Experience

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  SC Johnson Professional™

  • Racine WI

  • Formulator

    • 2016 - 2018
    • Racine WI

    Contract Formulator responsible for producing and testing experimental disinfectants, cleaners and floor care products. Assist package development with dispensing and compatibility testing.

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  Diversey, a division of Sealed Air

  • United States
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate engineer

    • 2011 - Jun 2013

    Responsible for writing manufacturing process instructions for new and existing products. Process work and sample production for in-house testing and field trial work. Departmental representative for GLP program. Provided on-site support for first production runs at both internal and contract manufacturing facilities• Authored and issued departmental GLP Standard Operating Procedures.• Received approval to purchase an air sampling unit to enable Pilot plant handling of liquid enzymes. Co-authored the enzyme safety program.• Produced an experimental Hydrogen Peroxide based formula (Oxivir DfE) under GLP. • Authored generic templates for the most common chemistries for use in PLM system (Agile) to achieve consistency globally.• Chaired monthly meetings with major North American facilities to discuss quality issues and gather data as needed to justify specification change requests.• Produced, packaged and shipped reformulated versions of European based I&L powder products for field trial in North America. Upon full commercialization, limited initial rollout forecast to generate $7.4MM in sales.

  • Senior Technician

    • 2007 - 2011

    Responsible for writing manufacturing process instructions for new and existing products. Process work and sample production for in-house testing and field trial work. GLP program representative. On-site support for first production runs at internal and contract manufacturing facilities.• Purchased all equipment for a newly constructed R&D GLP production facility and amended departmental GLP SOP’s. Service agreements obtained for semi-annual maintenance and calibrations. All GLP materials were transported, following documented protocols upon completion of an internal audit approving facility for GLP production.• Led project to amend formula test specifications on formulations outsourced due to plant closure. • As a part of the commercialization process, wrote process instructions for over 1700 formulations.• Produced, packaged and shipped reformulated versions of European based I&L liquid and powder products for field trial in North America. • Produced, packaged and shipped field trial materials for Optifill project. Supported dispensing team in data collection to determine air velocity and time required under an air knife to sufficiently prime pump to ensure proper use dilution on initial usage. Supplied initial inventories until demand enabled full scale production. Annual sales currently $4MM over 3 SKU’s.

  • Technician I-II

    • 2001 - 2007

    Responsible for writing manufacturing process instructions for new and existing products. Process work and sample production for in-house testing and field trial work. GLP program representative. On-site support for first production runs at internal and contract manufacturing facilities.• Wrote process instructions for over 1500 formulations as part of commercialization process.• Part of a team which consolidated the production of two manufacturing facilities into a third location, provided on-site support for first production runs and made adjustments to processes as needed to optimize production.• Produced, packaged and shipped concentrated, experimental products in new single use tamper resistant packaging. Launched as RTD (Ready To Dispense).• Produced an experimental Hydrogen Peroxide based formula (Alpha HP) under GLP for submission to the EPA for registration as a disinfectant.

  • Technician I - Quality Assurance

    • 1998 - 2001

    • Conducted Raw Material analysis.• Tested production materials to ensure material met Quality Assurance specifications prior to packaging approval.• Performed analysis of prototype materials.

  • R&D Technician

    • 1997 - 1998

    R&D Contract Technician for one year through Olsten Staffing Services to conduct formulation and prototype testing.

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  Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories

  • Oak Creek, Wisconsin

  • Laboratory Technician

    • 1995 - 1997
    • Oak Creek, Wisconsin

    Wet Chemistry analysis

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  Alliance Group Incorporated

  • Germantown, Wisconsin

  • Laboratory Technician

    • 1991 - 1994
    • Germantown, Wisconsin

    Wet Chemistry analysis

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  Cooper Power Systems

  • Pewaukee, Wisconsin

  • Laboratory Technician

    • 1990 - 1991
    • Pewaukee, Wisconsin

    Quality Assurance - Contract employee