Experience

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  Corium Innovations

  • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

  • Principal Engineer

    • Sep 2016 - Present
    • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

    Principal Engineer in charge of cosmetic tooth whitening product development and manufacturing. Designed and developed multiple Coperion/Ktron production lines with compounding extrusion and post-ex rewinds. Designed low-volume precision feed injection systems, loss-in-weight systems with auto re...

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  Corium International

  • United States
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Group Leader, Converting Systems and Device Design

    • Apr 2006 - Present

    R&D development and manufacturing of transdermal, sub-dermal and mucosal medical and cosmetic devices. Design and implementation of specialty equipment including coating, die cutting, printing (flexo, gravure, offset, UV, etc.), lamination, winding, roll handling. Manage R&D lab with rapid prototyping center. Set up Sterility, Endotoxin, Stability testing for clinical test products. Forensic product failure analysis. Microneedle design and manufacture.

  • Project Manager of Coating Systems & Medical Devices

    • Apr 2002 - Jun 2006

    Engineering and Project Management for development and manufacturing of medical devices in a FDA registered company. Responsibilities include development of component materials, packaging, equipment and training to manufacture Cygnus Gluco Watch disposable component for measuring glucose levels transdermally, wound care products, cosmetic devices, etc. Technical support for printing and converting of multiple products. Clean room facility set up, manufacturing and microbial problem solving experience.

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  Corium Pharma Solutions, Inc.

  • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

  • Principal Engineer

    • May 2002 - Present
    • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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  Independent Consultant

  • Converting Engineer

    • Nov 2001 - Apr 2002

    Product development and problem solving for converting manufacturers.

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  Harbor Packaging

  • Technical Sales/Plant Engineering

    • Aug 2000 - Nov 2001

    Developed flexographic printing of multicolor license plates on flexible film. Handled all aspects of license plates from purchasing, installing, rebuilding and modifying 57" CI flexo press, customer contact, purchasing materials, production oversight, ink mixing, billing, etc. Plant engin...

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  Lake Michigan Packaging Products

  • Plant Manager/Plant Engineer

    • Oct 1998 - Jul 2000

    100 employee unionized flexible packaging plant making food and industrial packaging, advertising and license plate materials. Responsibilities over wide web flexographic printing, LDPE blown film extrusion, slitting, bag converting, photopolymer plate making, plant maintenance, shipping, Person...

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  Oliver Products Company, Inc.

  • Product and Process Development Engineer

    • Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

    Research and development of food, medical and industrial packaging with materials, printing, coating, diecutting, slitting and winding processes. Development of flexographic solvent, U.V. and waterbased systems; U.V. and conventional offset; rotogravure printing; hot melt and waterbased adhesive...

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  The John Henry Company

  • Estimator/Production Planner

    • Oct 1984 - Dec 1992

    Production planning, engineering, estimating, purchasing and billing of printed, die cut and slit products for pressure sensitive labels, tags, brochures, chipboard boxes and specialty items. Papers, films, foils, and lightweight to heavy gauge plastics. Flexo, U.V. Letterpress and Offset print...

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  RBF, Inc.

  • Systems Analyst

    • Nov 1977 - Dec 1983

    Commercial Artist, purchasing, estimating, employee trainer for business forms printer. Business paperwork systems analyst. Set up paperwork control systems agreements for major banks and hospitals and other businesses throughout Michigan.