Engineer Manager

PRESTON DAVID KRAUTHEIM, P.E.

**** ******* ****** 818-***-****

Simi Valley, CA 93063 ***********@**********.***

SUMMARY

A professional Engineer with over 10 years experience. Have extensive

experience as a Quality Control manager dealing with Federal and sate

agencies. Strengths include interacting with multiple groups including

compounding, manufacturing and R&D. My past position was as a Quality

Control Manager with 4 diret reports and overseeing the raw materials and

analytical group.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COSMETIC LABORATORIES 2006 - 2009

Quality Control Manager 2007 - 2009

Direct an in-process laboratory consisting of 4 chemists, maintaining the

needs of production and compounding.

Maintained SOP's, procure customer approvals

Investigated problem batches, devised corrective actions, wrote rework

instructions

Implemented computerized batch coding and batch approval processes which

maintained the control and quality of the lab

Process Engineer 2006 - 2007

Provided the compounding department with engineering expertise for process

improvements.

Reviewed processes making improvements and updating as necessary

Recommended new process equipment and test where necessary

Worked with compounders to determine batch issues and corrected

Updated compounding hours and overhead figures through review of batch

tickets. Worked with accounting and planning to implement change

LEVLAD INTERNATIONAL 2006

Sr. Process Development Engineer

Scale-up of Process from Laboratory to production, recommending equipment

to stream-line processes.

Validation of OTC products in batch processes and line/filling validations

Wrote Line Setup Sheets for all production line and coordinated with

mechanics

Developed a program for weight scale calibrations

Worked with R&D and Quality for process scale-up of new and existing

products

Wrote processes for manufacturing products, troubleshooting, and batch

adjustments

THIBIANT INTERNATIONAL 2005 - 2006

Sr. Process Development Engineer

Scale-up of Process from Laboratory to production, recommending equipment

to stream-line processes.

Validated OTC processes during scale-up and onto line validation

Directed pilot team for scheduling pilots for customers, oversaw raw

materials and component delivery

Analyzed new products for failure mode analysis for both compounding and

filling

Recommended new process equipment which increased efficiency in compounding

ALBERTO-CULVER / COSMETIC LABORATORIES 1997 - 2005

Process Engineer / Validation Engineer

Provided process engineering expertise for global corporate needs.

Validated processes for OTC products, validation of process equipment,

which resulted in a corporate division to be in government compliance

Troubleshot existing product for rework to meet specifications

Recommended advanced process equipment and test equipment for compounding

use

Communicated with customers to scale up their products, recommended process

changes and evaluated equipment for manufacture

Led a team on continuous improvements that reduced batch adjustments and

compounding issues.

EDUCATION

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

MS, Chemical Engineering (Thesis: Biotechnology)

BS, Chemical Engineering, cum laude

Completed all coursework and passed Qualifying Exam for Ph.D. in Chemical

Engineering

University of Arizona, Tucson

Graduate coursework in Chemical/Environmental Engineering - Arizona State

University, Tempe

Accounting and Business, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Engineer (PE), State of California

Professional Engineer (PE, State of Arizona

PATENTS

U.S. Patent No. 4428798

U.S. Patent No. 4455198

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