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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..
• 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

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.
• 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

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.
• 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.

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.

- 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.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

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

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