Engineer Project Manager

Matthew Darrah PE ME 530-***-****

Davis, CA. ****8

**********@*****.***

Work Experience:

• Staff Equipment Engineer Alza corporations, a Johnson & Johnson Company: June

**** – Present

• Lead equipment technical team for new product expansion-

o Scope of responsibilities included VSM and capacity driven equipment requirements, scope

and budgeting of new, used, and existing equipment. Initiation fo engineering design,

calculations, funding details, milestone and detail scheduling, procurement, and resourcing

strategies. Recruiting and technical oversight of in house, and contract resources during the

project.

o Completed the delivery of 2 used, 1 fully refurbished, and 2 redesigned equipment units,

along with SME support of other projects that were led by other team members.

o Projects included, P&ID review, URS, RFQs, Bid packages, Functional Specification,

Software Design Specifications, Data sheets and installation isometrics. Responsible for

technical support through full qualification- IQ, OQ, PQ and PV execution.

o Full production Turn Over Package, along with developing and delivering new equipment

process and equipment training classes. Day to day field support during successful product

launch

• Supported Site computer systems risk assessment for all

factory systems. Directly responded to assessors, provided evidence, and current system state support.

Coordinated cross functional response plan, and wrote, reviewed, or implemented actions in my area.

Examples included disaster recovery, obsolescence planning and GMP backup and recovery plans.

• Lean flow facilities design lead for new washroom and new

compression suite. Hosted process mapping through design drawings. Site contact for daily

construction contractors and job walks.

• Extensive oversight and control of contractors for site

expansion and capital projects

• Coordinated Technical team for recruiting, training and

managing expanding coop program.

• Define and implement the OSi-Pi data collection system by

benchmarking with corporate strategy and leveraging Center Of Excellence practices. Evaluated the

equipment for equipment OPC connections, planned, budgeted and completed the connection of first

phase equipment. Tested and modified networking parameters and hardware.

• Specified site standard for modern HMI interfaces. B & R

automation PC’s have been deployed with great reliability throughout our site in both TMG and Solids

as our automation standard.

• Interim Supervisor for Tech Services 4 months

• Electronic batch record design- Performed extensive Quality

Parameter and current SOP configuration for coating area, compression area, and granulation. Lead

Kaizen style meetings with key partners in quality, operations, and process engineering to design our

electronic batch reports for ease of use, understanding and process flow that matches both the written

MBR and the work flow itself.

• Leader of site reliability plan for 2011, key deliverables

included asset care program for the Solids business unit, lifecycle asset replacement strategies and

capital planning, 5S principles, documented quality job plans and incorporating key GMP practices into

periodic cross functional area reviews..

Matthew Darrah PE ME 530-***-****

Davis, CA. 95618

**********@*****.***

• Shutdown Coordinator for site facilities and equipment

shutdown 2008.

• Day to day support of factory and facilities equipment control

systems, including, on-call and off hour phone support and on-site response. Passwords administration,

system backup and recovery. Hardware system troubleshooting and repair of PLC and Windows based

control systems.

• Control system failure investigations for Windows,

Honeywell, Allen Bradley and other OEM custom control modules. Complete the initial review,

coordination of cross functional conversations for risk, bracketing, recovery, root cause, and CAPA

write-ups.

• Write and execute test plans for the validation of equipment

control system upgrades relating and membrane coating. Protocols include FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ.

Staff Equipment Engineer NEC Electronics: June 1996 – June, 2007:

• Lead group for major factory upgrade. Supported technical and logistics for over 25 capital system

installations, while being sole install and qualification engineer for 10.

o Verified operation image with production and process, defining layout to achieve

maintainability and safety requirements.

o Defined, purchased, and performed upgrades for refurbishment and enhanced process

capabilities. Customized front end handling systems and MES communication protocol

configuration and testing.

o Defined all facilities and startup protocols for process validation. Including detailed start

up schedule and plan for verifying tool process performance.

o All systems in mass production and factory start up was successful.

o 24 direct contractors reports and over 100 sub-contractors reported to the I lead projects.

• Lead area engineer during site lean transformation to integrated Toyota parts supplier.

• Lead the area lean OEE team for full factory OEE evaluation. Attended week long OEE intensive

training, performed OEE model generation and data review.

• External Supplier auditor for process parts cleaning. Audited existing suppliers and potential

suppliers for process control, technology status, material flow and contamination control. Founded

relationship with new supplier that reduced part defects and increased process performance with

new cleaning practices.

• Revolutionary chemical resistant seals champion. Negotiated evaluation agreement and

coordinated the inter-departmental team to test and determine best suppler for our applications.

Solution was adopted corporate wide.

• Initiated Predictive Failure scheduled maintenance for all dry vacuum pumps.

o Initiated and managed data collection programs for over 300 systems in our factory.

o Using the data collected, determined standard operating conditions and set parameter based

PM criteria that reduced operating costs by over $2 million per year.

• Initiated and managed multi-department inventory reduction project saving over $500K in five

months. Project included usage projections, cost benefit analysis and future production usage

considerations.

• Project Manager for next generation high-density plasma system installation. ($3.5 million

equipment and $750K facilities installation investment)

o Negotiated and specified logistic and technical purchase details, including cost reductions

and support contract details.

Matthew Darrah PE ME 530-***-****

Davis, CA. 95618

**********@*****.***

o Led scope definition, scheduling of vendor sales team, electrical contractors, plumbing

contractors, gas piping contractors, general construction contactors, vendor technicians, and

vendor process engineers.

o Defined and organized 24/7 start-up scheduling, and achieved production release ahead of

schedule.

Training & Skills:

Awards:

Johnson & Johnson Standard of Leadership award for Leading the successful site shutdown, major PM’s and

production recovery in 2008-2009

Global Collaboration Award for 2011 contributions to the World Wide roll out of Multi-tip tooling

Platinum Encore Awards for Concerta product supply chain problem resolution and other activities.

Specialized Skills

Control Logix programming, ProModel capacity and lean flow software

OSo-Pi Administrator Training

CMMS system administrator for parts and work order control

Windows server 2000, XP and 7 configuration and integration to OPC Control systems.

SPC control methods, Six Sigma control, and Black Belt project exectution(Project completed, job

responsibility shift did not allow for certification)

8 waste and 5S trainer and extensive Kaisen, value stream and process mapping facilitation.

Versed in Japanese communication and culture.

iFix, Wonderware and Allen Bradley equipment integration, upgrades, and purchase experience.

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Trackwise, Ariba, Maximo, MS office Suite and ACAD

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Education:

1990 - 1992 University of California San Diego

1992 - 1996 University of California Davis (BS ME 1996)

1998 - 1999 Stanford University (Graduate level coursework)

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