Samantha K. Watkins
● Address: **** Bitterroot Avenue, Newark, CA 94560
● Cell: 510-***-**** ● Email: *******.******@*****.*** Professional Experience
Sales Engineer --- G-CON Manufacturing, Inc.
September 2013- Present
• Manage projects from the client’s initial interest in cleanroom technology to purchase order
• Establish customer meetings to review project needs and advise the client on the optimal configuration to implement G-CON modular cleanrooms
• Generate conceptual facility designs for cleanroom areas according to the client’s requirements
• Collaborate with internal and external engineering resources for custom cleanroom solutions
• Execute costing estimates and budget proposals for G-CON’s modular cleanroom technology, delivery, installation, and on-site commissioning services
• Provide frequent project updates to customers regarding conceptual design and proposal status Integrated Solutions Process Engineer --- Sartorius Stedim North America, Inc. September 2011- September 2013
• Manage comprehensive projects through collaboration within the Sartorius global organization involving various business areas (Fluid Management, Filtration, Fermentation, Purification, Service, and Sales)
• Develop pre-conceptual designs of disposable, monoclonal antibody processes for GMP environments including mass balances, process schedules, process parameters, equipment and consumables lists, and budget estimates
• Manage FlexAct technology projects from the customer’s initial interest through final installation, testing, and acceptance at the customer site
• Implement and assist with validation of new, innovative, and disposable technologies for a GMP manufacturing environment
• Prepare and execute internal as well as external trainings on single-use systems for various unit operations
Filtration Technologies Applications Specialist --- Sartorius Stedim North America, Inc. June 2009- September 2011
• Lead depth and membrane filtration projects by coordinating with various teams at customer sites including QA, process development, manufacturing technical sciences, and materials management
• Provide expert technical and applications support to internal and external customers domestically and globally
• Aid in scale up of filtration processes from process development into pilot scale and into manufacturing scale
• Lead, coordinate, and write customer return investigations with the teams at various manufacturing locations for depth, membrane, and virus filters as well as TFF cassettes, membrane adsorbers, and diagnostic membranes
Certificates
• Revit Fundamentals- Autodesk Revit Architecture Certificate of Completion May 2016
• ISPE Sterile Product Manufacturing Facility Course Completion Certificate May 2014
• ASQ Root Cause Analysis Certificate December 2009
• AIChE Safety in Chemical Process Industries Certificate December 2008 Education
• The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Bachelors of Science in Chemical/ Biochemical Engineering with Honors May 2009