ROBERT L. SKELTON
SUMMARY
46218
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
A n accomplished Senior Operations Technician in the Pharmaceutical Purification field with over 2 4 years
experience and in-depth expertise in Bio-Processing and development.
Reliable and Dependable
• Leadership • • Team Building
Effective Management &
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• Strategic •
Operations
Problem Solving
Innovative & Creative
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• Accountable
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 1981 - October 2005
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
1555 S. Kentucky A ve
Indianapolis, Indiana 46216
S enior Operations Technician
Worked in line production for insulin products, operations for dry products facility a nd lead teams for facility startup
and equipment qualification.
• Trained operators in Puerto Rico for Prozac Startup and ran HK machines, coding, printing and granulation &
mixing duties.
• Provided leadership and model example for purification processing as a shift leader.
• Conducted clinical trials o f APC (Xirgris) and PTH (Forteo) and worked with FDA during inspections.
• Acting a s P T Supervisor, produced trial lots for KPB insulin, H GH g rowth honnone and numerous other cutting
edge products.
• Ordered r aw materials, assisted in process room configuration and equipment layout for clinical trial processing.
Involved with startup o fWFI w ater systems and assisted FDA during quality inspections.
• Procedure writing, IVIRV, IQ/OQ equipment processing and coordinating with contractors and operations for all
startup tasks.
• Worked on all elements o f building systems including steam, WFI, PWEC, Power and Waste and updated
building procedures.
• Perfonnance o f equipment checks a nd operation using Foxboro and UMS Systems.
EDUCATION
CRISPUS ATTUCKS HIGH SCHOOL - Indianapolis, Indiana 1976
S KILLS
Aseptic Processing, Gowning, Tank System Configuration, Process Equipment Setup and Troubleshooting, CIP,
Gradient Control, Chromatography concepts, Buffers, Intermediates, Column Setup, Purified Water System
(PWECIWBSO/WFI), Girton washer, Clean steam (SIP) systems, Sterilization Procedure writing, Documentation
Ticket Writing, Fermentation Processing, Power Systems, IVIRV and IQ/OQ Facility Startup, Ultra Filtration
Systems, Freeze Dryer, Liquid Ointment Operator.
S PECIALIZED T RAINING
F ORK-LIFT OPERATOR - CERTIFICATE AND EXPERIENCE
MSDS TRAINING
REFERENCES UPON REQUEST