CRAIG ST. DENIS

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Greenville, SC 29607

Ph. 864-***-**** / Email dt27hi@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:Knowledgeable, energetic and resourceful professional seeks position where extensive technical skills combined with strong communication skills will be fully utilized to produce profitable results.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

•Extensive work with HPLC, utilizing various types of columns, mobile phases (reverse and normal phase), and detectors including refractive index and PDA’s.

•GC experience involving both packed-glass and capillary columns.

•Millennium and ChromPerfect software for integration of chromatographic runs.

•Use of instruments such as; FTIR, UV/Vis, polarimeter, pH/ISE meter, refractive index, flame photometer, density meter, Karl Fischer, viscometer, and other laboratory instrumentation.

•Wet chemistry techniques such as; Titration (including potentiametric and reverse), extraction, TLC, dissolution, specific gravity, loss on drying, residue on ignition, and numerous other techniques outlined in literature such as USP/NF, EP, BP, FCC.

•Documentation and lab practices meeting FDA and cGMP requirements.

•Interacted with all levels of production in order to meet manufacturing deadlines and troubleshoot batch problems. Also worked with Validation Department on determining manufacturing parameter variability.

•Experience conducting investigations into Out-of-Specification results, as well as teaching/training others.

•Cost Containment Analysis, received award for a process which yielded annual company savings.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

Cognis/BASF, Mauldin, SC

March 2011- QC Chemist, Titrations, Spectroscopy, Moisture content, Viscosity, Specific Gravity, pH, use of

Present Tiamo software, responsible for approval of materials at various points of in-process reactions, as well as finished product.

Pharmaceutical Associates Inc., Greenville, SC

June 2005- Senior Chemist, Method development/validation, investigation of Out-of-Specification results.

August 2010 Performed plant-wide safety audits. Responsible for batch adjustments and controlled substance distribution for the lab. Responsible for mentoring new chemists. Continued HPLC, GC, and

wet chemistry work, as required.

Feb 2001- Finished Product Chemist, Focused on testing and release of bulk and finished products, as well

June 2005 as stability lot testing. Testing techniques focusing mainly on HPLC and GC with emphasis on troubleshooting and parameter adjustment, and metrology.

Oct 1998- Raw Material Chemist, Responsible for the sampling, testing, and release of raw materials.

Feb 2001 Testing techniques performed include: Titrations, Extractions, Spectrophotometry, Limit Tests

(E.g. - Chloride, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, etc.), TLC, microbial swabbing and plating, HPLC analysis

(Normal and Reverse phase), GC analysis (Capillary and Packed Glass).

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Sept. 1996- Teaching Assistant, Freshman Chemistry

May 1997 Collaboration with faculty on teaching strategies. Responsible for assigning

homework, answering in-class problems, grading and tutorial work.

EDUCATION: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry July 1997

Sigma Beta Honor Society, Dean’s List

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