Joel Jones is a Technical Operations Manager at Nostrum Laboratories, Inc. at Nostrum Laboratories, Inc.. He possess expertise in sop, troubleshooting, pharmaceuticals, problem solving, gmp and 25 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I have had the pleasure of working with Joel for over 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Joel is an outstanding operator with extensive experience in high-shear granulation, fluid bed drying, milling, blending, compression, encapsulation, and tablet coating. He is considered an expert in compression having attended many specialized training programs provided by Fette America. Joel has operated both single-layer and bi-layer presses for years and has an excellent understanding of the compression process including press parameter adjustments to quickly obtain weight/hardness targets to minimize startup waste, sticking/picking troubleshooting, capping, tooling issues, and tablet press instrumentation and process control loop theory. Additionally, Joel routinely performs turret changes including re-tooling turrets and performing press setups on Fette 3090 presses. Joel has strong troubleshooting skills and mechanical aptitude and is therefore able to identify and correct most equipment issues without needing engineering or maintenance support. Joel quickly earned the reputation as being the “go-to-guy” for special projects such as process validations, OQ’s, and Engineering Studies. He has a clear understanding of cGMP’s and site procedures and has strong documentation practices. Joel is self-motivated and truly has a “can-do” attitude. Joel is always willing to come in early/stay late when necessary to support special projects or help maintain production schedules. Joel is often used by manufacturing supervision and engineers to provide training to other operators as needed. He is widely recognized by his peers at all levels (supervision, engineering, QA, and operators) as being an outstanding operator. I would HIGHLY recommend Joel for future employment opportunities. Legal Disclaimer: The above recommendation reflects my opinion and does not represent the opinion of the company (sanofi-aventis)."