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Lebanon, NJ, US

Rahway, New Jersey, United States

• Cultivate excellence in quality, risk management, and continuous improvement in clinical oversight, while fostering collaborations across development operations (e.g., trial management, site engagement & feasibility.
• Enhance clinical oversight through rigorous key performance indicator (KPI) analyses, driving process, procedure, training and system improvements, setting benchmarks, and aligning strategies with organizational goals.
• Champion the adoption and integration of innovative technologies like automation and artificial intelligence, embedded LLMs, RAG model MVPs, in collaboration with data science and IT teams to elevate operational.
• Play a pivotal role in the Operational Excellence Leadership Team, and lead the Clinical Development Process Expert Group to spearhead process innovations and cross-functional standardization
• Enabling growth and skill development through direct and indirect reporting relationships, multiple mentorships and internships across clinical functions, emphasizing strategic hiring, resource optimization
• Leading key strategic Clinical initiatives & projects and assess / monitor impact

Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States

• R&D, Clinical, GtM, SoM, and UX digital transformation engagement lead for discovery, integration, and realization of digital data transformation goals through assessing project issues, making decisions and developing.
• Digitally transformed drug discovery and development areas: Vaccine assay development, COC for blinded/unblinded Clinical SCs, electronic Lab notebook modernization, automated Literature search/responses to HA queries.
• Providing strategic leadership for R&D Program and Project management inclusive of governance, benefits realization, ideation of opportunistic areas, delivery of digital data capabilities and products
• Leading Enterprise Automation strategy development and deployment in partnership with the senior stakeholder leadership team across the R&D network
• Leading strategic direction of Agile Product team (100+ Dir., Assoc. Dir., Eng. Mgrs, Tech Leads, Architects, BAs, Scrum Masters, full stack engineers, Dev/Ops,) to prioritize, assign, build, goal set and deliver.
• Building winning teams by providing effective leadership, management, transparency, mentoring, coaching, and development of employees

Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States

• Integrated and enabled the Cloud Platform for ML/AI, OCR, NLP capabilities for use in automations
• Led business R&D, Quality, Manufacturing engagements and squads to deliver Automation projects
• Translated business strategies into Automation product roadmaps and capabilities
• Led and aligned clear objectives and developed appropriate key performance metrics, WBRs and ensured accountability via data analytics and reporting tools
• Functional owner for implementing Agile ways of working within department
• Self-started problem-solving techniques to create business value and increase operating margins by empowering and mentoring teams who value continuous learning, sharing and experimentation

Branchburg, NJ

• Led 3 full life cycle global ERP implementations (ECC & Hana S4) for newly acquired entities and a new organization within the business segment of Global Clinical Supply Chain inclusive of system and process.
• Supported, architected, directed, and provided Global SAP ERP account management oversight for project and production support operation activities across a network of over 600 active entities inclusive of Quality.
• Led teams as Global Business Process Steward for Material Handling and Delivery areas and Plant Creation facilitator within ERP system
• Created the Service Desk Follow the Sun governance process model on behalf of the ERP organization for the help desk across US/Prague/Singapore IT Hubs
• Championed 2017 SCM team’s cyber-attack call center remediation plan by leading war room teams
• Identified multi-year roadmaps to automate and simplify business and SAP ERP processes ($3-5M/yr)

Lansdale, Pennsylvania

• Led 10 full life cycle global ERP implementations inclusive of Source, Make and Deliver system and process standardization playbooks
• Responsible for the Warehouse & Inventory Global Template design across the SAP ERP landscape.
• Translated business processes as defined by business requirements and functional COE’s into ERP capabilities
• Ensured delivery of ERP capabilities through flawless program and project execution
• Drove establishment and implementation of process design methodology, including relevant templates, tools, methodology, controls, and cadence.
• Leveraged and scaled existing assets and best practices while owning all deliverables

Whitehouse Station, NJ

• Led 2 full life cycle implementations for ERP for the SAP ERP Pilot sites in Mexico and Puerto Rico
• Developed Analytic Visualizations in support of ERP roll-outs (10)
• Developed a life cycle management process for the RICEF objects deployed into the Product
• Led major network business change initiatives such as process standardization and SAP ERP roll-out strategy to achieve desired business results through workshop facilitation and roadmap planning
• Formulated business cases, solicited vendor bids, issued 3rd party SOW preparations
• Led a globally dispersed team for soliciting requirements and managed the full end to end implementation of Oracle site-based ERP as it relates to engineering, maintenance, equipment installation, utilities.

Rahway, NJ

• Managed a team of 9 engineers and 2 interns as the Engineering Group lead
• Supported small molecule and biologics campaigns for better yield through engineering projects
• Set process expectations for current year and future year-on-year improvements, including goals & objectives
• Conducted Data Analytics studies utilizing Six Sigma, FMEA analysis, logic tree, fishbone, prioritization techniques, TPM and blitz process to determine Root Cause analysis and the largest ROI
• Participated and led global OPEX and Continuous Improvement site initiatives like mixer fluid dynamics technology, condition-based monitoring and PI sensor connectivity for enhanced asset reliability
• Budget planned and forecasted $1M capital projects for equipment, labor, and material selection

Linden, NJ

• Supervised and trained 47 production employees in the powder, sand, sealer and main color assembly lines
• Collaborated predictive and corrective maintenance assignments with craft personnel
• Executed IE time studies and defined As-Is, gaps, quick wins, and long-term processes improve opportunities
• Increased throughput and reduced cycle times of the paint dept. assembly line from 2.5 vehicles per hour (VPH) to 3.1 VPH through implementation of Lean manufacturing processes
• Defined expectations, roles & responsibilities, templates, process flows to subordinate teams
• Supported startup and change management of change over and new launch strategies

Rahway, NJ

• Authored, updated, and executed SOPs, IQs, OQs, PQs, RQs, and P&IDs for production equipment
• Attended HAZOPS, Project Review meetings, and authored standard operating utility guidelines
• Coordinated larger EHS refurbishment projects related to capital factory enhancements and smaller projects relating to the installation/qualification testing of new and/or existing API equipment
• Identified bottleneck areas in the end-to-end value chain
• Ideated pragmatic solutions for short term improvement
• Engaged to resolve areas of organizational misalignment

Secaucus, NJ

• Package Handler for busiest NJ/PA/NY Hub
• Performed unloading, loading, sorting, supervising, training, barcode scanning tracking activities

Hohokus, NJ

• Managed the Distribution and Logistics area of a high volume wallpaper manufacturer/distributor
• Picked, packed, loaded via fork trucks, high lows, cherry pickers and managed the warehouse activities using IT systems

Ms, Biomedical

Bs, Mechanical Engineering