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Zurich, CH

Zurich, CH

Wayne, PA, US

• Managed project throughout all phases of over 20 product updates at once for German customer due to new EU requirements
• Created balance scorecard and strategy map for specifications department to show possible business unit annual savings of $120k
• Increased accuracy of coating and ink requirements on bill of materials resulting in lower inventory turnover and savings of $40k each month in inventory holding costs
• Increased per unit margin on a $5MM customer’s product by working with accounting department on a full cost and machine standards review
• Completed full review of artwork requirements for largest customer in order to purchase new carbon fiber bridge sleeves for faster machine rates and less quality issues during production

Northfield, IL, US

• Validated new FDA drug applications for pre-surgical sterilization on multiple lines in order to meet market demand opportunity
• Validated new piece testing equipment that ensures that products were meeting certain FDA and Medline Standards during setup and production runs to limit amount of bad product reaching end users
• Assisted in improving new drug application packaging that would result in less downtime and quality issues for Medline production
• Assisted in over 10 qualifications of both cosmetic and over the counter cloth applications that meet FDA standards
• Oversaw long term stability project of new thin film structure for all over the counter API products
• In charge of purchasing raw materials for every product during period of transition of purchasing team

Zurich, CH

• Validating new raw material suppliers for cold seal coated bandage wrap paper that would result in annual savings for AF-Milwaukee of over $250K
• Validated 2 new major pieces of production equipment by performing IQ and OQ on each; 10 color flexographic printing and gravure coating press, and new slitter with auto knife positioning.
• Confirmed all products to be run on the new slitter by performing performance qualifications (PPQ) on each product
• Validated (PPQ) printed Tyvek®, cold seal coated bandage wrap paper, and coated / printed high density polyethylene on the new flexographic printing press
• Leading corrective action and root cause investigations of supplier and customer quality issues, specifically for flexographic printing issues across all customers
• Performing trials on the new press for new customers at AF-Milwaukee for Tobacco and other Non-Medical home products that will result in over $5M in annual sales for AF-Milwaukee

Zurich, CH

• Researched a new nylon and metallocene polyethylene thin film to save money in many different products without sacrificing physical properties or production schedules
• Assisted in the validation of two new medical packaging pouches and bags by analyzing Minitab data and the corresponding CPK values.
• Validated a new piece of software and testing machine by performing a Gage R&R study in Minitab to determine the repeatability and reproducibility of the new equipment.

• Researched emerging technology in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle industry and created and presented reports on such technology to assist the lawyers in obtaining new clients.
• Determined which upcoming laws and regulations for the new UAV industry would affect the industry the greatest and created and present reports on findings.

Chicago, IL, US

• Researched optimal pricing for lab equipment for multiple laboratory clients across the country.
• Determined ways for laboratories and scientists to improve efficiency and quality in experiments.

Colombes, Île-de-France, FR

• Created an experiment to maximize strength and minimize cost of an automotive adhesive that is currently being used in the market.
• Assisted expert scientists in testing new formulas for adhesives to meet the current needs of the construction industry.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science In Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Education record

Education record