incorrectly set communication alarm priority was the root cause. Created change control, implemented the change and developed test plan to resolve the issue. Created test plan to resolve CAPA caused by incomplete documentation of Fill Finish HMI security setting OQ testing. Served as the Automation SME on the Commercial Product Readiness Team and the Change Control Task Force. Investigated the deviation caused by the incorrect timestamp of a Siemens Blood Gas analyzer sample. Identified the root cause and received kudos from Quality Assurance for the thorough investigation. Executed the IOPQ for the Wonderware System Platform upgrade. Quickly resolved XDR InBatch Dream Report configuration issues so the PPQ batches could be dispositioned per the project schedule.

• Provide critical day to day control/safety system support for the raw material production area (chemical vapor deposition of fiber used to produce ceramic based jet engine parts) and serve as subject matter expert on capital projects. Saved plant $15K/month by resolving GE RX3i PLC logic issue which caused monthly wasted batches.  Led the effort to resolve Brooks mass flow controller wiring issues which stymied production for 2 months.  Resolved OEM Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC logic errors that prevented 2 newly installed electric furnaces from operating and meeting raw material demand. Helped to reduce production down time due to pump failure by ~60% by successfully integrating new self-cleaning vacuum pump into existing batch control logic.  Automated environmental calculations and production gas on hours as well as refined machine connectivity in support of the OEE effort. Installed process control simulator to validate process control logic before implementation and train operators. Led the effort to create a control system functional requirement specification to ensure the new raw material processing equipment would function correctly. Created proof test to verify the functionality of the raw material area interlocks.

• Provided process engineering, instrumentation/control valve, control and safety system support for the Process Development Labs, Resin Pilot Facility (RPF) and manufacturing sites. Installed manual bypass line on the 100-gal RPF reactor jacket heater to provide pressure relief upon heater startup and prevent rupture disk rupture. Saved $30K by negating the need for a new heater. Successfully started the 2-gal reactor lab system that was inoperable for 5 years due to control system issue. Upgraded Think and Do control system software, created high performance HMI, corrected and tested logic. Saved $10K by negating the need for a new control system. Led effort to determine alternatives to the obsolete process development lab control systems. Implemented S88 compliant batch recipes via Rockwell FTBatch to automate the production of experimental resins in the RPF. Performed troubleshooting during the batches. Replaced inoperable N2 regulators and resolved Micro Motion flow meters’ noisy zeroes which prevented efficient batch logic execution. Enabled high pressure resin production in the RPF, which reduced raw material costs, by increasing feed pump capacity via internal relief valve setting. Optimized FTViewStudio HMI which allowed RPF operators to become autonomous during RPF batch production. Streamlined SIS testing procedures. Reduced length of test from 1 week to 1 day. Developed AspenTech IP21 dashboards for manufacturing plant to allow the technical staff to remotely monitor and troubleshoot Dispersion mills in real time.

Provide instrumentation and control system support for alternative energy technologies.

• Resolved day to day Honeywell TDC3000 DCS, process control and instrumentation issues in support of the Power House and Kraft Pulp Mill. • Guided annual turbogenerator, recovery and biomass boiler SIS testing. Streamlined SIS testing by improving the quality of the test procedures.• Performed digester startup checks after annual maintenance to ensure instrumentation and process controls still functioned as designed.• Accelerated turbogenerator rack testing by automating test procedure.• Eliminated mill shutdowns due to the lost of air compressor cooling water by implementing reliable controls.• Created natural gas usage advisory to eliminate penalties due to excessive gas usage during curtailment periods.• Influenced the acceptance of alarm management at mill by identifying alarm system deficiencies, improving Power House alarm system by removing OOS equipment alarms, reducing nuisance alarms and implementing alarm suppression.• Collaborated with instrument/electrical personnel to eliminate equipment ground faults and to perform Allen Bradley PLC research.• Supported maintenance and capital projects by developing DCS I/O lists, process control strategy development, DCS point configuration and graphic building, Honeywell PHD point building and Honeywell TDC Viewer graphic updates, creating instrument loop drawings, modifying motor elementary drawings and updating P&IDs. • Integrated Case Controls air compressor energy management system (Allen Bradley Controllogix PLC based) to Honeywell TDC3000 using OPC.• Trained operations and instrument/electrical personnel on new and existing process control applications.

• Eliminated spurious activations of heater SIS by recommending operational modifications during startup• Restored the stability of the refinery’s 600# steam supply by increasing the reliability of the SIS of the remaining boilers • Overhauled the refinery SIS compliance program by testing and field verifying all SIS• Built the critical instrumentation testing scope for the 2008 T/As• Enhanced process unit uptime by implementing PLC hardware and software upgrades• Solved the malfunction of the boiler SIS by identifying jumpered input signals in the BMS panel

• Spearheaded the successfully implementation of a state of the art, $2 MM HMI system effort for the new central control room which improved operator response during abnormal situations• Presided over the effort to install the first overview display which helped the operators manage the increased work load of a new Sulfur Plant• Constructed the Honeywell Local Control Network (LCN) and Area Database for the finished product tank farm and supported the installation of the tank inventory system• Configured new Honeywell High Performance Managers (HPM) in support of the Benzene/Toluene/ Xylene (BTX) Reformer unit reinstrumentation and the new Carbon Monoxide (CO) Boiler projects• Designed training course on the Transfer and Shipping TDC3000 applications for the instrument technicians and control engineers• Led the effort to upgrade the obsolete crude blenders to TDC3000 which stabilized crude control• Championed the Refinery’s alarm management effort which reduced standing alarms by 80%

• Engineered laboratory application using ABB PageBuilder, CCF programming and Taylor Control Language to enhance the communication of the Xanthan Gum laboratory data between the laboratory technicians and the manufacturing personnel• Instituted Year 2K testing on all control applications in the Xanthan Gum area• Upgraded plant P&IDS to reflect as-built DCS database

• Programmed Honeywell Application Module Control Language (AM CL) to automate ethylene furnace sample line blocking to prevent damage to the line during furnace decoking• Faciliated Mobil’s Grassroot Para-Xylene Project Honeywell DCS factory acceptance test (FAT) by checking instrument readings, control loops, graphics and group displays on DCS• Established an advanced process control training course to increase console operators’ understanding and utilization of the Furnace Feed Maximization Dynamic Matrix Controller• Initiated the repair and support of the plant’s Bambeck CO trim controllers which reduced the plant’s annual fuel gas expenditure by $11K.• Constructed a Microsoft Access database to serve as a central repository of basic regulatory controller tuning changes to enhance the management of these changes by the engineers.• Installed an excess oxygen advisory to help the console operators run the ethylene furnaces more efficiently• Contributed to the development of a semi-regeneration reformer advanced control application using Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) technology for Mobil's refinery in Altona, Australia• Helped with on-site, full plant testing of Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit at Mobil's refinery in Woerth, Germany to apply Honeywell's Predictive Control Technology (PCT).