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Des Moines, IA, US

Des Moines County, Iowa, United States

• Lead 7 direct reports and oversee cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams in manufacturing, quality, sales, and research and development in attaining operational goals that align with corporate objectives. Manage.
• Spearhead research and product development projects.
• Drive innovation and continuous process improvement for maximum efficiency.
• Implement policies and procedures to optimize daily operations.
• Communicate status… Show more Lead 7 direct reports and oversee cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams in manufacturing, quality, sales, and research and development in attaining operational goals that align.
• Communicate status, progress reports, and relevant research information to keep executives informed.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Led 2 direct reports on development of new processes and products. Oversaw multi-functional teams in manufacturing, quality, sales, and R&D.
• Led technical transfer and modification of sulfhydryl blocked BSA process from acquisition through bench, pilot, and into manufacturing validation at NZ site hitting all key project deliverables and milestones in six.
• Managed technical customer-based projects including communications and timelines with internal and external partners… Show more Led 2 direct reports on development of new processes and products. Oversaw.
• Managed technical customer-based projects including communications and timelines with internal and external partners.
• Oversaw expectations and deliverables when PHB and external goals were not aligned.
• Developed new basic R&D projects to understand how medical food product could interrupt mechanisms of COVID infections and supported the launch of an Entergam COVID trail in Spain.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Led product characterization to support a potential biologics license application using proteomics. Led and mentored 3 research associates on process development, stability and mechanism of action projects.
• Managed the execution of tasks by myself or 3 research associates to hit project milestones such as delivering prototype samples to customers, completion of stability studies on key product attributes, analytics.
• Managed the use of De Novo… Show more Led product characterization to support a potential biologics license application using proteomics. Led and mentored 3 research associates on process development, stability and.
• Managed the use of De Novo Sequencing and 2-D electrophoresis by CROs to identify and quantify all proteins in a protein isolate medical food and supported the development of immunoassays to quantify lot-to-lot.
• Developed troubleshooting & problem-solving skills of research associates to keep projects on track – developing quality control parameters for analytics, procuring loaning equipment from vendors to bridge gaps in lab.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Project management and product development of a >98% protein product
• Developed and optimized bench scale purification process starting from plasma
• Process scale-up focusing on maintaining key process attributes
• Pilot trials to make process directly scalable for production
• Cost and yield analysis
• Capital equipment proposal

Jupiter, FL

• Led project management on conceptual design of a novel modular peptide-protein immunotoxins targeting VEGFR2 or FSHR on mammalian cells.
• Generated a set of modular VEGFR2 receptor targeting domains via synthesis/purification of therapeutic peptides and peptoids, which were conjugated to hetero-dimerization peptides via optimized click-chemistry.
• Generated active immunotoxin-like therapeutic molecules by conjugating VEGFR2 targeting domains and cytotoxic proteins via… Show more
• Generated active immunotoxin-like therapeutic molecules by conjugating VEGFR2 targeting domains and cytotoxic proteins via -dimerization domains tested in cell-based toxicity assays for specificity and toxicity. Show.

Ames, IA

During my doctoral work I was responsible for independently advancing a characterization and crystallization project on a family of endoglucanases. Based off this project I generated ideas for additional research projects involving structure-function relationships, binding thermodynamics, enzyme kinetics, protein stability, and reaction modeling. Although.

Hoffman Estates, IL

• Analysis of SOPs, batch records, and product specifications to determine key variables in product performance
• Set up pilot runs at GMP production facility for protein hydrolysates to investigate how processing variables affect product performance in fermentation applications
• Cross functional team member supporting QC, Manufacturing, Marketing, Process Development and Regulatory
• Initiated analysis of amino & organic acid profiles in multiple lots of protein hydrolysate… Show more
• Initiated analysis of amino & organic acid profiles in multiple lots of protein hydrolysate products
• Customer visits to discuss processing variables & product performance (NY, CA)

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: AICHE, ACS Thesis: Structures, kinetics, and modeling of glycoside hydrolase family 44 endoglucanases from.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Bse) With Honors, Chemical And Biological Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIChE, ACS, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma Honors Thesis: Determination of Kinetic Growth and Degradation.