Mercyanne C. Andes

Stoneham, MA *****

*** ******** **. **** *** 908-***-**** acdzdz@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Senior Scientist with significant experience in the Life Sciences

industry. Passionate about business operations & strategy, product development and continuous process improvement.

Excels in fast-paced, energetic environments.

Demonstrated strength in inclusiveness and customer focus. Works across disciplines and organizational levels to

develop an understanding of program requirements and processes, drive consensus, build relationships with internal and

external customers, and change direction as necessary to meet challenging customer requirements.

Graduate-level educational experience focused on business operations and strategy; technology innovation and strategy;

systems engineering; statistical methods for process control; risk and reliability assessment; human factor impact on

reliability, ergonomics, and process control; and global strategy and management.

11+ years of progressive experience in the area of Project Management, Product Development, ADME/Toxicology and

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Cell Biology.

Excellent Knowledge of business management, product development and quality strategies - Six Sigma, Validations,

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FMEAs, process mapping, costing and Risk Analysis.

Exceptional communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem resolution skills.

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Employment History

Development Technologist/Core Team Leader October 2012 - Present

Corning Life Sciences – Bedford, MA

Currently managing new product implementation efforts and leading cross functional teams with a focus on

commercialization and time to market strategies.

Drove definition, development and launch phases of two major new products resulting in a worldwide market

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share of 70% in primary human liver products for ADME/Tox applications.

Lead the continuous improvement project that allowed repositioning of existing products, highlighting

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competitive advantages to gain and maintain market share in a highly competitive and shrinking market by

increasing product performance by four fold.

Lead manufacturing process improvements and technology transfer projects.

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Developed material sourcing and procurement strategies in an effort to reduce product cost by 50% – which

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was later incorporated as part of the phase gate design review requirements.

Senior Scientist/Core Team Leader December 2011 – October 2012

Becton Dickinson Discovery Labware – Bedford, MA

Continue to lead cross-functional and business unit project teams by setting the project’s purpose and direction,

defining roles and responsibilities, designing procedures and expectations and most important, building

cooperation and relationships.

Lead a project team through concept, definition and development phases, qualification and launch phases.

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This project team involved two business units and collaboration with an external organization.

Implemented the skills, knowledge and aptitude to engage, influence and direct all functions involved in the

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development of the assigned project.

W orked closely with supply chain to strategize the best approach of shipping a product consisting of

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components which require shipment at different temperatures.

Lead efforts with procurement and legal team to obtain a supply agreement from a direct competitor.

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Screened and selected vendors for key product components that resulted in a $46K yearly savings in

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manufacturing one SKU.

Scientist II/Core Team Leader November 2006 – December 2011

Becton Dickinson Discovery Labware – Woburn, MA

Lead cross-functional project teams in the development, qualification and launch of various products and tools

used in pharmaceutical and biotech companies to predict drug-drug interactions and drug performance.

Mercyanne C. Andes

Stoneham, MA 02180

133 Franklin St. Unit 201 908-***-**** acdzdz@r.postjobfree.com

Increased viability, yield, success rate and functional performance by 4 fold for the human cryopreserved

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hepatocytes project. Responsibilities included project initiation, planning, overseeing project execution,

implementation, identified potential project risks, provided continuing direction to the project team and

coordinated resources to successfully complete the project. Resulted in annual cost savings of $230K.

Developed culture media for $2MM human cryopreserved hepatocytes product line. Established product and

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process specifications. Launched the media at the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics 2010

Annual North American Meeting.

Established an effective training platform for the BD Pathway™ 855 Bioimager, high-content imaging system

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for performing fluorescence-based kinetic and endpoint biological assays.

Performed technical development studies for cell culture plate based products with transiently expressed

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transporter genes. Worked with Legal and finalized all background work (literature, IP etc).

Introduced automatic cell counting in place of manual counting. Resulted in time savings of 80%.

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Collaborated with Marketing on various new product initiatives. Developed VOC questionnaire, identified

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customers and conducted VOC. Implemented new lot release strategy which improved the availability of

information to the customer.

Research Associate December 2005 – November 2006

Becton Dickinson Discovery Labware – Woburn, MA

Developed novel in vitro high content screening (HCS) assays in the area of ADME, Toxicology and Cyto-Toxicity.

Assisted with product and application development. Responsibilities include troubleshooting and validation of cell-

based assays using a HCS bio-imaging platform, cell culture maintenance, sample preparation for bio-imaging and

primary cell isolation.

Served as the R&D Core Team Member for the development and launch of the Micronucleus (MN) Assay

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Imaging Kit by developing QC assay, product and process acceptance criteria, supported software

development with manual counts; developed SOPs and technical data sheets, validated kit, trained

Operations and established MRP data for the MN Kit and its accompanying components.

Acted as consultant during the transition of an acquired business, Tissue Transformation Technologies, Inc.

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(T-Cubed) by providing support such as interpreting work orders, batch records, donor demographic forms

and COAs for the T-Cubed products.

Completed technical evaluation of Capsant HiSpot Technology by conducting preliminary experiments which

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compared 2D culture and Hi-Spots for enzymatic activity using HPLC methods and viability.

Screened compounds for customers to help drive consumable and BD Pathway™ 855 Bioimager sales.

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Research Scientist March 2002 – November 2005

Tissue Transformation Technologies, Inc. (T-Cubed) – Edison, NJ

Supervised cell biology and bioanalytical laboratories; assisted in production and characterization of a wide variety

of biological reagents derived from human and animal tissues. Provided technical and operational expertise for

resolving simple to complex problems.

As laboratory supervisor:

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Trained laboratory staff on SOPs and monitored for compliance to system.

Scheduled technical staff for 24/7 on-call availability in addition to a regular work schedule

Supervised a team of lab technicians, who dealt with sample handling, processing, storage, inventory

control and shipment/transfers

Trained new personnel on cell culture methods including media preparation, seeding, and feeding

Provided day-to-day support for processing activities, coordinating interactions and services from

other groups internal and external to the production area.

Measured and appraised lab technician’s performance against job duties and objectives. Provided

performance feedback. Recommended merit increases, promotions, hires and terminations.

Provided support for purchasing and maintenance of inventory of laboratory supplies

Responsible for activities required for successful production of finished goods

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Updated management regularly with regards to the status of operations, safety and maintenance issues.

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Represented T-Cubed on the Supplier Quality Management Team and Medical Emergency Response Team.

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Verified and co-signed Certificates of Analysis for finished goods prior to product release.

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Followed up on issues involving documentation, sample handling and labeling

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Mercyanne C. Andes

Stoneham, MA 02180

133 Franklin St. Unit 201 908-***-**** acdzdz@r.postjobfree.com

Organ Placement Coordinator March 2005 – October 2005

International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM) – Edison, NJ

Provided prompt, efficient, accurate placement of organs and tissues for research so that no organ is wasted.

Screened human organ referrals from Organ Procurement Organizations according to company guidelines.

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Gathered donor information and offered organs to research establishments via established protocols.

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Made necessary arrangements for the transport of organs to the appropriate research facility.

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Education and Training

B.S. Biotechnology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, May 2002

Professional Project Manager (PMP)® Credential, Project Management Institute, August 2011

M.S. Engineering Management, Tufts University, 2013

● Engineering Management program focused on business operations & strategy, technology innovation &

strategy, systems engineering & process control, and global strategy & management. Program consists of

coursework and 3 projects, as described below.

Business Strategy – 2011: Consulted with Black Earth Haulers and developed a business and

technology strategy to improve current processes and expand market reach.

Practicum Experience – 2012: Sustainable Minds: Provided Life Cycle Assessment consulting services

and solutions to a sound systems company by benchmarking competitor environmental performance.

Published two-part blog postings describing practicum experience with designing sustainable

products. Part 1 – Tufts Masters Practicum Project: Professional engineers get real world, hands-on

product sustainability experience (http://www.sustainableminds.com/industry-blog/tufts-masters-

practicum-project-part1). Part 2 – Tufts Masters Practicum Project: Chieco (Chic + Eco) = A design

philosophy that makes products sell like crazy! (http://www.sustainableminds.com/industry-

blog/tufts-masters-practicum-project-part2)

Individual Leadership Project – 2013: Developed market analysis and business case for alternative

primary human hepatocyte In Vitro models for human drug metabolism studies. This involved

conducting Voice of Customer interviews with key opinion leaders in academia (Tufts Medical School

and Massachusetts Institute of Technology), contract research organization (Cyprotex) and

pharmaceutical companies (Bristol-Myers Squib, Merck, Sanofi, Biogen-Idec and AstraZeneca).

Continuing Education from BD University (Becton Dickinson & Company)

- Global marketing Powerhouse Core Team Leader Training, June 2011

- Validation Toolkit Training, September 2010

- Foundations of Negotiating, June 2010

- Leadership Training – Organizational Savvy, May 2010

- Protecting and Commercializing Innovation, March 2010

- Planning and Leading Projects, June 2009

- Design for Six Sigma, July 2008 - February 2009

- Core Team Leader Bootcamp, December 2008

- Project Management Methods & Applying Project Pro/Server, February 2007

Continuing Education from Tissue Transformation Technologies, Inc.

- How to Handle Difficult People, March 2004

Continuing Education from Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center, Inc.,

- Secrets of Successful Technical Writing, September 2003

- Business Presentation Skills, September 2003

Publications

- International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) 2010 Annual North American Meeting: Development and

Validation of a Novel Post-Thaw Recovery Media for Human Cryopreserved Hepatocytes, Jie Wang, Rongjun

Zuo, Haiyan Xia, Sweta N. Parikh, Mercyanne Andes, Charles L. Crespi and Christopher J. Patten

- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2010 Annnual Meeting and Exposition: A Novel Post-Thaw

Recovery Media for Human Cryopreserved Hepatocytes, Jie Wang, Rongjun Zuo, Haiyan Xia, Sweta N. Parikh,

Mercyanne Andes, Charles L. Crespi and Christopher J. Patten

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