MICHAEL J. CAPIZZI

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412-***-****

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Jacksons Gap, AL 36861

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Position as Lab Manager / QA/QC Manager / Operations Manager / Senior Chemist

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

RHEEM WATER HEATING 6/2010-6/2014

Laboratory Engineering Manager, R&D.

Responsible for management and maintenance of the Product Development R&D Laboratory facilities with a 2.5 million dollar annual budget and 29 subordinates.

Operated 4 years with an excellent department safety record.

Managed the day to day operation of 29 subordinates which include Mechanical & Chemical Engineers, Electronic Techs, Certified Appliance Techs and Master Model Makers (machinists).

The R&D Lab consists of a 6,000 sq. ft. Residential Lab, 6,000 sq. ft. Commercial Lab three satellite Labs, Model shop, 6,000 sq. ft warehouse, and an unmanned facility in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

Exclusively managed the planning, budgeting, assignments and training of all R&D Laboratory personnel.

Coordinate Lab activities to determine methodologies for performance, qualification, certification & reliability testing.

Ensure that all test equipment, instrumentation and utilities continually operate accurately within industry standards.

Establish, develop, schedules and make assignments to initiate and maintain a Predictive/Preventive

Maintenance (PM) program. This includes pumps, motors, chillers, humidifiers, gas, water meters as well as all instrumentation and DOE Test Stations.

Write and maintain specifications, standard operating procedures (SOPs) for new and existing Lab facilities and test equipment and test instrumentation.

Coordinate and conduct training on new and existing laboratory facilities, test equip. and instrumentation.

Exclusively managed the planning, budgeting, assignments, training of all R&D Lab personnel.

Develop and administer an Inventory Control, for the Product Development laboratory. This includes an

Inventory Control for compressed gases including calibration gases ($12,000 annual savings).

Developed and administered fuels blending for FVIR facility (summer blend to winter blend).

Shared technical information, SOPs and coordinated training for Lab in Nuevo Laredo, MX.

Managed procurement of all Lab facilities supplies, contractor bids, purchase orders and contract work.

Continuous improvement with the implementation of QA/QC with all measuring devices and data storage to assure compliance with audit agencies such as UL, CSA, ISO17025, ANCI & etc, which resulted in excellent audit results.

SPC has been implemented for the following Lab instrumentation:

Reid Vapor Pressure, Gas Chromatograph (natural, propane & 1400BTU gases), N0x analyzers, & power conditioning.

The Lab consists of three controlled atmosphere rooms. With capabilities of +/- 1 F and 0.5% humidity.

CTI BIOFUELS & CTI PETROLEUM 5/2007- 3/2009

Director/Laboratory Manager

Manager of the CTI Biofuels and CTI Petroleum Analytical and R&D Laboratory. Responsible for managing daily analytical chemistry which include many petroleum tests such as GC, HPLC, FTIR, density, viscosity, XRD, Micro carbon Residue, CHNS & O elemental analyzer as well as many wet chemistry processes.

Daily interface with scientists, chemist, engineers, HR, IT, purchasing & many project managers on four continents.

Responsible for design and implementation of Industrial Hygiene & Safety policy.

Successfully implemented analytical chemistry QA/QC practices.

Managed the procurement of chemicals, supplies, instrumentation and equipment.

Coordinate all analytical services that are contracted out to backup lab for tests such as X-ray diffraction & PIONA.

MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS QUALITY CONTROL GROUP 4//2005-5/2007

Chemist

Research and Development chemist in the R & D Center 12/06 to 5/07. Primary responsibility was Gas Chromatography analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Chemist in Quality Control Management (4/05 to 11/06) performing various wet chemistry procedures as well as TLC, UV and IR spectroscopy. All analyses were performed with USFDA approved procedures.

CAPITAL TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL / CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY’S

CENTER FOR ADVANCED FUEL TECHNOLOGY 10/2004 – 4/2005

Consultant Project Manager/Environmental Engineer

Development of a proposal to manage the treatment process of domestic sewage sludge into new beneficial uses such as producing renewable fuels and recycling materials.

Responsibilities to develop pre-assembled factories to produce renewable fuels and process domestic sewage sludge in a global market.

Project managing the laboratory analyses involved in maintaining facility registration & certification in order to manufacture biodiesel fuel per US EPA protocol.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY 10/1991 - 3/2004

Environmental Scientist 5/2002 - 3/2004

Compile & organize data to produce periodic reports.

Prepare permit applications for submission to regulatory agencies.

Conduct programs (such as pollution prevention) in support of regulatory goals.

Design and conduct scientific studies to address concerns of the Authority.

Provide managerial support to the Manager of Industrial Waste.

Review and process laboratory results of industrial users field samples per US EPA pretreatment program as well as the authority's surcharge program.

Laboratory Quality Assurance Officer 10/1991 - 5/2002

Provided primary interface with the Facilities Management Department for the maintenance of laboratory mechanical systems including fume hoods, HVAC systems and special laboratory environmental rooms.

Developed and implemented a Laboratory QA/QC Program for an environmental analytical laboratory to support a 225 mgd-wastewater treatment facility.

Responsible for the start up of a new lab facility for the QA/QC of the wastewater plant as well as analyses for the industrial waste pretreatment program.

Duties included industrial hygiene/safety, maintaining DI/RO lab water purification system, instrumentation air, conditioned power & chemical fume hood monitoring/maintenance.

Coordinated the installation of instrumentation such as GC, GCMS, IR, flame & furnace atomic absorption spectrometers and many general chem. lab apparatus.

Responsible for preventive maintenance of all laboratory instrumentation as well as procurement for field service and engineering/PM contracts.

Trained 12 chemists and management in lab QC practices per US EPA protocol. This included A to Z training from sample preparation through final report generation. This training included GC, GC/MS, IR & AA Flame and Furnace per US EPA methodology.

Developed and implemented a Laboratory Safety Plan.

Developed a comprehensive data handling process from initial chain of custody to final report generation in order to guarantee data integrity per US EPA protocol.

Trained the organization on laboratory information management system (LIMS).

Developed and implemented a hazardous waste program for the entire facility.

Managed a performance evaluation process for each analyte in the laboratory both internally and annually for the US EPA's Discharge Monitoring Report Quality Control Performance evaluation program. In 1998 led our facility's performance evaluation with a first time 100% scores on all analyses tested.

Implemented best available technology by automating (robotics included) many areas in both general chemistry and instrumentation analyses. This improved productivity while achieving improved accuracy and precision.

Responsible for the purchasing of all instrumentation and expendable items.

Implemented the procurement and storage of expendable items per JIT philosophy.

Trained management and chemists in statistical Quality Control.

Implemented a glassware repair program which led to approx, $30,000/year savings.

Interface with the US EPA and PA Department of Environmental Protection.

CRYSTAL GROWER CARNEGIE MELLON RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1995- 1999

Crystal Growth Consultant

Designed/set up and maintained a crystal growth laboratory.

Responsible for research and developing of Hg2Cl2 single crystal growth.

Designed glassware, developed the purification of raw materials, designed vacuum systems, built furnaces, designed x-ray orientation process, and performed cutting and polishing techniques.

Negotiated the donation of crystal growth furnaces, purification ovens, apparatus and a x-ray diffractometer to CMU from my previous employer (Rosemount Analytical/Westinghouse Electric Corporation).

ROSEMOUNT ANALYTICAL INC., ORRVILLE, OH 1/1985 - 10/1991

(Formerly) WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. COMBUSTION CONTROL DEV.

Environmental Engineer 3/1991 - 10/1991

Environmental engineering responsibilities for facility of 300 employees.

Developed safety and training programs for the manufacturing facility.

Manufacturing Engineer 1/1985 - 3/1991

Prepared end user specifications for the procurement, installation and maintenance of special laboratory health and safety systems.

Responsible for all laboratory equipment & instrumentation quality control.

Designed a system for manufacturing industry's best oxygen cell.

Wrote product line manufacturing procedures (SOP's).

Implemented statistical process control/Just In Time Manufacturing techniques.

Interface with management, engineers, scientists, vendors, machinists, glassblowers, welders, technicians and purchasing dept. on a daily basis.

Troubleshoot all complex processes in facility. Designed scientific glassware.

Set-up analytical chemistry techniques for quality control of raw materials with

Case Western Reserve University's analytical chemistry dept.

Engineering value analysis team leader for World Class 3000 Oxygen Analyzer.

Wrote procedures for the handling of hazardous materials.

Managed the thallium arsenic selenide single crystal growth facility.

Responsible for x-ray diffraction unit and crystal orientation for quality control.

Member of the Safety Brigade; involved in safety decisions; trained in CPR.

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. R&D CTR., PITTSBURGH, PA 1/1981 - 1/1985

Senior Research Technician

Involved in various crystal growth experiments.

Growth technique experience includes: float zone/liquid phase epitaxy /Bridgman-Stockbarger, Czochralski and many different vapor phase deposition techniques.

Designed and built laboratory apparatus including an optical polishing lab.

Interfaced with scientific glass blowers on a daily basis.

Set-up a prototype crystal growth manufacturing lab and a vacuum lab.

Responsible for orientation of crystals by x-ray diffraction.

CAREER ACCOMPISHMENTS:

Developed fuels blending for FVIR Lab (summer blend to winter blend)

Trouble shoot N0x analyses and save millions by analyzing in-house instead of contracting out.

Set up a burst room process to qualify plastic water heaters.

Wrote SOPs and transferred technology to QC department.

Received a letter of congratulation from the PA DEP secretary for successfully completing a Grower Greener Grant which included training high school students in the area of environmental sampling and lab analysis of local water sheds.

Successfully developed and implemented a Laboratory Quality Assurance Program per US EPA protocol for one of the largest wastewater treatment facilities in the country.

Coordinated new lab facilities in R&D, manufacturing, government and at CMRI.

Successfully provided primary interface with Facilities Management professionals for the design and maintenance of laby mechanical systems including fume hoods, HVAC systems, laminar flow hoods, special labenvironmental rooms.

Transferred crystal growth technology from Westinghouse R&D to a manufacturing facility in Orrville, OH.

Directly involved in the single crystal growth process thallium arsenic selenide (TAS) single crystal material..

Received a $4000 cost savings award for improving the optical quality and reducing manufacturing cycle time by 50%.

Received a patent award for improving the optical quality of TAS crystals and reducing the cycle time by 50%.

Managed a state of the art electrolytic oxygen cell manufacturing laboratory.

Incorporated many manually controlled high temperature furnaces with microprocessor controllers.

Developed a process that improved the quality of high temperature oxygen electrolytic cell. This reduced cycle time by 85% and improved the yield from 25% to 95%.

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITYOF AKRON, AKRON, OHIO

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

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