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Round Rock, TX, US

Round Rock, Texas, US

Site lead for a specialty pharma API and drug product operation producing synthetically derived cannabinoid APIs such as D9 THC and CBD and producing oral drug dosage forms such as Syndros and oral CBD solution for clinical trials.

Site lead for specialty pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. Site focused on API production of dronabinol and cannabidiol as well as drug product manufacturing of sublingual and nasal sprays, inhalation, and oral solutions.

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US

• Responsible for granulation manufacturing at the Morgantown oral solid dose facility. Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, responsible for five direct reports and more than 400 personnel in a unionized facility.
• The department delivered 95% or more of weekly scheduled production batches. Focused supervisor shift meetings to drive corrective actions. Plant exceeded budgeted dosage commitment for 2015.
• Strategically addressed plant bottleneck by restructuring department and implementing lean tools to achieve a targeted 20% reduction in fluid bed cleaning and set-up time in 2016.
• Partnered with quality department to drive cGMP compliance initiative throughout manufacturing.
• Analyzed future production forecast for DEA controlled substances. Revamped procedures and identified capital to improve compliance and potentially save more than $500,000 annually in future labor costs.

Dublin, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for all operational aspects of a specialty chemical and pharmaceutical API plant. Reporting to the Vice President of Manufacturing, responsible for eight direct reports and a facility of approximately 200.
• Drove six sigma and lean continuous improvement efforts. Achieved 2nd place out of 30 Covidien plants KPI scorecard in 2012.
• Directed site strategic initiative to increase sifted product production through innovative process changes eliminating backorders and adding over $1 million/year in additional product sales.
• Used continuous improvement efforts (including McKinsey’s operational transformation techniques) to facilitate reducing site headcount from approximately 240 to 190 employees over four years.
• Drove strategic initiative to commercialize ammonium sulfate byproduct resulting in a $3 million/year revenue stream.

Fridley, Minnesota, US

• Reporting to the Vice President of Manufacturing, directed six project leads implementing more than $40 million/year of capital investment for three finished dose, three API, and one medical device plants.
• Led long-term strategic initiative to increase Raleigh intermediate production and close the UK production site in response to changing market saving millions in operating costs.
• Executed $9 million in facilities and equipment expansion for a new drug on time and at budget.
• Led efforts to increase production rate of new sterile fill line from 25% to 100% of design capacity.
• Developed interactive tool for capacity calculation at Raleigh parental site incorporating line rates for hundreds of different SKU types improving scheduling and site capital allocation

• Project manager for capital expansions and continuous improvement efforts.
• Achieved a 33% capacity improvement with no investment of capital dollars. Identified bottlenecks and developed a capacity improvement plan using Lean and Six Sigma techniques to increase tableting efficiency. Capacity.
• Directed engineering and construction contractors to implement two $30 million capital expansion projects on time and on budget which more than doubled the solid and liquid dose capacity of the site. The projects.

• Reporting to site director, led department of more than 200 maintenance, utilities, and engineering personnel in a unionized facility.
• Reduced spending by more than $1 million by optimizing overtime.
• Achieved Six Sigma Certification by leading team to optimize the newly installed Thermal Oxidizer resulting in $300,000 annual savings.

Dublin, Ireland, IE

• Maintenance and Facility Manager St. LouisReporting to site director, led department of more than 200 maintenance, utilities, and engineering personnel in a unionized facility.
• Reduced spending by more than $1 million by optimizing overtime.
• Achieved Six Sigma Certification by leading team to optimize the newly installed Thermal Oxidizer resulting in $300,000 annual savings.Engineering Manager RaleighDepartment head of 41 direct employees plus numerous.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Mba, Business

Bs, Chemical Engineering