Resilient and tenacious leader and team builder with extensive experience in pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. Superb negotiation, problem solving, verbal/written communication skills.

Have directed engineering and operations in pharmaceutical facilities FDA regulated with cGMP requirements.. BSME. Certified PMP.

More than 20 years experience in project, facilities management and operations directing and supervising as many as 300 employees (up to 20 exempts and 190 non-exempts or 300 construction) and simultaneous management of budgets totaling in excess of $50 million ($15 million operating; $40 million capital for projects in four locations). Directly managed projects as large as $21 million. Areas of excellence are:

* Project Management * Fermentation Experience
* Construction Management* Batch Processes
* Process Design* Food and Beverage
* Clean-Room Design & Operation* Plant Engineering and Maintenance
* Technology Development* Generic and Ethical Drugs
* Packaging Equipment & Systems Design* Department & Budget Management

Selected Accomplishments:
* Managed projects for new product and process from concept through conceptual testing, appropriation, construction and start-up including the use of up to 300 construction workers.
* Managed a 25% plant expansion.
* In just one year, doubled production capacity with a new manufacturing facility and new packaging equipment while managing package redesign .
* Championed and directed project that relocated two used Inhaler Packaging lines from another plant on schedule and within budget.
* Successfully designed and installed a new Self Medication Packaging line.
* Successfully developed a 3-year, $4 million capital program to upgrade and automate Packaging Operations projected to reduce headcount 50%.
* Successfully completed startup of new isolation facility, design and installation for USP water system, and planning phase for new office building and warehouse
* Created 5-year plan projected to double plant production.
* Received Engineering Excellence Award for team leadership and technical expertise in developing continuous sterilization process for plastic container.
* Created first continuous processing line for filling, sterilizing and packaging plastic cans with 12-person cross-functional project team.
* Reduced customer complaints more than 38% annually raised employee awareness of complaints, improved maintenance and used team approach to analyze problems and find solutions.
* Saved $500 million and received Presidential Award for outstanding negotiating skills.
* Developed industrys first filler for milk products that could be cleaned in-place.
* Assisted in directing Engineering and Maintenance Departments in plant wide effort to elevate plant efficiency from 68% to 90%.
* Saved over $3 million to the bottom line increased Sterile Operations output 81%; reduced downtime 64%, machine turnaround time 20%, and bulk losses 84%, by providing effective direction and using team approach.




Professional Experience

TestMarcx, Las Vegas, NV2008
(Engineering Services)
Branch Manager (2008)
* Strengthened branch project management expertise.
* Revised organizational structure.
* Hired 6 people to prepare branch for 2009 & 2010 work backlog.
* Improved bottom line profitability by 10% even with the additional headcount.

Global Automation Partners, Indianapolis, IN2003-2007
(Automaton & Manufacturing IT, Quality and Project Management)
Senior Project Manager (2003-2007). Responsible for project management in the pharmaceutical industry.
* Provided program leadership consulting services to a pharmaceutical client for an MES Global IT implementation project involving plants in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Asian Pacific regions being completed simultaneously with a Global SAP implementation. Significant communication management was required with the SAP team. Resources were added as needed to meet the schedule.
* Managed multiple OSI PI Data Historian software development projects to replace historians and create new historian reports for a pharmaceutical client.
* Managed validation activities for a Delta V Control System for a new manufacturing facility at a major pharmaceutical company located in Puerto Rico.
* Responsible for a pharmaceutical project incorporating Delta V as a Data Acquisition System (DAS) and the installation of OSI PI as a Data Historian for a new incineration system incorporating continuous emissions monitoring equipment at a major pharmaceutical company located in Indiana.

Rockwell Automation, Indianapolis, IN 2002 - 2003
(Engineering and Validation)
Program Manager (2002 - 2003). Responsible for processes, projects and programs involving HVAC, Utility systems and validation activities.
* Managed validation for HVAC Building Management System Upgrade at major pharmaceutical company in 30 buildings in Indianapolis, IN. Required scope and budget development for the client and assistance to secure capital funding.
* Held responsible for P&L on numerous projects.

F.E. INC., Columbus, OH 1999 - 2001
(Corporate apparel manufacturer.)
General Manager (1999 2001). Responsible for marketing, sales and production for a business started as an investor with a partner in 1992. Joined business to prepare for sale by changing company from contract to direct corporate sales. Business was sold.

Boehringer Ingelheim, Roxane Laboratories Division, Columbus, Ohio1992 - 1999
(Pharmaceutical manufacturer - sterile products & liquid/solid dosages.)
Director for Production(1998 1999). Directed the departments of Sterile Operations, Metered Dose Inhaler Packaging and Self Medication products packaging with three managers, 11 exempts and up to 100 non-exempts and $4 million payroll and $791,000 expense budget.
Liquids Production Director (1994 1998). Directed the departments of Liquid Manufacturing, Packaging and Sterile Operations with two managers, 11 exempts and up to 190 non-exempts and $6 million payroll and $925,000 expense budget.
Plant Engineering Manager (1992 1994). Managed maintenance, project engineering, package development and engineering, housekeeping, and site utilities with six exempts and 35 non-exempts and $12 million payroll and $2.2 million expense budget.

Other ExperienceAbbott Laboratories, Anheuser-Busch, Standard Brands, Inc.

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering
University of Missouri at Rolla

Project Management Professional, PMP
Project Management Institute