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GARY A. ECK, PE

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SUMMARY

Technical engineering manager with 30 years of experience in highly

regulated industries with a reputation for autonomously saving troubled

and/or complicated high visibility and unique projects, varying from

studies to very large construction projects, and situations by setting

priorities and reorganizing efforts resulting in the surpassing of

expectations. Proven flexible and adaptable management of technical

individuals and proven engineering expertise. Experienced to operate

simultaneously in both line and staff positions in facilities management,

pharmaceutical operations (including commissioning, qualification and/or

validation) and construction. Ability to resolve difficult situations even

under adverse conditions. Extremely people oriented while fully engaging

Situational Leadership but capable of making the tough human resources

decisions if necessary. A strong communicator with high initiative in

regards to being a self starter. Embraces a high value of character with a

high degree of ethical behavior and integrity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HALO PHARMACEUTICAL, Whippany, NJ

04/2009 - Present

Director of Engineering, Reporting to Vice President of Operations

Leader/manager of Engineering, EH&S, Maintenance and Boiler Room Operations

. Providing significant technical assistance for this startup contract

manufacturing company located in a DEA regulated facility including:

o Budgeting

o Engineering

o Organizational construct

o Technical analysis of potential new customers' products and/or

processes

o Leading/mentoring 10 technical individuals

o Team member during a recent successful completion of an FDA audit

(3 inspectors, 4 days, 0 483's)

o Establishing vendor management policies/criterion

GAECO LLC, Fairfield, NJ

04/2007 - 04/2009

President

Specializing in Engineering, Technical Management, Consulting and General

Contracting.

. Owner's Representative for construction projects of ~$300 mil and $42 mil

for a manufacturer of hospital care products located in Allentown,

Pennsylvania. Accomplishments include the following: (Note: the $300 mil

project was officially cancelled on February 29, 2008)

o Approval by water utility for city water supply.

o Conceptual approval by Pennsylvania Power & Light for supply of

increased power supply (from < 5 megawatts to 10-20 megawatts).

o Construct preliminary commissioning/qualification/validation plan.

o Approval for building height variance (from 50 feet to 110 feet) by

Township Zoning Hearing Board.

o Conceptual approval by gas supplier for natural gas supply.

o Negotiating options for handling sewage outflow quantities and

quality.

o Reviewed all Construction Management (CM) proposals, held

interviewing sessions and generated preliminary CM vendor selection

recommendation.

o Approval by city fire department for building height increase.

o Approval by Lehigh Valley International Airport for building height

increase.

o Preliminary approval by Lehigh Valley Industrial Park for building

height increase.

o Geotechnical and geophysical site investigations.

o Generated Request For Proposal for demolition of 312,000 square

foot building including the handling of hazardous materials.

o Brought the cost-to-complete of the $42 mil project back to $44

mil. Prior to my involvement this project cost-to-complete had

ballooned to $52 mil.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON/PFIZER INC., Morris Plains, NJ

10/2001 - 04/2007

Dir., Project Management & Facility Planning, Reporting to the Sr.

Director, Facility Solutions

Responsibilities include management of the Engineering Project Management,

Space Planning and MAC (Moves/Adds/Changes) groups totaling 19 individuals.

Major accomplishments include the following:

. Restructured/reorganized the entire department as the entering director

for the above groups. Accomplished despite the existence of 3 different

corporate cultures. Hard and difficult human resources decisions were

made for some existing colleagues. Within 5 months the department was

successfully restructured and properly sourced to handle all assigned

projects/tasks including a $15 mil per year capital budget.

. Spearheaded the Project Management and Space Planning team for the $450

mil expansion project to perform the enormous task of site selection for

all of New Jersey including the Pfizer New York headquarters population

due to the unforeseen acquisition of Pharmacia. Seven (7) sites and

approximately 10,000 colleagues and contract personnel were included in

the analysis. Simultaneous tasks performed included the various site

analysis (Master Planning, 9 months) demographics studies (8 months),

construction and commissioning planning (12 months) and construction

(anticipated to be 4 years). The Morris Plains site was selected to be

the main Pfizer NJ site. Site is being increased from 1.3 mil sq. ft. to

2.2 mil sq. ft. All activities were successfully completed by this team

on time and construction is currently in progress. Other highlights of

this entire effort include:

o Finalization of the JCP&L electrical and other utility contracts

thereby allowing significant additional new building square

footage.

o Partnered with Morris Plains Township officials significantly

modifying the Zoning Code allowing substantially enhanced new

construction on the site. Major modifications resulted in

significant cost reductions and/or better utilization of

Pfizer's resources. Entire section write-ups of the new zoning

code were provided by this group allowing construction to be

built to meet the significant company needs.

o Company liaison for neighbors affected by the Master Plan

construction with overall very high neighbor satisfaction

despite the significant impact of construction.

. As a "line" Project Manager the following projects were successfully

completed:

o B201 Renovation Project-$32mil. Assumed responsibility for this

troubled project midway through the renovation. Successfully and

expediently reconstructed the project's entire administrative

process to conform to appropriate company standards,

commissioning guidelines, policies and procedures (Sarbanes-

Oxley). Resumed on a fast track basis renovation work to 75% of

the project scope. Project was terminated with the acquisition

by JNJ.

o Morris Plains Site Separation Projects, Voice Communications-

$1.2 mil and Security-$1 mil. These projects had to be delivered

on a fast track basis to be ready for the finalization of the

JNJ acquisition of the Pfizer Consumer Health Care division.

Inception to completion time allowed was only 6 weeks and 4

weeks respectfully. These projects were brought to acceptable

completion in these highly constrained time frames.

KNOLL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., Mount Olive, NJ

10/1986 - 7/2001

Dir., Facilities Management, Projects and Cap. Planning Reporting to VP of

Mfg.

. Head of Knoll Pharmaceutical corporate (United States and Puerto Rico)

engineering, a highly decentralized organization with strict frugal

fiscal management a high priority. Required to deal worldwide for

capital funding. With extreme "time-to-market" timelines directed the

following projects:

o $27 million encapsulation plant expansion in Puerto Rico

. Location investigation for solid dosage manufacturing

o Performed "deep-dive" investigations into corporate (BASF)

allocations, and consequently reduced corporate allocations to

the business unit by $2 million.

o Managed/directed an annual $15 million capital budget for 5

sites in the United States and Puerto Rico.

o With 2 weeks notice, successfully launched User Acceptance

Testing of SAP R/3 for the logistics team encompassing 5 sites

within and outside the USA mainland.

. 13 years as leader /manager of Engineering, EH&S, Validation, Maintenance

and Custodial Departments totaling 25 people at the Whippany

manufacturing and laboratory site.

. As a "line" Project Manager, managed the following projects all of which

were successfully completed given stringent "time-to-market"

requirements:

o Project manager for a $1.2 million distribution warehouse

o Project manager and project engineer for a $1.0 million vault.

o Project Manager for $4 million R & D Laboratory renovation

o Project Manager for the design and installation of $5 million

sterile fill area.

THOMAS J. LIPTON, INC., Englewood Cliffs, NJ

10/1981 - 10/1986

Project and Facilities Engineer

THE ARWOOD CORPORATION, Rockleigh, NJ

9/1976 - 9/1981

Project and Facilities Engineer

ATLAS COPCO, INC., Wayne, NJ

2/1976 - 8/1976

Product Specialist

US NAVAL AIR (Reserve)

Antisubmarine Warfare Operator/Rescue, rotary wing

6/1969 - 6/1975

Active - June 1969 to June 1970

LICENSES

. Professional Engineer in the States of: NJ, NY, PA, VA, and TX

. Construction Official in the State of New Jersey.

. Certified Energy Manager (CEM) (currently inactive)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey

MBA in Industrial Management, May 1980

. Newark College of Engineering (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey

BS in Mechanical Engineering, May, 1975

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