Project Manager Engineer

Lisa R. Miller *** Old Oak Post Road, East Amherst, NY 14051

716-***-**** (h), 724-***-****(c), e-mail:

*****@**********.***

OBJECTIVE

To use my skills and experience to help my employer, a progressive and growing technology

business, create efficient new projects and improve existing operations.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Project Management: 28 chemical industry and public works projects, $120K to $5M;

Certified PMP®

• Technical Support: resource to R&D staff, implementing SPC methods, operator trainer, DCS

setup

• Business Management: certificated manager, ISO 9001 registration, international technology

transfer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 to Present – PRAXAIR INC.

Tonawanda, New York

At this top-tier air products supplier as project manager, I manage all aspects of the

Turbomachinery precision manufacturing projects, from initiation to startup and acceptance.

My responsibilities include team management, financial and schedule control, product

improvement, and customer satisfaction.

Our products are now the best-in-class, due to our continuous improvement program

These projects range from $120K to $4M; I am delivering KPI’s of + 2% of schedule

and budget

For 2008, I managed 25 projects with a combined value of $20M.

For the Standard Plants group, I managed 4 nitrogen plant installations at customer sites

throughout the U.S.; each project finished successfully.

• My team’s project in Montana earned the 2007 Project of the Year Award from the

Project Management Institute of western New York.

1998 to 2005 - ICOSA COMPANY, INC.

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

At this engineering design firm as a Principal, my primary responsibility included these

projects:

• Project management of a 5 M lb/yr solvent recovery installation for SONY Chemicals

Corp

• HAZOP training course presentation for the National Energy Technology Laboratory,

U.S. DoE

Project scope and design of plantwide data acquisition network for Pressure Chemical

Co

Process material/energy balance closure for Ashland Chemical’s 400 M lb/yr Maleic A

plant

1995 to 1998 - SONY CHEMICALS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania

1996 to 1998 - Operations Group

Promotion to the Coating Manager position gave me responsibility for management of 20

people, a $2.5MM budget, and SCCA's $18MM printing ribbon production line. My

department achieved a 60% production increase with no additional staff, while delivering

the most reputable product in our industry. During this time, I managed scaleup of several

new coating products into full production.

• I managed the coating process technology transfer from our Japanese parent,

working with our technical staff to define the key process variables and the technical

content.

• At the invitation of our HR manager, I taught modules 1-4 of the Sony Skill-Based

Career Development program to classes of 15 to 20 employees, including other

managers.

As manager, I was responsible for the creation of 110 work instructions for compliance

with our successful ISO 9001 registration effort. These instructions are still in place

today.

1995 to 1996 - Operations Group

As Quality Assurance Manager, I set up SCCA's QA function, hired the staff, and directed

the construction of the QA/Application Engineering laboratory. I also created the set of

Quality Methods used to measure process and product performance. Xerox Corporation

accepted our methods and awarded SCCA the Preferred Supplier status.

• My key task was teaching the company staff how to recognize and maintain quality.

We succeeded: Honda Motor Company of America designated SCCA an Outstanding

Supplier.

I served on the ISO 9000 Executive Committee as we began ISO 9001 registration.

1991 to 1995 - TOWNSHIP OF CRANBERRY

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

During my full-time employment with Mine Safety Appliances Company, I obtained the

nomination for Township Supervisor and won the primary and general elections for this

office. With the other four Supervisors, I accomplished:

• Creation of the award-winning Township newsletter

Hiring our township manager (who is still there today)

Enactment of historic impact fee legislation.

1983 to 1995 - CALLERY CHEMICAL DIVISION of Mine Safety Appliances Company

Evans City, Pennsylvania

Note: In 2003, Callery was sold to BASF Corporation, largely due to Callery’s modern

facilities.

1991 to 1995 - Engineering Group

• As Project Manager, I supervised the design and construction of a fully automated

$5MM boranes batch production plant. This plant is critical to Callery’s core business in

pharmaceutical reductions; it was completed on time and within budget. My

responsibilities included configuration of the Fisher MicroPROVOX control system,

producing the SOP manual, and training of the operations and maintenance staffs for

this plant.

As Senior Engineer, my team successfully commissioned and operated the KtB plant

expansion. This 23,000-liter batch facility, automated with a Fisher PROVOX control

system, produces fine chemical reagents for seven major pharmaceutical customers.

1983 to 1991 - Research and Development Group

• As Process Development Engineer, my proudest accomplishment was creation of a

$1.2MM automated semi-works plant now making pharmaceutical intermediates. This

batch facility is featured in Chemical Processing Magazine, April 1992. It uses the first

distributed control system installed at Callery: a Fisher UNIVOX system. My

responsibilities encompassed design, procurement, construction, and all aspects of

commissioning. An outstanding feature of this facility is the successful automation of a

batch vacuum distillation. Operations for pharmaceutical customers are conducted

under cGMP requirements, with audit by customers.

• For the production of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy compounds for medical

research, I set up a 22-liter scale production line. This facility fully complied with cGMP

standards to produce the bulk active ingredient. Sterilization, final dosage dilution and

ampoule filling were done under contract by Ben Venue Laboratories in Ohio.

• I was also appointed Principal Investigator by Callery to supervise a U. S. Air Force

boron research contract, for which I held a Department of Defense SECRET clearance.

This contract studied particle-size modification in a three-phase heterogeneous

reaction.

I designed, built, and operated a $300K ultra-purity elemental boron/boron alloys

production plant. This continuous process was the first at Callery to utilize a PLC-based

control system. To succeed, I trained the operating and maintenance staffs in process

control concepts.

EDUCATION

B.S.Ch.E. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Professional Certificate of General Management, Westmoreland Co Community College

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

U. S. Patent No. 4,113,674

Pennsylvania Economy League Inc., past chairman

Cranberry Twp Planning Commission; past chairman

Aviation (licensed pilot and aircraft owner)

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