Experience

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director Validation

  • Aug 2019 - Present

• Process Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area • Managed two-three mid-level engineering direct reports. • Worked on automated aseptic filling and capping equipment, M&O Perry and Bosch fillers. • Used Discoverant software to monitor bulk processing trends and performed investigations and root cause analysis to evaluate trends that are out of expectation. • Kept existing bulk and filling line operational under GMP control. • Upgraded obsolete equipment to current technologies. • Worked on troubleshooting PLC operation and… Show more • Managed two-three mid-level engineering direct reports. • Worked on automated aseptic filling and capping equipment, M&O Perry and Bosch fillers. • Used Discoverant software to monitor bulk processing trends and performed investigations and root cause analysis to evaluate trends that are out of expectation. • Kept existing bulk and filling line operational under GMP control. • Upgraded obsolete equipment to current technologies. • Worked on troubleshooting PLC operation and RSlogix coding • Worked closely with the maintenance team to troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and programming issues. • Purchased large capital equipment such as autoclaves and glasswashers.



Hologic (Formerly Gen-Probe)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • May 2010 - Oct 2014

  Greater San Diego Area • Worked on automated capping and filling equipment, M&O Perry and Capmatic fillers. • Kept existing filling line operational under GMP control. • Worked on failure investigation reports and out of tolerance impact investigations and follow up CAPAs implementation and documentation. • Worked closely with the maintenance team to troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and programming issues. • Participated in several Lean events and Kaizen Blitz events. • Worked in Pro-E and Autocad… Show more • Worked on automated capping and filling equipment, M&O Perry and Capmatic fillers. • Kept existing filling line operational under GMP control. • Worked on failure investigation reports and out of tolerance impact investigations and follow up CAPAs implementation and documentation. • Worked closely with the maintenance team to troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and programming issues. • Participated in several Lean events and Kaizen Blitz events. • Worked in Pro-E and Autocad software to design and modify parts. • Wrote an Excel Macro to import equipment production information and graph the total parts produced per month and shift and the OEE of each piece of equipment on rolling 12 month and 6 weeks graphs, all updated and imported automatically and then exported to a PDF for easy viewing. • Worked on troubleshooting PLC operation and RSlogix coding. Show less



Vical

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jun 2005 - May 2010

  Greater San Diego Area • Worked on validating cleaning cycles and manufacturing processes. • Implemented new process methods, scaling from bench scale processing to large scale manufacturing. • Worked on troubleshooting PLC operation and RSlogix coding. • Worked in manufacturing on the Lysis and Fermentation process. • Took over as the lead Lysis operator in Sep 2006. • Worked with QA to update the production batch records and SOPs. • Worked to streamline and troubleshoot the CIP system along with… Show more • Worked on validating cleaning cycles and manufacturing processes. • Implemented new process methods, scaling from bench scale processing to large scale manufacturing. • Worked on troubleshooting PLC operation and RSlogix coding. • Worked in manufacturing on the Lysis and Fermentation process. • Took over as the lead Lysis operator in Sep 2006. • Worked with QA to update the production batch records and SOPs. • Worked to streamline and troubleshoot the CIP system along with associated utility systems (WFI, RODI, Clean Steam, Plant Steam). • Troubleshot parts washers and autoclaves. • Maintained and updated AutoCAD database. Show less