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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

M.S., Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science, Chemistry