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An extraction company specializing in providing supercritical fluid extraction of botanicals, polymers, nutraceuticals, natural products, herbs, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals.• Directed all manufacturing aspects as Key Member guiding the company’s strategies with Quality Programs obtaining SGS (GMP) Organic, Kosher, Halal certifications.• Liaised between the employees and the company regarding any occupational or environmental issues and devised ways to address the issues as site HSE Coordinator greater than 900 days with no lost time.• Accomplished facility production milestones with record uptime on all 4 productions lines with highest output in facility’s history by having fewer mistakes that resulted in less waste and higher productivity. • Implemented a Reliability Program for the entire facility by encompassing a reactive, preventive, and predictive maintenance, as well as failure that resulted in downtime of less than 6 hours per week, per line.• Collaborated with the Engineer group on significant plant capital expansion to meet customer order demands and specifications while adhering to the required food/pharmaceutical manufacturing standards.• Developed and increased workforce plant expansion and grew customer demand by expanding the work schedule from 5 days to 7 days, simultaneously increasing shift crew size. • Improved supply chain throughput using advanced automation and fulfillment programs while maintaining business continuity and performance.

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• Directed the day-to-day operations that included all aspects of production, sanitation, and warehouse operations for a leading contract manufacturing in the dry mix and powdered food products market.• Achieved less than 180 days of no lost time incidents and significant improvement in plant safety practices by providing proficient leadership to the entire plant: safety, quality, production, maintenance, and shipping.• Designed and implemented capital for a liquid handling storage and processing system for new customer development as a Spray dried product that resulted in 100% growth in the hydrolyzed gelatin market. • Drove Continuous Improvement Programs on safety and ergonomic improvements, 5S implementation, process automation that reduced manufacturing cycle time with reliability focus increasing uptime, and an increase yield by focusing on waste characterization and waste reduction projects.

• Achieved $18M EBITDA over 3 years by implementing disciplined operating manufacturing control within the Food/Pharmaceutical gelatin business.• Executed this $75million operation with 300+ acres, 100+ employees consisting of Managers, Supervisors, Engineers, Administrative, Maintenance, Lab Techs, and Production Operators resulting in the highest production volume in the plant’s history.

• Transitioned the facility under new ownership to exit the traditional Photographic market into the Food and Pharmaceutical market delivering financial performance justifying the plant purchase ahead of schedule.• Installed $3.0M extraction process meeting key customer requirements and replacing inefficient aging operation.

Rochester, New York, Us

• Managed an operational team of 350+ employees in leadership development, high employee accountability, on a win-win attitude on the shop floor by instilling lean manufacturing principles.• Improved operational performance in Safety by 20%-year incident reduction, Customer Service less than 95% on time delivery, Quality less than 95%, and FPY performance Inventory a 15% year on annual reduction.