Sherri Kirk Email & Phone Number

Channahon, Il, Us

▪ Leader of technical team responsible for developing breakthrough composites for three business segments including recreational vehicles, building products, and transportation.▪ Manage a team of five direct reports with responsibility for performance reviews, goal setting, and annual compensation.▪ Crane R&D Center site coordinator responsible for maintenance, security, contractors, capital improvements, billing, safety, and yearly inspections.▪ Manager of $1.6M annual site budget.▪ Leader of multiple line trials with subsequent testing and reporting at Crane R&D Center▪ Developed key relationships with the recreational vehicle market leading to over $400K in share gain through use of resources at R&D Center.▪ Leader of new product development for cultivation and cold storage leading to over $5M in new sales in 2022.

Channahon, Il, Us

▪ Technical support of several business units spanning a variety of stakeholders within the company.▪ Developed and lead technical projects within the R&D group and implemented them at our manufacturing plants.▪ Worked with the sales and marketing team to differentiate our products and align our business units to meet industry needs.▪ Assisted the sales team with customer support, including complaints and technical solutions.▪ In-depth research for innovative solutions and new products for Crane business units.▪ Defined new projects both internally and externally and determined required resources.

Genova, Genova, It

-Manage QA/QC and Customer Technical Service (CTS) laboratory, spanning two shifts with 3 direct reports.-Assist in scale-up of developmental products to commercial scale.-Troubleshoot all production issues, customer complaints, and technical problems-including performing Root Cause Analysis investigations.-Manage all CTS Projects and work with sales team to meet customer needs.-ISO 9001:2015 Lead for the Bedford Park, IL location of Italmatch Chemical-Trained as ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

Woodridge, Il, Us

Quality Assurance, Analytical Sciences, Technical Services-Primary contact for Quality Assurance and Customer Resolution on all commercialized and developmental products. -Single point of accountability on all Certificate of Analysis (COA’s) for commercialized products. -Chair a small community around development of quality processes including Process Mapping, Management of Change (MOC), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA). -Facilitate RCA investigations for both commercial and biorefinery-based issues.-Assist in development of technical data packages to scale to commercial volumes.-Monitor and Audit contract manufacturers to ensure commercial products are developed to customer quality standards.-ASQ Member

Woodridge, Il, Us

Process Development-Led the process development and commercialization of three solvent products derived from our biorefinery process. -Oversaw manufacturing, analytical development, and quality aspects of commercialization. -Developed process improvements and analytical for scale-up of developmental personal care items on track for commercialization in 2016. -Significant exposure to external manufacturers and customers of both solvent and personal care based products.

Woodridge, Il, Us

Process Engineering-Performed organic synthesis reactions to determine process design and scale-up of a noble prize winning technology called metathesis. -Supported the implementation of this technique at commercial scale, in the first natural oil metathesis biorefinery in the world. -Implemented all analytical methods for start-up, in process, and final product specifications at the biorefinery. -Performed proof of concept studies on derivitized final products.-Project Lead on implementing potential process improvements for the biorefinery. -Led multiple summer interns on projects related to process improvement and analytical.

Analytical:-Performed HPLC and GC method development and validation-Dissolution studies of capsules using a Type II (paddle) apparatus-Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and protocols related to the laboratory-Implemented Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) into the laboratory-Responsible for executing stability studies of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Drug Products-Preparation and testing of stability samples to determine potency and impurity levels-Performed content uniformity testing for various drug productsPre-formulation and Formulation: -Formulated new drug products including oral solutions, capsules, sublingual sprays and nebulized products. These products are to be submitted by ANDA or 505(b)(2) application to FDA-Study effects of (i) various GRAS anti-oxidants and (ii) drug-handling procedures on the stability of a highly challenging, water-insoluble drug compound prone to oxidation Other:-Trained and authorized in handling DEA Controlled Substances, Schedule I-V-Interacted with CROs regarding testing and method transfers-Supervised Lab Technicians-Facilitated the movement of the laboratory from Mundelein, IL to Phoenix, AZ

M.S., Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science, Chemistry