Experience

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sr. Director, Facilities and Engineering

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Oversight of the Automation, Facilities Engineering, Facilities Maintenance, Manufacturing Technical Support, and Project Engineering Teams . Oversight of the Automation, Facilities Engineering, Facilities Maintenance, Manufacturing Technical Support, and Project Engineering Teams .



Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director, Facilities and Engineering

  • Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  Oversight of the Facilities Engineering and Metrology Groups. Primarily support clinical operations and lead/ assist with capital project execution. Oversight of the Facilities Engineering and Metrology Groups. Primarily support clinical operations and lead/ assist with capital project execution.



Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director, Engineering

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2021

  Oversight of the Process Engineering, Bulk and Fill, Facilities, Facilities Engineering, Automation, and Metrology groups from an Operations support and Project support basis.

• Associate Director, Engineering

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2015

  Responsible for the oversight of the Process Engineering and Automation groups as well as Facilities Engineering, Facilities, and Calibration. Acted as Project Manager during the Commissioning Phase of the new capacity expansion.



Althea, CMO

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Manager, Engineering

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2012

  Responsible for the oversight of the Facilities Engineering Group and the execution of Capital Projects. Responsible for the oversight of the Facilities Engineering Group and the execution of Capital Projects.



Amylin Pharmaceuticals

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager, MRO (Maintenance Repair Operations)

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2011

  Led Maintenance Reliability Operations Department. Responsible for implementation of equipment/ system reliability programs. Responsible for management of Maximo Maintenance Management System and inventory and kitting of spare parts. Led Maintenance Reliability Operations Department. Responsible for implementation of equipment/ system reliability programs. Responsible for management of Maximo Maintenance Management System and inventory and kitting of spare parts.



Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• Sr. Process Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - May 2010

  Led CIP/ SIP design for New Expansion Suite at the Amylin Ohio Facility. Led Commissioning and Qualification effort for New Expansion Suite at Amylin Ohio Facility. Led CIP/ SIP design for New Expansion Suite at the Amylin Ohio Facility. Led Commissioning and Qualification effort for New Expansion Suite at Amylin Ohio Facility.



Genentech, Inc. (formerly Tanox, Inc.)

• Manager, Engineering and Maintenance

  • 2007 - 2008



Tanox, Inc.

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Engineering and Maintenance

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2007

  Managing Engineering, Facilities, and Maintenance Departments. Managing Engineering, Facilities, and Maintenance Departments.



Biogen

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer III, Process Engineering

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Responsible for the design, procurement, testing, and installation of process equipment such as Chromatography Systems, Chromatography Columns, Glassware Washer/ Dryers, Autoclaves, Bioreactors, Clean-Out-Of Place (COP) Units, and Floor Scales. Engineering lead for technical transfer of new processes and products into Biogen Idec's Clinical Facility (NICO) Provide on-going support for GMP operations in Biogen Idec's Clinical and Commercial Facilities, including troubleshooting of process equipment such as CIP Skids, COP Skids, GWDs, Chromatography Systems, Autoclaves, Bioreactors, and UF/ DF Systems, generation of SOPs, review of validation protocols, and change control forms. Show less



IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp

• Sr. Validation Specialist, QA/ Validation

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Responsible for the generation of Process Validation, Re-Validation, Performance, Installation, and Operation Qualification protocols used to qualify equipment/ systems for use in the developmental, clinical, and commercial manufacturing areas.Additional duties include assessments for Equipment Facilities Change Requests, assistance in the execution and completion of the protocols, Responsible for generation of computer validation protocols for automated systems.

• Manufacturing Operator II

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Responsible for the operation of the automated chromatography systems and UF/DF systems used in the protein purification process, vessel cleaning and steaming (CIP/SIP) operations, equipment cleaning and sterilization, and preparation of process buffers.Additional responsibilities involved training new employees, generating and editing SOPs based on the evolving needs of the purification process, and execution of validation protocols.