Director, Global Manufacturing Technology
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May 2024 - Present
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Director, Global Manufacturing Technology
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Zoetis
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Director, Global Manufacturing Technology
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Charles City, Iowa, United States
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Min Yang is listed as Director, Global Manufacturing Technology at Zoetis, based in Charles City, Iowa, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at tubeaudiolab.com, phone signal with area code 317, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Min Yang.
Min Yang previously worked as Sr. Manager, Global Manufacturing Technology (GMT) at Zoetis and Business Owner at Tube Audio Lab. Min Yang holds Ph. D., Food Science With Emphasis In Microbiology from University Of California, Davis.
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GeneralI am a continuous improvement leader with a passion for learning, implementing, and coaching Lean Six Sigma to achieve operational excellence, high levels of performance in safety and performance, and employee empowerment.Furthermore, I have a broad manufacturing science background in fermentation, downstream processing, and analytical science. This allows me to leverage diverse scientific insights to streamline and optimize critical manufacturing and testing processes for human and animal biologics. Additionally, I enjoy leading cross-functional teams to drive initiatives and projects to realize significant cost savings, efficiency, productivity, and more importantly cultural change need to sustain improvements. Noteworthy Career Accomplishments• 5+ years of experience as a member of plant lead team• Led a cross-functional team to realize a 100% increase in antigen titer output that resulted in 30% reduction in COPS (Cost of Product Sold) for a key animal vaccine product.• Led a technical agenda to reduce annual losses due to contamination by 100% and to enable less than 4% of absorption in losses due to contamination (less than 5% is considered as a gold standard for egg-based manufacturing).• Led technical improvements that enabled Operations to meet a significant spike in demand (4x) and to reduce COPS by 22%.• Championed a LEAN agenda that produced $6.9M in value capture in the course of 2 years.• Enabled production of autogenous fish vaccine- the Winslow Elanco site became the first company in the world to successfully scale up this organism for commercial vaccine production.• Establishment of process monitoring programs at two Elanco vaccine production sites. • Establishment of a fit-for-purpose environmental monitoring program at an Elanco vaccine production site. • Development of team of key technical talents who are consistently recognized as future leaders within Elanco
Listed skills include Gmp, Microbiology, Validation, Fermentation, and 40 others.
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Sr. Manager, Global Manufacturing Technology (Gmt)
- Provide leadership for the Process Scientists and Technical Project Managers who have responsibility for the technology transfer of new products from Development into the sites, including early stage support and sourcing through regulatory filings. - Support technology transfer of commercial products to and from internal and external sites. - Provide ownership for supporting the performance of the current processes and ensures that the GMT team are monitoring and managing the performance of all the biological and biopharma processes on site.- Sit on the Site Leadership team and represent site GMT on all cross site activities, as well as ensuring that the GMT team are aligned with the colleagues across the site.
May 2021 - May 2024
Business Owner
CurrentTAL Specializes in custom designing and building high end audio reproduction equipment using the vacuum tube technology. For more information on TAL products, log on to www.tubeaudiolab.com or Google "Tube Audio Lab" for product reviews.
Apr 2008 - Present
Director Of Manufacturing Science And Technology
• Serve as a core member of the Plant Lead Team (PLT) with stewardship over site’s Safety, Quality, and Productivity. • Provide leadership in a scientific management process that results in the development of prioritized project lists and the effective execution of the projects.• Participate in the development and execution of key business objectives for the Winslow site, including the establishment of, and management of, the technical roadmap for the site.• Partner with PLT in the development of local and global functional strategies and the development of one and three-year business plan objectives and for capital planning.• Responsible for developing a team of scientists who provide solid frontline support in all processing areas of Manufacturing through consistent shop floor presence to provide timely troubleshooting and continuous improvement.• Responsible for developing a technology agenda that results in tangible value capture, e.g. titer/yield improvement, streamline/improve critical raw material usage, waste elimination, etc. • Liaise with the local QC group to assess analytical method performance, qualification, and development. • Own overall control strategy for process capability and product protection through continuous process monitoring of Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) and Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs).• Provide technical stewardship over performance qualifications as part commissioning of new equipment and technologies. • Oversee the Product Protection Control Strategy (PPCS) to minimize factory losses due to contamination.
Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
Manager, Manufacturing Science And Technology
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
Operational Excellence Leader
- Serve as a core member of the Plant Lead Team (PLT) with stewardship over site’s Safety, Quality, and Productivity.- Lead LEAN transformation of veterinary biologics manufacturing site to minimize waste and to create more value for customers.- Drive all of Operations KPIs to best in Industry level and reduce overall lead time.- Drive the lean road map and ensuring the site is implementing the appropriate lean tools, e.g. 5S, VSM, standard work, OEE, OPE, pull systems, SMED, variance reduction, etc. to maximize productivity and throughput while minimizing lead time and WIP.- Apply CI methodology to identify and solve problems to improve safety, quality, and productivity.- Play a central role in best-practice sharing across the Elanco network.- Lead a team of change agents to challenge organizational leaders to drive continuous improvements; remove organizational barriers to continuously improve processes.- Act as an internal consultant and bold problem solver leading retrospective analysis on issues.- Improve site's capability in lean through training and role modeling.- Coach site leaders on lean leadership principles.- Developed and implemented visual management system and KPI cascade mechanism to improve management infrastructure at the site
Sep 2015 - Oct 2017
Product Steward
- Provide technical expertise for manufacturing of veterinary biologics.- Provide technical leadership to resolve product and processing issues.- Define continuous improvement plans related to the products and processes and maintain oversight of the execution of the plans (technical lifecycle management).- Support development/deployment of global quality initiatives related to technical oversight of the products and processes across the site.- Oversee processes and standards to maintain.- Improve existing and implement new innovative manufacturing technologies.- Solve complex problems using LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies.- Champion Process Capability Assessment (PCA) for Larchwood product portfolio.- Provide statistical support for technical teams on site.- Technical review of process validation, technology transfer, and process development protocols and reports.- Support the product commercialization process, effectively influencing R&D, Contract Manufactures, launch team, etc, ensuring the delivered manufacturing process is well understood, capable, and robust.- Identify, evaluate, and implement process and analytical method improvements with a focus on capability, compliance, and cost.- Provide due diligence efforts, using sound scientific and business judgment to evaluate new opportunities.- Provide input into the design of study protocols.
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Product Steward
Novartis Animal Health
- Provide technical expertise on veterinary biologics manufacturing processes- Oversee processes and standards to maintain- Improve existing and implement new innovative manufacturing technologies- Solve problems using Novartis' IQP (Innovation, Quality, and Productivity) methodologies- Execute Process Capability Assessment (PCA)- Provide SME support in statistics (using Minitab® 16)- Technical review of process validation, technology transfer, and process development protocols and reports- Perform quality risk analysis using FMEA - Execute Gap Analysis
Mar 2014 - Jan 2015
Bioprocess Expert
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) Group, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Vacaville CA • Managed scale-down unit operations in fermentation to support process characterization, campaign readiness, and process validation by: o Designing experiments o Authoring study protocols and reports o Training MS&T associates and cGMP operators• Ensured timely execution of MS&T quality commitments by evaluating proposed equipment and process changes and by investigating cGMP deviations (Novartis certified).• Improved MS&T upstream lab capability by taking lead in setting up, commissioning, and qualifying a small scale multi-vessel fermentation system.• Streamlined MS&T upstream laboratory operations by coordinating with the Vacaville Facility Operation and the vendors for comprehensive maintenance of small scale upstream equipment.• Contributed to successful and timely FDA submission and approval by:o Developing, characterizing, and qualifying analytical methods for end-of-production (EOP) cell testing required for process validation (PV).o Writing PV protocols and reports, and proving training for PV activities.o Interacting with FDA inspectors as an USP subject matter expert during Pre-Approval Inspection (PAI).• Ensured consistent and reliable process performance of commercial manufacturing processes by developing, formulating an SOP, and executing small scale screening methods for complex media components used for fermentation.• Improved Vacaville site’s compliance to perform process characterization by taking lead in scale-down model qualification of upstream processes.• Took lead in performing gap assessment for identifying activities needed to bring the PV status of a Vacaville legacy product to current Novartis’ Process Validation Lifecycle (PVL) standards.
Aug 2010 - Aug 2013
Jan 2009 - Jun 2010
Oct 2008 - May 2009
Sep 2009 - Dec 2009
Graduate Student Researcher
• Conceived and optimized novel purification methods for membrane protein subunits for elucidating the mechanism of osmo- and cyro-adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes.• Engineered mutant strains of Listeria monocytogenes and characterized growth in chemically defined media.• Characterized the mechanism of compatible solute transport activity in mutant strains using radio-labeled substrates.• Mentored undergraduate students in the lab.• Served as a graduate student teaching assistant for Food Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry, and Enzymology courses.
Jun 2003 - Dec 2008
Research Associate
• Investigated the effects of storage temperature, storage time, and water source on the recoverability of Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 in sprout irrigation water.• Authored a summary report for a local agency that funded the project.
Jun 2003 - Sep 2003
Undergraduate Researcher
• Conducted an undergraduate research funded by a Fisher-Moore Pvt. Ltd. (Salt Lake City, UT) to measure bacterial adhesion to fluorocarbon polymers using a laminar flow cell system.• Analyzed contact angles and roughness of polymers for correlation to bacterial adhesion. • Designed and executed experiments to determine the effect of acoustic energy on planktonic Porphyromonas gingivalis under anaerobic conditions for Philips Medical Systems (Amsterdam, Netherlands). • Trained a graduate student in chemical engineering department in microbiolgical techniques.• Investigated the feasibility of using low ozone concentration dissolved in potable water as an antimicrobial agent to sanitize chicken breasts contaminated with non-pathogenic strain of E. coli.
Dec 2001 - Jun 2003
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Min Yang education
Ph. D., Food Science With Emphasis In Microbiology
University Of California, Davis
Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Microbiology, General
Brigham Young University
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Min Yang works for Zoetis.
What is Min Yang's role at Zoetis?
Min Yang is listed as Director, Global Manufacturing Technology at Zoetis.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @tubeaudiolab.com for Min Yang at Zoetis.
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AeroLeads has found 1 phone signal(s) with area code 317 for Min Yang at Zoetis.
Where is Min Yang based?
Min Yang is based in Charles City, Iowa, United States while working with Zoetis.
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Min Yang has worked for Zoetis, Tube Audio Lab, Elanco, Novartis Animal Health, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
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Min Yang holds Ph. D., Food Science With Emphasis In Microbiology from University Of California, Davis.
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Min Yang is listed with skills including Gmp, Microbiology, Validation, Fermentation, Protein Chemistry, Chromatography, Technology Transfer, and Sop.
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