Gretchen Pratt Email & Phone Number

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Longmont, CO

Ft. Collins, CO

Working with Research team members, I am responsible for leading efforts to grow business for KromaTiD's dGH Products and Services. Business Development, Project Management, systems optimization, budgeting, cost models, and standard operating methods are all part of my efforts to help KromaTiD reach its potential.

• Owned Site Business Continuity and Crisis Management Program. Led teams through all aspects of risk assessment and evaluation, including mitigation planning. Additionally, administered site metrics program.
• Developed process maps, RASCI and SIPOC analysis, and process improvement plans for cross-functional business processes, resulting in improved process clarity and faster cycle times.
• Planned and executed a site disaster drill in six weeks, with no prior experience. Identified and learned program requirements, trained new team members, updated Crisis Management Plan, and staged physical supplies in.
• Administered Amgen Colorado site metrics program, including metric definition, review, and presentation to executive leadership.
• Developed and delivered presentations and Business Continuity training to VP level management.
• Planned and executed disaster exercises for the site and functional groups.

• Portfolio manager for collection of manufacturing projects, including governance. Initiated and led projects to address critical business needs. Liaison between manufacturing and site functions.
• Initiated and led a project to rationalize the metrics collected by manufacturing. Eliminated 42% of measures as waste, and used fishbone analysis to facilitate a group of Sr. Managers to develop metrics that drove.
• Managed the review and restructuring of training documents for manufacturing to standardize across multiple groups and facilities, eliminating redundancy, and ensuring accuracy. Eliminated 27% of assigned training as.
• Managed multiple engineering improvement projects in biotech manufacturing to support product introductions or corrective actions.
• Collected user requirements, designed, and built multiple SharePoint solutions to support cross-functional operations.

• Supervised personnel and work content for a manufacturing support organization that covered 7 day operations at 2 facilities.
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing in multiple biotech manufacturing support areas, and improved customer service scores by >10%.
• Planned and managed the restructuring of GMP material transfer and staging areas using Visual Factory Management concepts to reduce opportunity for error in media and buffer batch processes.
• Monitored staff performance, including development of high performers through coaching and delegation, and corrective action and counselling for off-track team members.

• Directed a group of 74 diverse operations personnel at a bone and tissue bank, including direct management of 5 supervisors.
• Developed and facilitated training on cGMP for all operations staff, including reinforcement of concepts and requirements through 1:1 feedback.
• Introduced concepts of building quality, Kanban, 5S, standard work, and identification of waste in a clean room-based manual production facility.
• Led implementation of multiple process improvements, including a process step segregation that both improved patient safety and reduced a capacity constraint.

• Directed a cross functional group of managers and engineers in a high-complexity, custom manufacturing business, producing synthetic DNA for research use.
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing, resulting in 50% reduction in product failure rate within ten weeks.
• Administered the build-out of an oligonucleotide production facility, including selection and installation of equipment, method development, IS integration, and staff training.
• Designed and guided implementation of a capabilities and cross training matrix for production staff, netting efficiency gains that reduced required staffing by four FTEs.
• Developed a budget and tracked expenses against plan for the production group.
• Oversaw reduction of production cycle time for a custom biotech product by 50% to enable addition of a special service for same day shipping.

Holland, MI

• Process Development engineer, responsible for scale-up of small molecule processes. Primary considerations for development were safety during manufacturing, cost, and reliability.
• Responsible for overseeing technology transfer of pharmaceutical production from development to manufacturing, including batch record development, pilot scale batches, and validation runs.
• Rotational assignment as Area Manager in pharmaceutical manufacturing, dealing with cGMP requirements, change control and batch record revision, and debottlenecking of production of a high-demand product. Production.
• Developed a recycling process for an expensive raw material, cutting the cost of material production by more than 50%.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Chemical Engineering

B.A., Chemistry