John Adams Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Colorado, United States

Leading teams of Project, Packaging, and Equipment Engineers

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Program manager for site capital project portfolio

Longmont, Colorado

• Team leader for process engineering group during purchase, retrofit, and startup of commercial gene therapy manufacturing facility.
• Managed team of Process Engineers in restart, qualification, and operational support of manufacturing, quality control, and process development labs
• Project Manager for $20MM facility and utility restart capital project, including scope development, schedule and budget management
• Supported manufacture of over 100 production runs with no failed lots
• Provided engineering support for regulatory filing
• Guided engineering team from purchase to GxP operations in less than four months

Boulder, CO

• Team leader for technician, engineering, and planning staff responsible for startup and operation of facility and associated utilities.
• Managed group through startup, qualification, validation, and operation of all utilities required for large scale biologics manufacturing
• Provided support of 24/7 operations including successful completion of PPQ campaign
• Led team through facility shutdown in preparation for site sale

Colorado

• Technical engineering lead for site shutdown of seven building, 850K square foot biotech manufacturing campus.
• Provide oversight and technical leadership of all engineering activities, including utility modification and layup, to ensure asset preservation and operational cost minimization
• Manage outsourced utility operations; responsible for all aspects of utility maintenance and modifications
• One of three full time employees selected to remain through closure at a site that peaked at more than 1000 full time employees

Colorado

• Leadership team member for department of over 100 staff and contract workers. Managed multiple staff and all aspects of department business operations including budget, strategy, goals, and project portfolio.
• Provided oversight of department capital and expense budget in excess of $50M
• Continuous improvement lead for department; developed and implemented efficiency gains and cost reductions through department projects and initiatives

Colorado

• Managed engineering programs, investigations, and process improvements for engineering department of over 30 staff members.
• Managed Long Range Planned Maintenance Program which included a $3-10M annual budget to replace capital assets including infrastructure, process, and lab equipment
• Managed and improved process for campaign based equipment requirements to reliably and efficiently execute product changeovers

Colorado

• Managed four distinct teams of engineers in support of commercial biotech operations. Member of engineering leadership team; provided mentoring and technical guidance.
• Managed group of three engineers in support of purification operations at Amgen’s Longmont commercial manufacturing facility
• Managed group of nine engineers in support of utility systems at Amgen’s Longmont and LakeCentre facilities, including manufacturing, lab, warehouse, and administrative buildings
• Managed group of eight engineers in support of analytical equipment for Amgen’s Colorado Quality Control department at Amgen’s Longmont and LakeCentre facilities
• Managed group of seven engineers in support of commercial manufacturing process equipment at Amgen’s LakeCentre facility

Colorado

• Responsible system owner for various process systems at biotech manufacturing plant producing in excess of $1B commercial product each year.
• Managed projects and maintenance programs for process systems at the Amgen, Longmont manufacturing facility including CIP, chromatography, and buffer tank systems

Colorado

Process systems engineer responsible for the design, programming, commissioning, and qualification of over 50 systems at six biotech sites.