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Manager Customer Service

Location:
West Palm Beach, FL, 33418
Salary:
100K
Posted:
February 28, 2011

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LAWRENCE G. WYLIE, PhD, CIH, CSP

*** ***** ******* *** **** Beach Gardens, FL 33418 201-***-**** zc6tzu@r.postjobfree.com

As a dedicated high energy achiever, I will deliver excellent quality industrial hygiene, health, safety, environmental, and toxicology services. Organizational resources will be effectively managed to ethically meet customer service needs and assure regulatory compliance. Business risks and cost-effective control solutions will be communicated to stakeholders. This will be accomplished by strategically applying my scientific education, depth and breadth of professional and managerial experience, and significant career accomplishments to achieve business plan goals and objectives.

2008 - present Principal EnviroHealth Consultants, LLC Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Key Projects: The Scripps Research Institute; Merial; BAI; O’Brien & Gere; Reid & Zobel

2008 - 2010 EHS Director Scripps Institute (energy & pharmaceutical research) Jupiter, Florida

Key accomplishments in support of new research campus from construction to start-up include: collaborative creation of Mission & Vision, 43 EHS manuals and policies; cost accountability; set strategic EHS goals and individual objectives; recordkeeping systems; developed & delivered training and on-boarding programs to employees and researchers; managed key vendor contracts.

Recruited, hired, trained, mentored, and actively supervised performance of professional EHS staff; including environmental and hazardous waste manager, biosafety, chemical hygiene, and radiation safety officers, EHS trainer, and emergency coordinator. Assured high quality and timely delivery of work products and training to meet regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and budget.

Authored and implemented compliant policies including: environmental, industrial hygiene, lab safety, contractor, driver & life-safety, occupational medicine, lasers, radiation, hazardous waste.

As IBC Executive Agent assured NIH conformance and as Responsible Official, implemented U.S. Homeland Security Patriot Act-complaint Select Agent and biohazardous agent risk assessment. Conducted with FBI-WMD and NRC high risk security assessments and infrastructure upgrades.

Created chemical life-cycle inventory bar coding system to manage >8,000 materials. Implemented risk-based sampling programs for 19 OSHA regulated highly hazardous & carcinogenic substances.

Chaired Environmental Sustainability Committee. Contributor LEED certification; energy & HVAC and water management, green chemistry, recycling programs; total saving ~17%.

Coordinated with state, county, city officials to train Emergency Response Team of 27for critical incidents: chemical, biological, radioactive spills. Negotiated and implemented disaster notification system. Implemented root cause investigation, risk mitigation actions, case tracking database.

Obtained operating permits including: EPA LQG hazardous waste; POTW, SPCC, Title V, biomedical waste, controlled substance license, USDA Select Agent, RAM Broadscope license. Site had 14 regulatory inspections in 2.5 years, including: EPA/FL-DEP, DEA, DOT, FL-BOH, NIH, NRC, OSHA, PBCFM, USDA; all inspections were 100% successful with no citations.

2010 - present Merial (Sanofi-Aventis division) Athens, Georgia and Paris, France

Technical expert consultant on global Safety Data Sheet project. Completed Phase I global critical management & technical reviews using UN GHS criteria; Phase II SDS Product Stewardship.

2010 - present Reid & Zobel, P.C. West Palm Beach, Florida

Toxicology expert consultant/witness on environmental-linked cancer toxic tort litigation.

1991 - 2008 Corporate Associate Director Environment, Health, Safety & Toxicology

Wyeth (formerly AHP, now Pfizer) New York City & Madison, NJ

Supported 16-division global manufacturing and research operations with 55,000 employees. Managed global matrix organization comprised of 38 professionals at 29 sites. Divisions included pharmaceutical, biopharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, veterinary products, medical devices, electronics, food, consumer products. Established aggressive EHS objectives linked to business goals. Conducted services benchmarking. Hired, supervised, motivated, and mentored staff. Assured cohesive and compliant cost-effective excellence in implementation of programs on time and on budget. Provided stakeholder risk management and control communication.

Developed, edited, implemented regulatory compliant policies and training including: industrial hygiene, ergonomics, chemical hygiene, toxicology, biosafety, fleet, laser safety, GLP, occupational health, facilities & contractor safety, emergency response, and hazardous waste.

Conducted global capital project technical reviews for new research labs and manufacturing plants, specified highly hazardous chemical and BL-3 engineering control and life-safety systems. Conducted IH/IAQ reviews; achieved OSHA VPP; conducted ORR, PSM Haz-Ops; and negotiated, procured, assured vendor equipment testing & certifications (e.g., ASHRAE 110).

Chair of Occupational Toxicology and Chemical Hygiene Committees. Authored risk assessment methodology, used pharmacology & toxicology data for calculation of environmental and human health risks for>85 APIs meeting time- and cost-critical business and manufacturing decision gates.

Directed IH risk assessments to assure OSHA, ACGIH, AIHA conformance. Managed IH sampling methods development for 25 APIs at AIHA accredited lab; assured global sample analysis GLP QA program. Coordinated IH program, employee exposure data with HR and occupational medicine.

Product Steward for >300 research compounds & marketed products. Developed global ANSI MSDS format, selected vendors, wrote authoring instructions, provide quality control review.

Created innovative Ergonomic Job Measurement System (referenced by OSHA) that quantitatively evaluates worker materials handling risks; implemented PowerLift back injury prevention and W.C. programs; combined results ~40% reduction in workers’ compensation and lost time costs.

Lead company’s bioterrorism anthrax response; served on Pandemic Preparedness Taskforce. Co-Chair corporate Biosafety Committee assured CDC/NIH/WHO/USDA regulatory conformance.

Actively provided expertise: Pharmaceuticals in Environment Committee, green chemistry, sustainability, Corporate Citizenship Report, PhRMA water quality API risk assessment model; asset divestiture and acquisition, including Phase I/ II & SARA environmental risk assessments.

Co-developed risk assessment protocols conforming to OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001. Lead audit teams in 20+ countries critically evaluated conformance to: EPA, OSHA, CDC/NIH, FDA, NRC, country-specific equivalents and consensus standard e.g., ACGIH, ANSI, ASHRAE, GLP, GMP, NEC, NFPA, NIOSH. Provided reports for prioritized mitigation action to assure 100% compliance.

Collaborated with stakeholders including; Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Law, senior management, Medicine, labor unions, employees, regulatory agencies, insurance companies, and community partners. Initiated programs and tracked performance metrics focused on the cost-effective achievement of strategic risk management and business plan objectives.

1987 - 1991

Director & AVP Environmental Control Group, Inc. Princeton, NJ

1980 - 1987 National Director, AVP James/Sedgwick (Marsh, Inc.) Detroit, Chicago & New York

1976 - 1980 Senior Risk Control Consultant Chubb, Inc. Detroit, MI

1973 1976 Regional Q.C. Manager IC Industries, Inc. Grand Rapids, MI

SELECT PUBLICATIONS Coauthor

ISPE Risk-MaPP (Risk of Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Products) (2010)

International Health & Safety Assessment Protocols (1994, 1997, 2002, 2007)

Ambient Air Exposure Guideline Methodology (2007)

Corporate Citizenship (Wyeth Sustainability) (2006, 2008)

Electronic Biohazardous Agent Registration (eBAR) (2006, 2008)

Potent Compound Containment Technology Matrix (2005, 2007)

Author EH&S Manuals, policies, training programs >40 (1990-2010)

OEG-RBEC Methodology (annual editions; 1996 - 2008)

Ergonomic Job Measurement System (EJMS) (1995 - 2006)

GAP: (asbestos & lead abatement) Quality Assurance & Recordkeeping System (1990)

Hazardous and Infectious Waste Management for Healthcare Facilities (1984)

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Industrial Hygienist CIH No. 2729

Certified Safety Professional CSP No. 6180

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager CHMM No. 1843

Certified Professional Environmental Assessor CPEA No. 221

HAZWOPER & First Aid/CPR Certified (2010)

Radiation Safety Trained (2010)

DOJ-FBI U.S. Patriot Act dual cleared for RPM-IC and SA: (2008 – current)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Industrial Hygiene Association: Toxicology Committee Member

American Biological Safety Association: Member

Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association: Member

International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers: ISPE Risk-MaPP CoP

Society of Toxicology: Occupational Toxicology Roundtable Committee

Scientific Advisor to Transdermal Technologies, Inc.

OTHER Health excellent; willing to travel & relocate; married, 3 grown children. Excellent writing, editing, computer skills including MS Office Suite, SCORM-compliant systems.

EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy Health Services – Toxicology (2005) Dissertation:

Quantitative Hazard Assessment Model for Developmental Stage Pharmaceuticals

Walden University Minneapolis, Minnesota & University of Indiana Bloomington, IN

Master of Science (1980) - Occupational and Environmental Health

Wayne State University - School of Medicine Detroit, Michigan

Bachelor of Science (1972)

Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan



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