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California, United States

Richmond, California, United States

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Hercules

. Oversaw production of digital biology, cell biology, chromatography, imaging and electrophoresis instruments for research. Developed and implemented production strategies. Developed budgets. Oversaw raw materials inspection, product release, and production process documentation. Mentored supervisors.• Implemented cost reduction strategies.• Developed new process improvement resulting in 50% increased efficiencies.• QMS manager, successfully implemented ISO13485• Incoming QC and documentation control manager, CAPA investigations• EH&S facility manager, achieved Zero OSHA recordable• NPI, products transfer• Department budget, PO approval

Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

• Initiated and continued a cultural change in the plant to a culture of open communication and articulation of the value of employee contributions• Established a commitment to and accountability for product quality• Established accountability to meeting demand schedules• Empowered floor supervisors and QC managers• Overall turned around a low/non performing plant onto a path to reliability high-quality manufactureSupply Chain Operations• Process optimization: doubled output on 2 major products• Reduced by 30% product supply chain lead time from France to USFacility & Capacity Management• Managed warehouse, incoming materials quality and expedited products to DC• Reorganized functional groups and hired key managerial positions• Contributed to 1M$ CSD sales in less than 6 months by launching a new product• Effectively managed personnel and increased morale• Implemented site-wide leadership /collaborative sessions• Awarded the year 2015 Global Supply Chain “Outstanding Service award”

Hercules, California, United States

• Supplier relation management, SRM• Supply Chain Engineering /operations support for all plastic molding projects• Supply chain optimization, lead time reduction• Performed suppliers Audit• New supplier qualification and development• Developed KPI quarterly report • CAPA/VCAR follow up• Outsourcing/CMO activities in US, EU, China ,Taiwan• Trained CMO employees on clean techniques procedures

Hercules, California, United States

• Managed Precast and Econo column, a$20M sales revenue plant• Successfully organized the Precast/Econo operations move from Richmond to Hercules without affecting customers’ satisfaction.• Managed two shifts operations to manufacture Precast gels; this included 32 hourly personnel and two supervisors.• Successfully support new ERP implementation• Introduced a KANBAN system to manage and control inventory, achieved a 95% accuracy expected as KMI level• Implemented DFT in Precast criterion gels production, a $30K annual savings.• Reduced expenses for the Econo /Precast Departments trough Routings revision.

Richmond, California, United States

• Increased the IEF gels production yield by 50%• Implemented GMP environment in Precast gels manufacturing• Mentored and developed manufacturing personnel• Worked with R&D to launch Precast Agarose gels • Utilized root cause analysis to solve the EtBr contamination of Precast Agarose gels• Implemented Cleanroom principles to increase Agarose production yield by 50%.• Upgraded Criterion gels pumps station to increase production capacity by 50%.

Berkeley, California, United States

● Wrote and revised BPR, batch production procedure, and SOP for production processes.● Hired and developed manufacturing personnel.● Responsible for identifying, planning and completing quality improvement projects by working closely with support group such as Validation, Engineering, QA and Regulatory Affairs.● Performed training and quality assurance audits to ensure compliance with FDA and EU regulations.● Reviewed Batch Production Records (BPRs) and conducted investigations to address production process deviations.

Berkeley, California, United States

● Operated and optimized Gel chromatography columns● Columns packing and equilibration.● Use of DCS to operate GC columns● Ultra-filtration: Cell separation and concentration● Gel filtration and Ion-exchange columns operation ● Ultrafiltration –Diafiltration(UF/DF)