MICHAEL R. TEAGUE
Box *****
Lehigh Valley, PA **002
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
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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.
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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)