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Border Pathology is a Private Pathology provider and this business recently established to service the community of Albury - Wodonga• Established the Microbiology Department Quality system and developed the procedures and laboratory manuals• Achieved accreditation of the laboratory and quality system• Training of staff• Providing leadership to the staff• Performing laboratory testing covering full scope of medical microbiology testing• Liaising with medical practitioners… Show more Border Pathology is a Private Pathology provider and this business recently established to service the community of Albury - Wodonga• Established the Microbiology Department Quality system and developed the procedures and laboratory manuals• Achieved accreditation of the laboratory and quality system• Training of staff• Providing leadership to the staff• Performing laboratory testing covering full scope of medical microbiology testing• Liaising with medical practitioners referring samples for testing and providing technical advice on results of testing Show less

ARL was a Private Pathology provider and this business was purchased by Healthscope. • Performed microbiological testing including the identification of bacteria and yeasts and antimicrobial sensitivity testing and carried out microscopic examinations.

WHO exists to support all countries and peoples to achieve the highest attainable level of health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.Achievements: • Established the project• Managed the project on time and within budget• Managed budget of… Show more WHO exists to support all countries and peoples to achieve the highest attainable level of health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.Achievements: • Established the project• Managed the project on time and within budget• Managed budget of $1M• Recruited staff and international experts• Established project office and office infrastructure• Engaged international experts to develop and support local project staff to design and construct 4 purpose-built blood centres in 4 provinces of Vietnam• Managed team of 5 reports• Developed training materials for Quality and Donor recruitment in Vietnamese• Delivered training workshops for participants from all over Vietnam in Quality, Donor Recruitment and Blood Safety • Delivered education and training programmes to local professionals to improve the quality of blood collection and processing Show less

The CSL Group of Companies has major facilities in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the US, and has over 9,000 employees working in 27 countries. It develops and manufactures vaccines and plasma protein biotherapies.Achievements at CSL Developed and maintained strong relationships and collaborations with customers in Australia, New Zealand and Asia  Provided advice and leadership in due diligence teams on major company acquistions in USA and Poland for assets including… Show more The CSL Group of Companies has major facilities in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the US, and has over 9,000 employees working in 27 countries. It develops and manufactures vaccines and plasma protein biotherapies.Achievements at CSL Developed and maintained strong relationships and collaborations with customers in Australia, New Zealand and Asia  Provided advice and leadership in due diligence teams on major company acquistions in USA and Poland for assets including starting material warehousing, centralised testing laboratories and blood collection facilities  Established cold chain logistics solution for the company in Poland  Drafted Technical Master files for critical starting material (blood plasma) for Poland, Australia, Asia and New Zealand  Advised and consulted as Technical expert for Plasma and Blood collection regulations and quality The role of Regional Manager – South Asia had country specific responsibilities including Malaysia, Singapore, India and Thailand. It was a role that included:• Achieving the Market objectives for the South Asia region• Developing, maintaining and enhancing key customer relationships• Preparing Marketing Plan for CSL Bioplasma• Ensuring CSL Bioplasma response in satisifying customer requirements• Establishing product distribution• Liaison and maintenance of relationships with regulators• Management of tenders and contracts with customers• Liaising and managing quality issues with customers• Product forecasting and new market development Show less

The role of Quality Manager (Plasma) was a challenging role in working with CSL Bioplasma’s key clients including the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, National Blood Centre in Malaysia, Health Sciences Authority – Singapore, New Zealand Blood Service and Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service.• Project management of Plasma procurement and logistics project in Poland• Project leader of technical due-diligence project for major company acquisition project in USA – plasma… Show more The role of Quality Manager (Plasma) was a challenging role in working with CSL Bioplasma’s key clients including the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, National Blood Centre in Malaysia, Health Sciences Authority – Singapore, New Zealand Blood Service and Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service.• Project management of Plasma procurement and logistics project in Poland• Project leader of technical due-diligence project for major company acquisition project in USA – plasma facilities, central laboratory and plasma warehousing• Manage compliance of starting material (plasma) to local and international regulations• Resolve issues in compliance with CSL Bioplasma customers• Expert knowledge of plasma regulations for Australia (TGA) and British Pharmacopoeia, Europe (EMEA) and the USA (USP & FDA)• Establish cGMP compliance agreements with contract manufacture clients• Prepare Technical Master Files to meet Regulatory Affairs standards • Provide technical support and training in quality systems to critical material suppliers• Forecast starting materials for sales and production planning Show less

Australian Red Cross Blood Service is a division of the Australian Red Cross Society and provides blood products, tissues and related services for the benefit of the Australian community. It supplies blood products collected from voluntary blood donors and plasma products mainly manufactured by CSL Limited to hospitals and medical practitioners in Australia.This rewarding position required me to manage the testing blood donations collected in Victoria (approx 270,000 annually) for blood… Show more Australian Red Cross Blood Service is a division of the Australian Red Cross Society and provides blood products, tissues and related services for the benefit of the Australian community. It supplies blood products collected from voluntary blood donors and plasma products mainly manufactured by CSL Limited to hospitals and medical practitioners in Australia.This rewarding position required me to manage the testing blood donations collected in Victoria (approx 270,000 annually) for blood borne viruses. It involved:• Achieving the Key performance measures of the laboratory• Development and establishment of laboratory quality system• Achievement of accreditation of laboratory to NATA requirements• Achievement of compliance to cGMP regulations with TGA• Testing over 2.5 million blood donations for blood borne viruses• Managing a team of 20 scientists• Developing and implementation of a Training system for the staff• Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for the staff• Conceiving, leading and implementing process improvement projects that streamlined operations and improved safety for blood recipients (e.g. full lab computerisation and automation)• Ongoing collaboration in R&D projects with professional colleagues• Participating in the development of key policies such as Victoria’s strategy for the prevention and surveillance of hepatitis C• Managing an operational budget of $4million per annum Show less

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