Canadian Citizen

United States Green Card Holder

Experience

Process Engineer, Diversey (Division of Sealed Air), London, ON

**/** - *******

. Responsible for supporting daily chemical batch processing including DCS

and PLC support, and for design and implementation of all capital

projects in processing area

. Assisted in start-up of two new production packaging lines and all

upstream process equipment

. Wrote and executed all GMP equipment and cleaning validation protocols

for batch processing area

. Received global Sealed Air Silver Award for leading project to eliminate

processing issues on highest volume product, resulting in 55% increased

efficiency and annual cost savings/avoidance of $180K

Reason for Leaving: Moving back to United States to preserve permanent

resident status

M.Sc Candidate /Sentinelle Medical RF Engineering Intern, London/Toronto,

ON 06/09 - 07/11

. Recipient of industry funded research based graduate internship to

deliver research criteria to meet M.Sc requirements while simultaneously

working on-site for industry partner

. Conducted human and phantom MRI experiments to characterize breast coil

performance; wrote necessary validation documentation for new MRI coils

. Analyzed protocol data to determine statistically significant factors

affecting overall scan quality

Reason for Leaving: Completed Master's program

Six Sigma Project Leader, AOC Resins, Collierville, TN

09/07 - 01/09

. Formally trained in Six Sigma Black Belt responsible for improving

quality of products by identifying and removing sources of variation

leading to defects and streamlining overall processes by identifying and

removing sources of waste. Delivered savings per project in excess of

$100,000.

. Led Black Belt project to reduce cycle time in target capacity area

resulting in five hour reduction (~40%) per batch, increasing annual

capacity by 1.2 million pounds

. Responsible for all documentation and training associated with process

and procedural improvements

Reason for Leaving: Reduction in work force; moved back to Canada to take

care of sick parent

Manufacturing Systems Analyst, AOC Resins, Collierville, TN

01/06 - 09/07

. Reporting to the V.P. of Manufacturing, responsible for improving and

integrating all existing manufacturing systems for six North American

plant sites

. Project manager for design, implementation, training of new $3M custom

manufacturing system; project delivered on time and under budget

. Responsible for prioritizing and directing work activities of multiple

offshore consulting software developers and two in-house developers

Reason for Leaving: Promoted

Process Team Leader, Corning Incorporated, Wilmington, NC

06/04 - 08/05

. Responsible for fulfilling production commitments through direction of

employees, maintenance of priority ware, and resolution of equipment and

labour issues

. Trained and directed as many as fifty subordinates in a high performance

work system environment to achieve and exceed goals on an individual and

team basis; union environment

. Accepted deployment of new processes; supported deployment of Lean

Manufacturing

Reason for Leaving: Spouse (at the time) was transferred; moved with his

job

Production Engineer, Cyro Industries, Osceola, AR

10/02 - 06/04

. Responsible for production and product quality of impact modified and

color compounded acrylic polymer on a newly installed twin-screw extruder

. Increased quality yield by 12% and effective rate by 150%, reduced

downtime by 40% for an overall monthly production increase of 300%;

reduced stored off-spec material levels by 75%

. Implemented all quality and process control systems including customer

limit samples, line capabilities and product specific process control

limits

. Worked with Cyro Technical Group to ensure successful scale-up of

development products

Reason for Leaving: Called back to Corning

Process Engineer, Corning Incorporated, Wilmington, NC

11/00 - 10/02

. Responsible for supporting and maintaining operational status of all

pollution abatement processes and equipment to reduce costs associated

with down time

. Participated in start-up, debugging of new facility and warranty

verification on all unit operations

. Coordinated environmental compliance testing of abatement equipment with

external consultants and manipulated process lineups for optimal

conditions

. Capable of building rapport and fostering mutually beneficial

relationships with others, evidenced by receival of a Division Cash Award

for outstanding group contributions and individual achievements

Reason for Leaving: Massive reduction in workforce across all Corning fiber

optic facilities

Process Engineer, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Huntsville, ON

05/99 - 11/00

. Responsible for troubleshooting and reduction of process variance in the

tissue manufacturing and converting areas

. Coordinated various product improvement trials in manufacturing and

converting

. Worked with several European customers to develop product specifications

and re-engineered existing equipment to manufacture desired product

Reason for Leaving: Better opportunity in the United States

Education

M.Sc (Medical Biophysics)

09/09 - 07/11

University of Western Ontario, London, ON

B.Sc (Chemical Engineering) 09/94 -

05/99

Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Skills

. Computer Skills: Microsoft Suite, Oracle, SQL database, web page design,

SQC Pack, Minitab, Matlab, PLC, Wonderware InTouch, InBatch, statistics

. Technical Writing: appropriations requests, formal technical reports,

material specs, SOPs, capital project proposals, experiment summaries,

procedures, presentations, training manuals, design reviews, scope,

budget, HAZOP, technical presentations, PHA leader

. Lean Manufacturing: Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma, DMAIC, black belt

. GMP: validation, protocols, sanitization, CIP

. Processes - Polymers, resins, specialty chemicals, paper, extrusion,

reactors, moulding, plastic, paper, batch, continuous, packaging, high

speed, manufacturing systems, project management, installation,

commissioning

. Other - contractor management, vendor management, union, LOTO, P&ID's,

PFD's, MSDS, RCA, CAPA, equipment specs, enzymes, multi-tasking

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