Dane A. Traver

Senior Maintenance Specialist – Consulting/Contract Services

March 2017 – Present

Maintenance systems analysis, improvement and implementation

Maintenance schedule and resource planning

Shutdown planning and management

Management interim staffing

Equipment and facility reliability audits

Maintenance documentation and compliance audits

CMMS implementation, management and maximization

Maintenance parts inventory management and optimization

Maintenance staffing evaluation, training and development strategies

Engineering/Maintenance Supervisor – Hylands, Inc.

April 2015 – March 2017, Los Angeles, CA

Supervisor multi-shift, multi-facility maintenance operation (10 employees/200,000 Sq, Ft)

Project Managing of all process engineering projects including Engineering Requests, tracking and reporting

Biennial Shutdown planning

Responsible for Engineering CAPAs and Investigations

Authoring and modification of Engineering, Facilities and Maintenance SOPs

Oversees the CMMS Administration and calibration program

FATs for new equipment

Senior Maintenance Specialist - Azzur Group

January 2015 – April 2015, Irvine, CA

•Compiled and analyzed work order and downtime data for the purpose of Maintenance KPI study for large pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Critical Systems Maintenance Supervisor - Teva Pharmaceuticals

January 2014 – December 2014, Irvine, CA

•Responsible for the group that monitors the operation and maintenance of manufacturing Critical Systems for pharmaceutical manufacturer.

•Systems include but are not limited to: Clean rooms, Building Management System (BMS), Boilers, Air handlers, Chillers, WFI and RO systems, HVAC, and Compressors.

•With QA, conducts investigations of incidents relating to operations of the critical systems.

Facilities and Production Maintenance Supervisor - Teva Pharmaceuticals

August 2008 – January 2014, Irvine, CA

•Maintenance Supervisor for production, facilities, and freeze dry (lyophilization) operations for large pharmaceutical manufacturer of injectable medicine.

• Major focus on production support, engineering and facilities project implementations.

•Managed the project to rewrite, publish and implement all production maintenance departmental PM SOP’s, included 325 Preventive Maintenance documents as result of FDA 483 observation.

Operations Consultant - Blodgett Ventures

April 2007 – August 2008, Scottsdale, AZ.

•Contracted to organize operations including: Setup/implement bookkeeping, job estimating/tracking and operations functions for general contractor.

• Authored procedures manual for the bookkeeping and job tracking function.

Operations Manager - Click2Discover, Inc.

October 2003 – December 2006, Temecula, CA

•Contracted to establish web publishing operations for SW Riverside County magazine, which included web design production and maintenance, hiring/training of editorial and writing staff, and content editing and publishing mechanisms.

•Designed, and setup the client/server network system including accounting, CRM, documentation management, server and workstation internet and network security software.

Projects Work:

Hyland Labs,

April 2015 – March 2017

Hylands: Took over an Engineering and Maintenance Program with a backlog of 40 projects, either overdue or in various stages of process. We, as a project team, organized a project tracking system, prioritizing high value projects and over two years successfully completed over 30 projects, while continuing to expand the project portfolio.

Maintenance Preventive Maintenance SOP Rewrite

April 2010 – August 2012

Teva Pharmaceuticals- Team leader for a multi-person team that spent over 10,000 man hours over 10 months rewriting all production equipment maintenance SOPs for FDA 483 mandated action. The results were that three major production lines and their packaging line counterparts started on time and a methodology for future SOP rewrites was created for future documentation needs.

ETO Sterilization Process and Equipment

January 1987 – June 1987

Shiley Labs – Performed key roles in validation of production sterilization processes, equipment and automated controls for a division of Pfizer as a result of FDA compliance requirement.

CMMS Program Creation and Implementation

January 1995 – June 1995

CBJ Enterprises – Decreased maintenance downtime on this company’s production process equipment by 30%. I led the team that not only designed, implemented and executed a meaningful preventive maintenance program, but also designed the CMMS software program that scheduled and tracked all maintenance activities.

Garphics One Re-organization

February 1988 – March 1992

Graphics One – As the Ops Manager, I spearheaded the team that re-tooled franchise operations, hiring, training, technical field support functions and site selection and build-out functions, resulting in a successful turnaround for 40 underperforming franchisees.

Computerized Accounting Implementation

April 2007

Blodgett & Assoc. - Implemented a computerized accounting, job estimating, and job tracking program for construction company, which also included the writing of an industry specific operations manual and training for the above software. As a result, the client was able to access to up to the minute data on estimating, job tracking and business and job finances. This decreased the job estimate to job completion to billing time.

Volunteer Work:

January 1997 – August 2008 (11 years 8 months) Practical care and personal counseling for both family and clients for Senior Care/Hospice.

January 2015 – Present: I am a founder of “The Jentium Project”, which is a project that provides new and refurbished computers, educational materials and various other services to disadvantaged individuals seeking to further their education, their careers or their life quality. We are working with local libraries and other county, city and private organizations to identify and service the community needs.

Recent Education:

University of California at Irvine – Project Management Certification

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