Derek Kane Email & Phone Number

Oneida, NY, US

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Seoul, KR

• Develops and executes site training strategy – including working with site stakeholders to determine learning needs and priorities and provides appropriate training to meet those learning needs.
• Develops training resources within functional departments to be able to identify and solve learning needs as they arise. This takes the form of Trainer certification, coaching and feedback as well as providing system.
• Evaluate training needs and participates in the development and delivery of training materials, for all Manufacturing, Quality, and Support personnel as needed.
• Maintain and improve onboarding experience in alignment with network deliverables
• Manages and develops direct reports by facilitating on-going performance management activities. Leads team members, fosters professional development and growth, and promotes teamwork and cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop training sessions and materials for existing employees ensuring all aspects of job responsibilities and expectations are met to improve efficiency, effectiveness and compliance and address gaps appropriately.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

• Develops and executes site training strategy – including working with site stakeholders to determine learning needs and priorities and provides appropriate training to meet those learning needs.
• Develops training resources within functional departments to be able to identify and solve learning needs as they arise. This takes the form of Trainer certification, coaching and feedback as well as providing system.
• Evaluate training needs and participates in the development and delivery of training materials, for all Manufacturing, Quality, and Support personnel as needed.
• Maintain and improve onboarding experience in alignment with network deliverables
• Manages and develops direct reports by facilitating on-going performance management activities. Leads team members, fosters professional development and growth, and promotes teamwork and cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop training sessions and materials for existing employees ensuring all aspects of job responsibilities and expectations are met to improve efficiency, effectiveness and compliance and address gaps appropriately.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Led a Health and Safety culture within operations to ensure the team consistently sets site safety best practices by demonstrating zero tolerance behavior, continually challenging and raising Safety standards.Ensured compliance with all safety, GMP, and corporate policies and procedures.Responsible for the ownership of all safety incidents and quality.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Led a Health and Safety culture within operations to ensure the team consistently sets site safety best practices by demonstrating zero tolerance behavior, continually challenging and raising Safety standards.Ensured compliance with all safety, GMP, and corporate policies and procedures.Responsible for the ownership of all safety incidents and quality.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Project Manager/Facilitator for continuous improvement projects including generation of change controls and completion of department change actionsDrive change controls from initiation through implementation and closureEstablish and drive program level initiatives with input from manufacturing leadershipAct as operational expert to support troubleshooting.

Wilmington, DE, US

Led improvement programs and initiatives for upstream manufacturing in probiotics production facility. Provided leadership and direction for upstream group with 9 direct reports. Ensured continuous and efficient production in desired quantity and quality. Set expectations for adherence to policies and procedures and safety standards. Responsible for.

Wilmington, DE, US

Led six sigma black belt projects to reduce cost and improve productivityTrained kaizen facilitatorLean trainedProblem solving team leaderTrained profit improvement project facilitatorFocused improvement champion for DuPont Production SystemMentored green belts at the site in completion of six sigma projects

Wilmington, DE, US

Senior process engineer for probiotic production facility. Provided technical support for microbial fermentations, centrifugation, spray drying and liquid nitrogen pelletization. Supervised two process engineers and a process development technician. Led process improvement, process development, and process transfer projects.Performed data tracking, trouble.

Wilmington, DE, US

Process engineer for microbial fermentation processes. Provided support for fermentation, centrifugation, spray drying and liquid nitrogen pelletization. Participated in process improvement, capital projects, data tracking, trouble-shooting, corrective actions and reporting. Performed process development and process transfer.Supervised coops in process.

Heerlen, Limburg, NL

Developed fungal fermentation process to increase productivity and decrease cost of enzymes for cellulosic ethanol project. Planned and executed fermentation process development experiments in pilot plant.Troubleshot problems and performed preventative maintenance on fermentors and laboratory equipment.Involved in process transfer and scale-up.

Heerlen, Limburg, NL

Developed fungal fermentation process to increase productivity and decrease cost of enzymes for cellulosic ethanol project.Planned and executed fermentation process development experiments in pilot plant.Developed and optimized process to reduce cost of fermentation of cellulosic enzymes.Led initiatives to improve sterility, increase productivity, and.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Worked on upstream manufacturing assignments detailed in written procedures and batch records, where adherence with cGMP regulations and safety was required.Responsibilities included media and buffer preparation; assembly, cleaning, and steaming of process equipment; inoculation and harvesting activities; process sampling activities.

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing Leadership

Certificate, Advanced Bioprocess Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology

Regents Diploma, Biology, General