EDWARD HERRING

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OBJECTIVE

To join an organization and utilize my experience providing excellent technical and quality resources while enhancing current skill set through continuous educational and professional development.

PROFILE

Extensive background in the biotech and medical technology fields. Possess excellent written, verbal communication and organizational skills. Strong work ethics, interpersonal skills and positive working relations with co-workers. Ability to stay focused and calm when dealing with multiple tasks or stressful situations. Able to adapt to priority changes while meeting new and existing objectives.

Independently manage work environment enabling supervisors to devote time toward important responsibilities. Adjusting to new priorities while meeting existing deadlines. Balancing primary job duties while providing support to others.

SKILLS

Concentration on biotechnology, theory and measurement techniques. Knowledgeable in network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, and phase/gain equipment. Relevant computer skills include Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook, C++, IEEE, GPIB, DOS, RS232 and IT skills include installing Application Software, Utility Programs, and solving minor computer and network problems. FDA and ISO 9001:2000 Environment Class 100 and 1000 clean rooms. BAS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, GMP and Laboratory support. Auto CAD. Team leader on various projects. Engineering support and various manufacturing projects. Experienced in creating and presenting technical and informative skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 APR to Present CareDX Brisbane, CA Automation Engineer

Responsible for working in the Automation engineering group supporting and Validation real-time PCR instruments and liquid handing instruments for R&D and commercial laboratories. Also work to refine and expand automated equipment and methodologies.. Write and update maintenance SOPs and validation protocols and contribute to improving automation practices and procedures. Utilize statistical techniques to perform complex data analysis. Understand projects in the context of the overall process and be integral to their success, taking a cross-functional leadership role in providing automation expertise from project conception to its completion.

Provide service support for all ABI 7900HT instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration

Provide device support for Beckman Coulter liquid handling instruments, including troubleshooting, routine maintenance and calibration

Develop, validate and support automated methodologies and equipment for manufacturing operations

Expand, refine and support automated methodologies and equipment in leading molecular diagnostic laboratory

2014-AUG to APR-2015 Genentech South San Francisco, CA

Instrumentation Engineer

Responsible for performing advanced journeyman-level calibrations, diagnostics, troubleshooting, repairs, and modifications of industrial process control instrumentation in a cGMP/cGXP environment. Responsible to minimize instrumentation and equipment downtime associated with facility structures, equipment, and process control systems, while ensuring that manufacturing operations and functional support departments are enabled to successfully make, assess and release Genentech drug products 24/7. Looked upon as the resident expert for all instrumentation related issues. Perform calibration and repair of advanced analytical instrumentation used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes and QC laboratories. Perform diagnostics, repairs, and modifications of advanced industrial process control instrumentation. Implement corrective and preventative actions pertaining to analytical and process instrumentation issues that directly impact manufacturing systems availability. Respond to trouble calls and provide immediate response to ensure maximum manufacturing system availability to the end-user. Provide hands-on technical leadership for installation, start-up, and maintenance of state-of-the-art process control systems. Prepare comprehensive calibration procedures/job plans and associated training materials for advanced analytical instrumentation and processes. Prepare and organize technical documentation and operational procedures from equipment manufacturers, equipment users, and engineering personnel. Assist engineering department during evaluation of new or modified instrumentation and process control systems. Inspect new instrumentation installations by contractors and affect necessary changes to comply with established departmental standards. Assist with identification, purchase, and organization of spare parts. Interact closely with scientists, engineers, production staff, and QA staff. Represent Facility Services Department during factory acceptance testing (FAT) of equipment to be supported, maintained, or calibrated. Provide technical expertise and training to in-house and contracted technical staff.

2012-OCT – AUG 2014 Bayer Healthcare Berkeley, CA Process Engineer

Laboratory Administrator and system support for various lab equipment such as scales, balances, spectrophotometers, nano drops, absorbance plate readers and chart recorders. Incubators, centrifuges, Ph meters, Osmometer and PCR Instruments. Provide the necessary technical expertise for troubleshooting and resolving problems with standard biopharmaceutical equipment/processes, including Mammalian cell culture, bioreactors, chromatography skids, UF/DF and TFF and Interface with maintenance for PM/calibration/repairs of GMP equipment and utilities. Create new and/or revises existing BPRs, Validation Protocols, SOPs, expense budget, work orders, purchasing systems for process skid, bioreactors, support equipment and utilities. Complete validation activities including, authoring protocols, installation and operational commissioning and qualification testing of equipment and systems. Fosters team based approach to clinical manufacturing. Recommends new and innovative solutions to problems utilizing high degree of scientific development creativity, independent thought and proficiency. Solving cell culture/isolated related manufacturing issues. Manages projects with understanding of event sequencing and level of effort required to complete projects on time. Applies knowledge of GMP requirements to practice in clinical manufacturing. Usages of process control/monitoring systems, such as, BAS, SCADA, DCS, and PLC low voltage electrical systems. Performing FAT, SAT, commission and qualification including hands-on in starting-up and running new equipment and developing turn-over packages.

2007- FEB 2012 Roche Molecular Diagnostics Pleasanton, CA

System Support Engineer 2

Provided Laboratory Administrator and system support for various lab equipment such as scales, balances, spectrophotometers, nano drops, absorbance plate readers, chart recorders. Incubators, centrifuges, Ph meters, Osmometer and PCR Instruments. Installed, maintained, calibrated and validated mature, automated clinical instrumentation as assigned. Assisted in the management of spare parts and consumables and in maintaining an adequate inventory for the team. Troubleshoot instrument problems, performed and documented corrective maintenance, supported manufacturing, quality, clinical trials, and other groups as assigned by Development Department management, in troubleshooting instrument related problems. Performed Monthly Preventative Maintenance and service calls on ABI 9700, Biotek ELx50, Dynex Plate Washer, PE 9600, TaqMan 48, TaqMan Amplicor, AmpliPrep, Hamilton star, starlet and x 480 and z 480 And performed relocation and Installation of new and used instruments and perform IOQ’s

EDUCATION

March-August 2007 Regional Technical Training Center Oakland, CA

Biotechnology certificate Program

2002-2005 Devry Institute Fremont,CA

Need 7 units for Bachelors Of Science Electronic Engineering Technology

1997-1999 ITT Technical Institute Hayward, CA

Associate of Science Electronic Engineering Technology

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