Plant Process

GLENDA L. FLEMING

CAREER SUMMARY

Over five years in Environmental management of batch chemical manufacturer.

Twenty years in chemical research and development, including over ten years in industrial

product/process development from inception through plant production.

I am very proficient at self-direction and problem-solving, and can carry an idea from inception,

through evaluations and modifications, to full implementation. I thrive on the challenge of multiple

projects, and have excellent record keeping and communication skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Environmental Coordinator, Synthetech, Inc., Albany, OR. March 2004 – May 2009

Managed Environmental compliance and performance for the site.

• Maintained up-to date knowledge of environmental requirements, including hazwaste, air,

POTW, storm water, DOT, and other EPA/ODEQ regulations.

• Conducted hazardous waste evaluation and disposition, including vendor selection and

auditing, profiling, site inspections, and manifest review.

• Wrote and submitted permit applications to regulating agencies.

• Prepared and submitted periodic data reports (TRI, Hazwaste, Air, POTW, storm water, Fire

Marshal) to regulating agencies.

• Collected and maintained data for environmental reporting.

• Discussed environmental issues with outside consultants and regulating agencies.

• Wrote SOPs, batch operating procedures, and reports to senior management and

regulatory agencies.

• Coordinated with other departments in setting EHS objectives and targets.

• Oversaw and trouble-shot wastewater treatment system. Managed duties of Wastewater

Coordinator.

Organized and lead project to achieve and maintain ISO14001 certification.

Evaluated environmental aspects. Developed gap analysis and action plan.

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No major or minor findings during independent assessment and reassessment audits.

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Health and Safety Responsibilities.

• Reviewed MSDSs and prepared “safety shorts” for network safety database.

• Reviewed new raw materials for environmental, health, and safety issues.

• Wrote SOPs for safety-related concerns (LOTO, line-opening, confined space, etc)

• Lead environmental, safety, and behavior-based audits. Instituted and monitored CAPA

(Corrective and Preventive Action), including root cause analysis. Wrote audit reports.

• Lead PHAs (Process Hazard Analyses) and JSAs (Job Safety Analyses).

• Trained personnel from diverse backgrounds in hazards, regulations, operations, and

physical sciences.

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Research Chemist III/ Process Chemist, Synthetech, Inc. May 1999 – March 2004

Process and product development.

• Organic laboratory synthesis of gram to kilogram quantities of specialty amino acids, small

peptides, and other pharmaceutical intermediates.

• Process improvement and scale-up to industrial scale production.

• Trouble-shot plant processes.

• Process improvements included raw material cost reductions, reduced processing times,

and increases in product recovery and purity.

Management of processes through the plant.

• Wrote batch records, SOP’s, and other control documents.

• Trained supervisors and operators (operations, chemistry, math, safety).

• Trouble-shooting and process modification.

• Managed a multi-million dollar, multi-step, cGMP campaign.

• Reviewed and evaluated completed batch records and process performance.

• Compiled data. Wrote and presented reports.

• Filled in for Plant Manager absences.

• Plant equipment included reactor assemblages up to 2,000-gal; columns and

condensers; tanks up to 10,000-gal; centrifuges, filter presses, sparklers; vapor scrubbers;

dryers.

In-process and product analyses.

• HPLC, TLC, GC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, Karl Fischer, optical microscope.

Start-up and management of wastewater treatment system (55,000-gal PACT).

• Monitored biological (protozoa and bacteria), chemical (organics, pH), and physical (TSS,

TDS, filterability) response of system to varied chemical loading.

• Trained operators to manage system, including calculations and analyses.

Safety Committee Chair for two years. Expanded and re-defined safety audit program. Initiated

programs to energize committee members. Led PHA’s and JSA’s.

Senior Research Chemist, Chattem Chemicals, Inc. Chattanooga, TN. January 1990 - April 1999

Process and product development.

• Organic and inorganic laboratory synthesis of gram to kilogram quantities.

• Developed improved and new products in response to customer requests.

• Cost analyses for plant productions.

• Process scale-up to plant production.

• Plant equipment included reactor assemblages up to 10,000-gal; vacuum dryers; spray

dryers, scrubbers.

• Increased profitability of plant processes, and modified processes to comply with

environmental and cGMP regulations.

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• FT-IR, UV-VIS, Karl Fischer, X-ray diffractometry, viscosity.

• Compiled data. Wrote and presented reports.

Senior Research Interviewer, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama in

Birmingham (UAB). April 1988 - January 1990.

• Organized and supervised intervention projects for an NIH epidemiological project.

• Collected and tabulated data from these projects and presented it in quarterly reports.

• Trained and supervised other health professionals and co-op students.

Chemist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. June 1983 - April, 1988.

• Synthesized and evaluated organic and polymeric materials.

• Evaluations included wet bench and physical methods. Interpreted data from NMR, GC/MS,

IR, AA.

Senior Research Project, Department of Chemistry, UAB. June 1982 - September 1982.

Developed stationary phase for catalyst during oxidation of catechols in industrial effluent. Included

preparation of stationary phase, UV-Vis analysis of products, and determination of reaction rates.

Hydrologist, Mine Health and Safety Consultants, Pelham, Alabama (part-time basis).

September 1979 - September 1980. Evaluated surface and subsurface hydrology of proposed mine

permit areas, performed field tests, collected samples, and developed hydrological monitoring plans.

Senior Research Project, Department of Earth Sciences, UAB. 1978 and 1979. “Geology of the

Red Ridge Church Area, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.” Included field mapping, rock sampling,

chemical preparation, AA analysis, mineral identification in thin section, and calculation of norms and

variation diagrams.

ACADEMIC RECORD

B.S. (A.C.S.) Chemistry, November, l982, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

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B.S. Geology, June, 1979, University of Alabama in Birmingham.

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M.A. Exercise Physiology, September 1986, University of Alabama in Birmingham. Received

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1986 outstanding graduate student award. GPA 4.0/4.0

SPECIAL TRAINING

• IATA and DOT 2-day training, Dorie Christman, March 2009

• RCRA Advanced Topics, 3-day seminar, McCoy & Associates, June 2007

• RCRA Fundamentals and Advanced Topics, 3-day seminar, McCoy & Associates, June 2006

• HPLC Fundamentals, Troubleshooting, and Method Development, ACS 3-day course, May 2003

• Incident Commander Training, Bighorn Environmental Safety and Health, LLC, October 2001

Wastewater treatment 4-day seminar, U.S. Filter/Zimpro, September 2000

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Chemistry of the Synthesis of Peptides, ACS 3-day course, August 2000

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Oregon OSHA: Safety Committee Problem Solving, May 2000.

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STN Structure Searching; STN CAS-React Searching, October, 1999

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Rigaku, USA, Inc., X-Ray Diffractometer 3-day course, August 1997

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National Lubricating Grease Institute, Fundamentals, Advanced 3-day course, October 1995

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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Vice-chair Albany Arts Commission

• Former member Albany City Council

• Former member Albany Public Safety Commission

• Co-founder and former President, Advocates for a Livable Albany

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS (Co-authored)

“Treatment of a Complex Chemical Synthesis Wastewater from a Pharmaceuticals

Manufacturer” presented at WEF Industrial Wastewater Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, August

2002.

“Process for Producing Aluminum Diacetate Monobasic” U.S. Patent Application, Application

Number 09/764,156.

“Biodegradable polyamides based on 4,4’-spirobibutyrolactone” Progressive Biomedical

Polymers, 1990; Polymeric Material Science Engineering, 1988, Vol. 59.

“Bench Press Metabolic Rate as a Function of Exercise Intensity” Journal of Applied Sport

Science Research, 1988 Vol. II, No. 1.

“Geology of the Red Ridge Church Area, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.” Proceedings of the

Alabama Academy of Sciences, 1979

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