Hands-on Chemical Engineer/Manager

Having contributed as an operations and technical leader with major companies in the biotech and chemical industries, I am pursuing opportunities in Plant/Operations Management/Engineering. You will see on the attached resume that I turned around an under-performing business, substantially improved productivity and employee morale, and that I possess critical and creative thinking skills that will facilitate my swift contribution to a company’s sustained growth. Also, I have experience with FDA and USP regulated products so I am knowledgeable of the requirements to assure clean and aseptic operations. Given my professional achievements, I bring a tool kit comprised of leadership, strategic planning, and analytical skills specifically focused on my Core Values of safety, compliance, quality, development, and improvement, and I am in a position to quickly achieve the target goals. Specifically, I am well experienced in formation and leadership of cross-functional teams to quickly evaluate processes and develop/implement detailed action plans to drive a new product from concept to full production or achieving significant improvement of existing processes. My professional experiences include my recent position with Novozymes Biologicals as Production Manager as well as previous positions with Propex, BASF and International Paper Company. In all of my roles, I guided the professional development of staff and gained consensus for the adoption of new ideas due to my demonstrated ability to clearly present value added recommendations. The following is a brief sample of the expertise I offer: - Established internal operating procedures at Novozymes that reduced employee downtime by 15%. In addition to conducting cross-training initiatives, I fostered an environment predicated on accountability for results, which improved the team's commitment to the attainment of short- and long-term goals while increasing employee satisfaction from 43% to 86%. - Conceptualized and championed inter-departmental teams at Novozymes to identify and correct on-time delivery and customer satisfaction issues, resulting in 20% reduction in customer complaints and a 13% improvement in on-time delivery. The key to this was equipment upgrades and implementation of CIP procedures to reduce contamination. - Fully responsible for development/design/construction/start-up of a “green-field” facility for time-critical new product at BASF.

Aerospace Engineer

Albany, GA