Thomas W Anderson
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Core strengths:
• Extensive experience in the Biopharmaceuticals Industry.
• P&ID’s (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) Working Knowledge SOP,s, cGMP.
• Cell Culture, Pilot Plant, Inoculation area, Glass wash, Media and Buffer Prep.
• Safety Compliance, Engineering Support,Validation skills
• Aseptic technique, Bio Safety cabinets, Laminar flow hoods, Autoclaves, Drying Oven’s, Homogenizer, UF skid
• Millipore filter press, centrifuge
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Unicorn, Lims, Delta V,YSI, BGA, pH & Cond. Meter, Scales, Cell Counting
Experience:
Lonza Biologics Inc. Hopkinton, Ma 01748 May 13, 2013 to Sept 27 2013
Manufacturing Technician (Contract Worker)
• Gowning
• Clean Room
• Scales, pH/Cond meters, Filter integrity Tester,
• Wrapped items for Autoclaving, Depyrogenation
• Hand wash of equipment, CIP, SIP
• Preparation of small scale solutions/Buffers.
• Aseptic processing of small scale solutions.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Smithfield, RI February 12, 2007 to March 6, 2012
Manufacturing Associate III, in Cell Culture
• Vessels sizes worked with, 200L, 1500L, 10,000L
• Wrote new SOP’s using the P&ID’s (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) and manuals for equipment.
• Assisted in the IQ, OQ, PQ validation of all Cell Culture equipment and process during start-up of facility.
• Started producing batches for conformance qualification for the FDA
• maintains clean room environment to comply with regulatory requirements
• Performed Decontamination of vessels as necessary.
• Performed CIP (clean in place), Pressure Holds, SIP (Steam in Place) of Bioreactors and Vessels.
• Performed daily samples of vessels using Nova sampling device, Nova Bio profile, Nova 100 testing unit,
manual cell counts.
• Aseptically work in the Inoculation area for cell scale up to 15L spinners.
• Performed large scale media transfers/filtration. Glucose and antifoam additions
• Performed Inoculated of 200L seed reactor from 20L spinner flasks.
• Performed harvest of the 10,000L reactors utilizing Centrifuge, Millipore filter skid and Ultrafiltration unit.
• Supported activities in the Pilot plant 200L reactor working out feed strategies for the Main suit and also batches
of new products for testing and patient trials.
• Assisted in Validation using Thermocouple placement, Biological indicators, rinse samples and spray ball
challenge.
• Initiate work orders Lims system.
• Participated on the safety committee and performed inspections of areas.
Abbott Bio-Research Center Worcester, MA 01605-4312 May 9, 2005 to February, 2 2007
Sr. Manufacturing Fermentation Tech I
• Vessels sizes worked with, 200L, 3000L, 10,000L
• Responsible for manufacturing of clinical and commercial products.
• Operated equipment such as bioreactors, centrifuges, filtration devices, chromatography equipment, washers
and autoclaves.
• Aseptic sampling of the USP water system Weighs and checks raw materials.
• Performed Harvest utilizing UF Skid, chromatography skid and cuno filters.
• Completes production records and maintains clean room environment to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Initiate Deviations from standard practices.
• Summit samples using Lims system
Amgen, Inc. West Greenwich, R.I. November 2001 to July 2004
Manufacturing Associate II in Buffer and Media Preparations
• Vessels sizes worked with, 200L, 3000L, 20,000L
• Advanced rapidly through positions of increasing responsibility and charged with the support of a production
team for this leading biotechnology company focused on the development of human therapeutics.
• Specific responsibilities include hands-on operations, setting-up, CIP, SIP and preparing media and buffers per
procedures.
• Define and coordinate daily buffer-prep work assignments in accordance with production deadlines while
assuming stand-in management responsibilities during supervisor’s absences.