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Manager Plant

Location:
Lehigh Valley, PA, 18002
Posted:
August 03, 2010

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MICHAEL R. TEAGUE

Box *****

Lehigh Valley, PA **002

508-***-****

abl5n8@r.postjobfree.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A proven leader with demonstrated success in management of chemical and

pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. Delivered consistent performance to

an aggressive manufacturing and business plan by creating diverse teams

with exceptional commitment. Visionary leadership has lead to significant

improvements in areas of safety, production outputs, process reliability

and operating costs, achieved through focusing personnel on key goals and

gaining extraordinary commitment from the organization. Strong

integration of technical knowledge and skills to deliver superior

management outcomes including significant experience in operations,

engineering, EHS, maintenance, QA/QC, technical programs, automation and

FDA audit readiness.

CORE COMPENTANCIES

. Visionary and Strategic Leadership

. Process and equipment reliability

. Driving significant cost reduction, plant safety and regulatory

compliance

. Rapid grasp of widely varied technologies

. Organizational Change Management

. Employee Performance Management

. Application of common sense to complex issues

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

. Plant/Site Manager of an 105 person bulk API and fill/finish facility.

Responsible for the cGMP production and packaging of $62MM of four

generic pharmaceuticals.

. Member of the Piramal Critical Care Executive Committee (EXCOM)

. Experience in leading all aspects of cGMP pharmaceutical/organic

chemical plant production including Operations, Packaging, EHS,

Purchasing, HR, Engineering, Maintenance, Capital Projects, Finance,

Legal, Process Development, Facilities & Utilities

. Practical experience in leading site preparations for regulatory

audits

. Experienced in board-of-director presentations with some experience in

analyst presentations.

. Experience in directing pilot, scale-up and launch of generic APIs

. Six-sigma black belt (in-process)

. Ammerman Effective Media Communications/Crisis Communications Training

. Experienced in dealing with state and local officials as well as the

media

. Experienced with highly hazardous chemicals (PSM) and solvent

operations

. Technical & Operations management experience of 70 person, $30MM (1996

COG) chemical, fine chemical and food ingredient plant; Strong

Technical & Engineering background and manager

. 20+ years direct process and production engineering and manufacturing

experience in the production of pharmaceutical, chemicals and food

additives for Pfizer, Inc. and another pharmaceutical company

(Piramal). Strong experience in organic and API synthesis, solvents,

distillation and solids handling.

. Seventeen major trips to China/India to help establish JVs, perform

due diligence on acquisitions, conduct technical training, reduce raw

material costs, establish/qualify supply chain, establish/develop new

manufacturing sourcing, and assist with GMP compliance for major

American and European companies.

. 3 years of consulting for major pharmaceutical and food/beverage

companies on a variety of business, manufacturing, due-diligence,

acquisition, JV-s and other issues.

. Project management (concept, design, project management & start-up) of

numerous multi-million dollar projects

. Experiencing in developing, leading and managing large chemical

projects and production processes

. Ability to rapidly learn and grasp new technologies, systems and

understand the interrelatedness of complex systems

. Experienced in automating essentially all-types of unit operations

used in the manufacture of fine chemicals, food additives and

pharmaceuticals

MICHAEL R. TEAGUE Page 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Piramal Critical Care Inc. - Bethlehem, PA

Plant/Site Manager 2008 to present

Generic pharmaceutical manufacturer (bulk API and packaging)

. Plant/Site manager for ~105 person, $62 MM pharmaceutical facility

producing inhaled anesthetics

. Overall site responsibility for API Manufacturing, Packaging, Clean-

rooms, EHS, Purchasing, Finance, Maintenance, Engineering, Human

Resources, Legal, Process Development, Finance, Receiving and all

plant capital projects. Administrative oversight of Regulatory, QA/QC.

. Responsible to ensure cGMP, cost-effective, safe production and

packaging of all bulk API's

. Responsible for the management and direction of the Bethlehem

manufacturing site to ensure products are safely manufactured and

delivered in accordance with cGMP, FDA, EN13485 and other applicable

standards and regulations.

. Responsible for Bethlehem site to meet all goals and objectives

. Co-direct and lead FDA and Health Canada audit preparations and

readiness along with Director of Quality Assurance

. Responsible for site strategic planning and tactical implementation,

including development, implementation and execution of five year plan.

. Public Relations and Emergency Coordinator and Contact for the

Bethlehem plant

. Serve as a member of the Piramal Health Care Executive Committee

(EXCOM)

. Responsible to establish plant policies and procedures.

. Establish and maintain community relations.

. Negotiate with PA-DEP on sensitive environmental issues.

. Responsible to hire, develop, and foster a well-trained and motivated

staff

. Determine and formulate policies and business strategies and provide

overall direction for the Plant

. Plan, direct, and coordinate operational activities at the highest

level of management.

. Responsible for negotiating critical raw material sourcing contracts.

. Direct plant budget preparation

. Interact with CEO, COO and Board of Directors on behalf of Site

initiatives and issues

Pfizer, Groton CT

Technical Manager 1981 to 2000 (last four years as contract employee)

Specialty chemicals, fine chemicals, food ingredients and pharmaceutical

manufacturer

. Extensive experience in all phases of pharmaceutical and chemical

manufacturing operations.

. Responsible for technical, process and engineering supervision of a

variety of pharmaceuticals, food-additives & specialty chemicals with

annual budgets of up to $50MM including supervision and technical

management of 70 person production operation and facility

. Technical, process and engineering supervision of complex 12 major

unit operation chemical manufacturing process

. Project experience includes complete responsibility (concept, design,

project management and start-up) of numerous multi-million dollar

capital and automation projects including automation of a large

vitamin C isomer manufacturing facility

. Substantial computer experience including: process automation,

distributed control systems, PLC, process-related information systems

. Perform a variety of engineering, manufacturing, capital projects and

automation projects

. Production and Project Engineer for chemical and pharmaceutical

producer.

MICHAEL R. TEAGUE Page 3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chemical Engineering & Business Development Consultant 2000 - 2002

. International consulting for Pfizer, Novartis, Danisco, Fujisawa, and

Pepsi on a variety of business, manufacturing, due-diligence,

acquisition, JV-s and other issues.

. Technical training in China for Pepsi (implement compliance with cGMP)

. Identify and assist Pfizer with JV discussions with Chinese

. Help establish manufacturing supply in China for Danisco and Pepsi

. Perform due diligence for potential acquisitions by Novartis

Pharmaceutical

. Manufacturing design and business consultation for Japanese

manufacturer, Fugisawa

Integrated Process Technologies, Devens MA

Automation/Process Liason Engineer 2007 to 2008

. Part of a team designing, building and starting up 2,000 I/O point,

S88 compliant bio-fuels plant.

. Process liaison and oversight between process and automation group

. Assist in development of Rockwell/Allen-Bradley system (RSView,

RSLogix 5000, RSBatch, Historian)

. Part of a team designing, automating, implementing and starting up

validated WFI, Alcohol and clean-room dispensing systems for large

Biotech firm.

FWC Inc., West Boylston, MA

Lead Pastor 1997 to 2007

. Start a non-denominational church from scratch and lead the church to

grow to 200 people

. Acquire and develop property and oversee construction of buildings

worth in excess of $2.5 MM

. Conceive and develop a $7.9MM, 26 unit affordable housing development

. Raise up and train a team to take over the operations of the church

EDUCATION

. BS Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sept.

1977 to May 1981

. Graduate Work - Two years in Computer & Information Science,

University of New Haven 1982-1983

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING

. Six-sigma black belt (in-process)

. Ammerman Effective Media Communications/Crisis Communications Training

. Kepner-Traego Problem Solving & Decision Making

. Lean6 Certification (in process)



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