Be compassionately present for people in long-term or end-of-life care, primarily by playing and singing music with them.

Established the new Global Engineering AH organization in 2021 in alignment with Global Supply strategy, accountable for ensuring a continuously improving baseline of performance in engineering, maintenance, environmental sustainability, automation, and digitalization performance across the Global Supply Network. In doing so, implemented a Global Engineering Leadership Team including Heads of Engineering from the Global Supply Strategic sites. Executive Leadership* Engineering executive for new 275M+ € BSL3+ bio vaccine manufacturing facility.* Formulated decision / information papers and made presentations to BI Executive Committees and the Board of Managing Directors.* Executive Animal Health leader in steering and developing the new Global Facilities & Engineering function, including business partnering concept and roll out to GSAH sites.CapEx Governance * Established benchmark process for CapEx allocation of 200M € annual CapEx portfolio across 17 sites in alignment with Global Supply strategy.* Evaluated feasibility of multiple 20M+ € CapEx projects; established project team, governance, and steering for accepted major CapEx projects.* Reviewed CapEx projects > 2M € to safeguard scope, cost & schedule before Corp. approval.Engineering Performance * Established global measures for each Engineering function to steer performance across the Global Supply AH network.

Successfully integrated 65+ project managers located in Germany, France, & USA following the merger, maintaining team cohesion and project momentum across a portfolio of 100+ projects in 10 countries. Maintained and further developed holacratic ways of working, positively impacting team unity and providing inspiration to other organizations in BI. Provided GIPE team support to define the Supply Network Strategy, including sponsorship of the Automation & Digitalization transformation workstream. As part of included Global Supply reorganization, successfully transitioned GIPE team into new organizations with effective change management. Integration / Optimization * Established “best of both” procedures and implemented them into the network, e.g. CapEx.* Led several initiatives to de-risk acquired sites in areas, e.g. for automation & IT infrastructure.* Ensured “value capture” projects were implemented, e.g. for product transfers, CMO exit.Active Leadership * Active member of the Global Operations / Supply Leadership Team, driving effective meetings and communications to GSAH Network.* Led and professionally presented the GSAH Awards as part of the Global AH Leadership Conference for two years.Organizational Development * Embraced and further developed the GIPE “Ways of Working”, using principles of holacracy, effectuation, and agility.* Quick and smooth transition to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining high level of team performance and engagement.Strategic Support * Global leadership for CapEx portfolio, including strategic evaluation & launch of projects exceeding 200M €; ensured cross-functional evaluation of all projects requiring Corp. approval.* Evaluation and support for due diligence / decisions made by the Board of Managing Directors.

Global head of Engineering for all Animal Health sites in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, and China. Core Team representation for Animal Health within ISEE (Infrastructure, Safety, Environmental, and Engineering) organizations.Sponsor and direct budgeting and execution of Capital Expenditures across Animal Health business worldwide. Ensure consistent application of Technology across BI AH sites to enable adequate balancing of the AH supply chain, and to provide smooth transition of production between sites.Provide Engineering focused support for AH Business Unit strategic planning. Lead Global workstream for Engineering / EHS integration of Merial AH into BI.Ensure a robust Engineering talent pipeline within Animal Health by enabling cross site / functional development within Engineering.

Develop a common, global mindset within Engineering at over 30 Boehringer Ingelheim sites worldwide. As part of this, lead the development of Guiding Principles (including Vision, Mission, Structure, and Governance) that will be supported by over 1800 Engineers.This position has no direct reports, so this position must develop this mindset by communicating, networking, negotiating, and influencing Engineers that view the Global Engineering Network as a secondary task. The task of the network is to develop standard practices, solve technical challenges, and develop methods to sustain the business.Travel to most or all BI sites is required over time.

Develop and manage strategic capital investment plans for all US Vetmedica sites. Manage all strategic and operational capital projects for US sites. Synchronize policies and procedures in alignment with Corporate and Global initiatives. Provide support and information to other Corporate sites. Provide Process Engineering support to optimize biological and pharmaceutical process flow. Manage all process and building automation systems.

Manage production of process, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering building design to foster repeat clients; develop business processes; manage financial processes; manage personnel development. sys-tek is a full service mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design firm, with strong emphasis in commissioning building systems.

Transform Engineering from a function that only provided Maintenance to an organization that provided Project Management, Maintenance, Calibration, Automation, and Validation services for an Animal Health Manufacturer.

Develop Validation Program in support of a Biological Production facility construction project, so that Boehringer Ingelheim could manufacture, market, and sell biological vaccines in the European Union.Maintain validation status of existing ovens and autoclaves through revalidation testing.Perform retrospective validation of "ancient" autoclaves.

Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineer for various pharmaceutical, corporate, and governmental organizations, including Hallmark Cards, Marion Merrell Dow, and the US Government. Chief editor on three very large governmental studies. Validation Engineer for projects at Advanced Tissue Sciences, Genetic Therapy, Sigma Chemicals, SmithKline Beecham, Marion Merrell Dow, and Bayer Corporation. Macintosh network administrator. Developed company newsletter to improve interoffice communications.

Manually updated KSU campus site maps. Performed surveying using theodolite, levels, and other manual surveying tools. Documented locations of underground utilities resulting from projects. Located campus utilities for contractors before construction began.