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Chicago, Il, Us

Cary, Illinois, United States

Cary Illinois

Cary, Illinois

Responsible for a 3-shift operation focused on manufacturing OTC drug product solutions, cloth and labels for use in a variety of wet wipe and oral care products. Responsibilities include developing long and short-range planning, policies, programs and measurable objectives for 30+ reports.• Instituted an aggressive plan to improve cleaning processes and hygiene in the drug formulation manufacturing department, closing out an inherited finding from an internal audit conducted in response to a FDA warning letter.• Coordinated with a multinational, cross-functional team to revalidate two critical drug formulation processes in line with industry best practices and standards.• Identified and successfully implemented a project to correct inconsistencies in API potency adjustment in drug formulation manufacturing, resulting in 100% conformity with regulatory requirements.• Orchestrated a joint effort with operations, product development and regulatory affairs personnel to modify an existing drug formulation recipe to save over $0.1MM per year in raw material costs.• Managed through unexpected personnel turnover, allowing for no supply chain disruption to a $350MM+ product portfolio

Omaha, Ne

Monitored and evaluated strategic technology gaps and directly supported coordination measures with associated defense agencies to define and acquire future capabilities that assure tactical superiority.• Identified an untracked global threat and initiated countermeasure planning with multiple organizations to develop requirements for mitigating the risk posed to Strategic Command assets. • Streamlined an inefficient divisional readiness system resulting in 100% conformity with mandatory reporting standards. • Spearheaded joint effort to gain required support for a critical nuclear submarine security measure.

Qualified Submarine Officer and Naval Nuclear Engineer

Norfolk, Va

Responsible for administration of the ship’s quality assurance program and the associated maintenance, repair, testing and certification of the complex nuclear reactor and numerous onboard systems. • Supervised over 50 personnel responsible for performing preventative and corrective maintenance. • Authored, tested and executed contingency procedures for operating critical shipboard systems following the loss of normal operational capability during planned and unplanned situations. • Instituted an aggressive plan to overcome one year’s worth of backlogged audits, resulting in 100% compliance with all regulatory and technical standards. • Employed knowledge of established technical and operational requirements to advise senior leadership, enabling operations to continue despite quality assurance challenges.• Revamped quality assurance training and internal QC audit procedures to regain program credentials.• Project Manager for time-sensitive completion of over 90 quality assurance repair procedures.

Master’S Degree, Engineering Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry, 3.88

Activities and Societies: Navy ROTCGraduated Magna Cum Laude and was the Marquette University Navy ROTC 2010 distinguished graduate.