John Duong Email and Phone Number

• Primary engineer in the department, responsible for equipment operation and technical labor in the department• Accountable for uninterrupted operation of plant-wide, process critical, Deionized Water generation system• Managed production vessels from capital request to installation and commissioning• Orchestrated seamless cooperation between plant direct labor and outside contractors during projects• Assisted with GMP training by leading refresher courses for department• Organized and enforced all preventative maintenance functions for the department, held to 100% execution• Drove operational excellence and process improvements in department while utilizing sound engineering principles to focusing on safety, cost, quality, reliability, and efficiency• Worked with R&D on capital requests for improved equipment to support new formulations• Cooperated with plant micro lab to resolve quality issues as they arise, reactive and preventative actions • Worked on incorporating equipment and batch processes from sister manufacturing plant• Collaborated closely with Environmental team to ensure proper disposal protocols are followed• Improved cleaning processes by designing and acquiring new equipment• Involved with Regulatory group to validate batching vessels and cleaning processes

• Led a team of electricians, machinists and pipefitters to support a fast-pacedproduction facility• Configured and implemented reactive work order system for entire facility, softwareand internal processes• Championed facility machine guarding project for packaging equipment in condensedtimeframe• Design, engineering and resource management for capital and maintenance projects• Member of Environmental Health & Safety core team, which led facility to record lowincident rate• Drove to upgrade tools and further training for all direct reports to function safelyand efficiently• Assisted with department specific troubleshooting when additional engineeringresource was required

• On-site project manager for can dome lining system in new start-up facility, primaryclient liaison• Member of integration and streamlining team for a major soap manufacturing plant• Verified equipment fitment and system layouts in multiple plant locations for softdrink bottling

• On-site Construction Manager for sugar processing system, grinding and deliveryequipment• Managed 1.2 million dollar nickel matte reclaim project installed in Canada• Managed and organized multiple material processing projects simultaneously whilemaintaining scope, schedule and budget of each respective project• Performed onsite trim balancing of grinding mills for customer system start-up andrequested service calls• Implemented alternative methods of manufacturing sizing equipment components for costreduction• Utilized AutoCAD and SolidW orks in designing and modifying particle sizing equipmentand material processing/handling systems• W orked with internal and external machine shops, gained understanding of detailedmachining processes

• Met with Caterpillar engines group and defense products clients to provide seamlessengineering support• Learned to utilize new software on-the-fly for projects to secure new client forcompany• Provided initial training for overseas (Romanian) office