Regional Engineering Lead of capital projects for Belgium, Italy, San Marino, Russia and South Africa (7 manufacturing units). • Single point of contact (“the face”) from the Corporate engineering for equipment vendors, domestic and global consultants and company executive board. • Responsible for interfacing and managing technology partners as well as engineering and construction firms during project(s) development (EPC). • Responsible for preparing RFQ’s and review EPC’s techno-commercial offers, technical bid evaluation, recommend vendor selection, approve vendor drawing for construction• Experienced with diverse technologies: solid transport (pressure/vacuum), liquid transport, blending (ribbon/paddle), hammer mills, spray drying (vertical/horizontal), spray freeze drying, pan coating, acid/base reactions, enzymation, centrifugation, evaporation, membrane technology, distillation, extraction, etc.• Handled diverse projects: green field, brown field, start-up post fire (incl. root cause analysis), debottlenecking, capacity improvements, dust explosion protection, etc. • Familiar with ATEX/GMP/GLP, FDA regulated environment, hazardous area classification.• Experienced with SCADA automation linked with MES (Actemium) and M3 (Infors, USA), Providing cross-functional support (QA/QC, Production, R&D, Sales, Marketing, Logistics).

• Responsible for individually developing Kemin’s FEED strategy o ± 50% estimate: Scope definition studies, Site Master Planning, CAPEX o ± 30% estimate: Basic Engineering (mass/energy balances, cycle times, PFD’s, HAZOP, equipment sizing, utility estimates, financial analysis) + CAPEX o ± 10% estimate: Detailed Engineering (P&ID’s, equipment datasheets, bid analysis, supplier selection) + CAPEX.

- Look our for innovative downstream processing technologies, their development and application,- Establishing collaborative relationships and projects (multi-disciplinary/cross-domains),- Definition of project trajectory, autonomous execution and translation towards viable industrial opportunities,- Participation and networking in National, European and International projects- Writing project proposals; guiding PhD-Master level students I was involved in EU/Industry projects related to DSP of Biosurfactants:--> FP7 EU project: O4S (Organic for surfactants)Research for benefit of small medium enterprises (SME's).More information via http://www.organic4surfactants.fraunhofer.de/index.html-->ERA-IB BIOSURF (Novel Production Strategies for Biosurfactants)Role of VITO: Innovative down-stream processing using membrane technologies. See more at: http://www.era-ib.net/biosurf

Thesis: High throughput experimentation for protein crystallization process design. Thesis advisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. Luuk van der Wielen; Dr. Ir. Marcel Ottens, Dr. Ir. Joop ter Horst.• Experienced user of Akta chromatography workstation (GE Healthcare),• Experienced in estimating protein-protein interaction parameters,• Experienced in protein characterization using SDS-PAGE and liquid chromatography,• Experienced in estimating protein solution stability,• Experienced in protein purification and protein crystallization,• Developed and demonstrated chromatography-on-a-microchip concept, • Developed protocol for PEGylation of proteins and chromatographic separation,• Developed protocol for studying protein solubility on micro titer plates,

Thesis: Quantification of Influenza A Virus by RP-HPLC, Max Planck Institute (MPI), Germany.Thesis advisors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Jordan; Dr. Michel Wolff (MPI, Germany).

Worked as Engineer in "Technology Transfer" department.• Worked as Chemical Engineer in Technology Transfer dept (R&D...Kilo Lab...Pilot Plant)• Responsible for technology transfer of different products,• Responsible for cost models during Tech-Transfer, engineering advice to management, • Experienced in utilizing project management tools and techniques,• Supported Process team for optimization, debottlenecking, HAZOP studies,• Supported Project team for Basic and Detailed engineering of technology projects,• Supported Engineering team in Erectioning / Commissioning of new plant(s),• Independently lead, handled & commissioned US-FDA approved c-GMP Pilot Plant• Worked with solid product distillations, high pressure reactions at 6600Lit scale,• Designed Liquid – Liquid Extractor, Packed Distillation Columns for Pilot Plant.

Working in Project DepartmentKey activities involvedBasic EngineeringOnfield supervision for Pilot operationsDetailed engineering for c-GMP US-FDA approved Pilot facility