Thomas Miles Email & Phone Number

Chester, Gb

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for supporting and managing all commercial, drug substance & stability potency/bioassay tests. • Manage a quality control team of technicians and senior analysts • Ensuring group meets departmental schedule adherence targets.• Utilising effective resource planning and management • Taking ownership and being responsible for all actions undertaken by the team• Setting of individual and team objectives, and performing annual staff performance reviews/appraisals.• Performing annual capacity reviews in order to assess current staff levels and to predict future requirements.• Responsible for overseeing groups quality records, ensuring deadline dates are met.• Support as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for many of the departments assays for regulatory and internal audits.• Leading the team through major projects, such as technical transfers. Generating and reviewing the relevant documentation to ensure successful implementation. • Working to streamline all work related activities, whilst implementing cost saving initiatives.• Review of monthly budget figures.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

After working at Medimmune for just over 3 years as a laboratory technician, I was promoted to the role of senior Virology/Bio-assay analyst. Responsible for the general management of the QC virology/Bio-Assay department, it’s testing and a team of 18 scientists.Duties Include: o Maintaining a state of general audit readinesso Reviewing commercial & stability datao Reviewing staff training recordso Writing and review of Technical protocolso Leading non-conformance/laboratory Investigationso Develop and transfer analytical methods & biological assayso Writing and review of Equipment/Systems validation documentationo Troubleshoot and optimise analytical assays with a focus on operational excellenceo Scheduling the departments daily testing and additional workload activitieso Reporting of critical data within deadlines to stakeholders

Medimmune

As a Virology/Bio-Assay technician I was responsible for commercial release testing, stability testing and general laboratory activities in the quality control department. During my time as a technician I was able to gain extensive knowledge and experience in GMP & GDP, as well as develop my own Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) through running the following technical methods:o FFA o Cell Proliferation assayso ELISA’so TCID50o HAo Fluorescent microscopyI was also responsible for the generation of various technical documents such as URS, DRS & IQOQ’s which has given me an in depth understanding into the validation of equipment and software.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biomedical Sciences, General, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Football

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