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New York, United States

New York, United States

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

Responsible for the Project Engineering department for the Cell Culture/Cell Therapy (CCCT) business unit; this included all project management, process definition, phase gate process and project lifecycle definition. In this role I was responsible for 8 engineering direct reports of various experience and a Capex budget of approx. $20MM/yr for a $1.6B/yr business.• Hired and mentored a project engineering team and onboarded to ensure immediate success• Collaborated with CCCT global sites on projects to ensure best practices were followed• Support site project status and communication site wide of 1600+ employees• Managed overall status of projects to ensure that they were on-time and on-budget• Implemented vial filling project to enable over 1M liters additional capacity and 25% increased run rate• Executed bag filling project enable $1.5M liters capacity in a high growth business • Implemented COBOT automation to reduce ergonomic injuries in finishing areas

Courbevoie, Île-De-France, Fr

Facilitated proper performance and safety for Saint-Gobain’s Ekonol production facility which manufactured products used in the Aerospace industry. Directly responsible for four hourly union employees, business operations and environmental for the facility. The Ekonol facility produces approx. $9.5 MM/yr. in sales and approx. $200K/yr. CAPEX.• Responsible for all Production including production planning, purchasing/scheduling of raw materials, inventory control, quality, maintenance and process engineering• Record Production levels were achieved without adding to head count or expansion• Proactively led EHS within the plant which included all HAZ waste removal/documentation, developed waste characterizations and EHS projects.• Site contact for technical assistance for customers and product manager• Assisted the Financial Controller for monthly financial closings• Selected for Saint-Gobain’s School of Management’s global leadership training

Courbevoie, Île-De-France, Fr

Supported the manufacturing facility for Seeded Gel to increase production and quality for Seeded Gel, HTB and new generations of R&D products. Trained over 60 hourly employees throughout the different product lines.• Increased production by 80% of 80 grit seeded gel product line• Increased throughput by 44% of the HTB Reactors and dryer to meet unexpected demand• Increased seed production by 33% to achieve increased production throughput for the Reactors.• Achieved business savings of $468K through project work optimizations

Akron, Oh, Us

Transitioned from a quality to a production leadership role to help ensure proper performance and optimization for Goodyear’s only antioxidant production facility. Implemented and executed continuous improvement standards through Goodyear’s Six Sigma program. In charge of a production schedule of over 22 million pounds per year.• Led the implementation team of the new Goodyear Six Sigma program. Optimized and standardized practices to increase efficiencies in our waste water extraction processes• Responsible for Management of Change system throughout the facility• Implemented statistical analysis and designed experiments using Minitab to help maintain quality• Promoted salary and union employee engagement by weekly process improvement meetings• Championed new process improvements for a well-established facility

Akron, Oh, Us

Provided first line quality analysis of the final product that was critical for production. Participated in ISO 9000 quality audits to ensure our laboratory quality analysis meets customer specifications.• Implemented statistical analysis in laboratory instruments to ensure accuracy• Defined a priority schedule for analysis and calibrations to meet ISO standards • Developed new strategies to help reduce sample downtime for production

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Mathematical Model of Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β-Cells- Constructed a mathematical model using MATLAB for Glucose stimulated insulin secretion.- Included ordinary differential equations for biological subsystems such as glycolysis, TCA cycle, the respiratory chain, NADH shuttles and the pyruvate cycle.- Successfully collaborated with other interdisciplinary research groups to improve upon ongoing projects.- Organzied and presented monthly oral evaluation briefs and gave weekly updates to my advisor, peers and members of the academic community.

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Hydrogen Production from Fuel Oil- Organized and led a team to implement a full simulation of a Hydrogen production plant including equipment sizing, cost analysis and full optimization- Evaluated the process efficiency of the plan and developed improvements to decrease reagent use, increase use of recycled reagents and increase the purification of the final product to 97.76%.- Demonstrated exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills to achieve the final goal.- Programming knowledge of HYSYS and use of Microsoft Excel was required for this project

- Conducted Total Organic Carbon tests to monitor the amount of carbon contaminant in residential and commercial drinking water.- Ensured compliance with EPA regulations by scheduling and conducting regular Microtox toxicity tests.- Prepared solutions of H3PO4, AgNO3, and EDTA to eliminate the discharge of contaminants into the environment.- Collected water samples to ensure customer satisfaction and a high standard of water quality.- Calibrated field test equipment to ensure accuracy of data collected for laboratory analysis.- Analyzed water quality data and followed data entry through the chain of custody process.- Invited to return for three consecutive years based on high work quality.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng), Chemical And Biological Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical And Biological Engineering