Provide process support to the day-to-day operations of a 24/7 chemical manufacturer of natural and synthetic food colors. • Experience in designing, evaluating, and interpreting complex reaction systems and improve, trouble-shoot and de-bottleneck those processes. • Plan and execute laboratory research including bench and kilo lab scale work • Demonstrate creativity and a desire to solve challenging and complex problems. • Work with production and R&D to solve problems surfacing from the manufacturing process, quality testing, or new product launches. • Develop and apply KPIs using statistical analysis to monitor production and lab performance to improve cycle time, first pass, and productivity.

PROCESS CHEMIST:Responsible for the research, development, scale-up, analytical development, and production of a variety of cGMP and API chemical compounds. • Specialized in extraction and purification of naturally derived compounds. • Developed a new production procedure for API that eliminated the need for large-scale column chromatography by performing various salt and solvent precipitations/purifications. • Scaled-up and validated 3 API production procedures.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR:Managed the day-to-day 2nd shift operations of a chemical production facility specializing in plastic additives and animal healthcare products. Directed and coordinated the work activities of up to 25 union and temporary employees. • Maintained high level of output despite having to continually train new operators and temporary employees.

PROJECT MANAGER:Coordinated bulk chemical custom synthesis projects with sales in excess of $250,000. Directed and participated in research and development. Served as primary interface with internal and external customers, management, and sales. • Managed several custom synthesis projects with combined sales in excess of $9,000,000.GROUP LEADER:Managed the day-to-day shift operations of a pilot plant and a large-scale chemical production facility specializing in custom organic synthesis and cGMP manufacturing. Directed and coordinated the work activities of a team of chemists and chemical operators. • Anticipated and solved unforeseen chemical, equipment, and labor problems maximizing plant efficiency and performance of the team.PROCESS CHEMIST:Responsible for the research, development, and scale-up of a wide variety of organic chemical compounds using modern organic chemistry techniques and procedures. • Successfully designed and scaled-up 24 single and multi-step reactions from glassware through piloting to large-scale production.