Biochemical Engineer

SUMMARY

Over ** years in the chemical and construction industries with experience

across all disciplines, from construction, manufacturing and engineering to

strategic planning and sales. Team player with strong leadership skills

and consensus based management style. Willing to travel, wear many hats,

or manage multiple locations and disciplines.

EXPERIENCE

Lazzari Construction, Inc Wilmington, NC 2006 to

Present President

Owner of residential and commercial construction company specializing in

custom, upscale homes and commercial up fits. Responsible for all aspects

of company operation including planning, sales, finance, permitting,

construction and customer service. Achieved annual sales of $2.0MM+.

Invista / KoSa Wilmington, NC 1989 to 2006

Hoechst Celanese Corporation Houston & Corpus Christi, TX

Senior Account Executive (2000 to 2006)

Responsible for major, strategic accounts for the Terate specialty chemical

product line and the Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT) merchant sales business.

Terate sales resulted in increased or new sales volumes representing

30MMppy and $4MM EBITDA annually with an additional 30MMppy potential, an

increase of 25% annual volume. New sales were accomplished through active

development partnerships with potential customers and exploitation of

competitive advantages of product line which improved customer's cost

position through raw material substitution with Terate polyols. Merchant

DMT customers included 3M, GE, DuPont, Kodak and Ticona representing sales

in excess of $160MM annually. DMT volume was increased 70% by leveraging

low cost position and process reliability.

Value Chain Optimization Manager (1998 - 2000)

Responsible for market and economic analysis of the polyester and

substitution product value chains and end use markets. Developed business

line strategies, tactical planning and implementation. Business analysis

and market assessment of Terate polyol business resulted in strategic

redirection from mature-harvest to a growth strategy. Business has doubled

EBITDA contribution since strategy change.

Engineering Services Section Leader (1996 - 1998)

Responsible for a department of up to 15 engineers and the administration

of the global capital budget for the Polyester Resins and Intermediates

business lines. Engineering Services included both process and project

engineering disciplines, responsible for all facets of site capital

projects from design through implementation. Department capital budget

ranged from $6MM to $25MM. Under my direction, department developed and

approved ~40 capital projects representing $104MM. Implementation averaged

$15.5MM in projects with 98% completed under approved funding. Designed

and implemented global capital reporting system for global business

leadership to develop site capital budgets and to monitor, control and

report capital spending of $100MM annually. This system facilitated timely

capital utilization in accordance with the approved business strategies,

enabling the business teams to effectively utilize capital.

Technology Development Group Leader (1993 - 1996)

Responsible for all aspects of Prep Lab and the West Plant facilities,

including the design, construction and validation of the facilities and the

development and operation of processes.

Accomplishments included:

- installed and qualified clean room facility for open handling of Schedule

III compounds

- produced first Schedule III, DEA controlled bulk active with all 14

batches on specification

- re-engineered West Plant facility to bring to cGMP compliance

- designed cost effective glass piping system, enhancing plant flexibility

and productivity

Prep Lab facility was designed for rapid introduction and scale-up of newly

invented chemical, chiral, pharmaceutical intermediates and final bulk

active compounds under cGMP standards. During first year of operation, six

different products were successfully qualified in the Prep Lab, including

Schedule IV controlled substances (Pemoline/Clonazepam) and a Class 2, high

bio-activity compound (Warfarin), meeting the facilities stretch goal.

Given responsibility for DMBB piloting effort when technical and personnel

problems put project goals at risk. Leadership and organization effected

successful achievement of goals, producing required test quantities of

novel monomer as per original project schedule. Results led to transfer

with promotion to Section Leader.

Durel Operations Group Leader (1992 - 1993)

Responsible for daily operation of the polyarylate semi-works plant and

management of piloting resources to achieve unit performance objectives.

Demonstrated 175% of design rated capacity and ability to produce "optical"

grade polymer, meeting project objectives.

Senior Process Engineer (1989 - 1992)

Responsible for start-up and operation of the polyarylate semi-works

facility. Responsible for coordinating development of state-of-the-art

distributed process control system including automation, safety shutdown

system programs and data retrieval. Led engineering development for

process batch feed preparation and pre-polymer reaction, and all unit

modifications.

International Bio-Synthetics, Inc Kingstree, SC 1985

-1989

Process Engineer/Technical Production Manager

Responsible for development and implementation of process maintenance and

improvement plan for fermentation/recovery. Directed daily and project

activities of department staff. Projects included equipment specification,

laboratory design, and justification of fermentation pilot plant.

Production projects included development of process control software for

continuous fermentor feed system. Successful implementation improved

fermentor production capacity 35%. Specified and implemented mass spec off-

gas analyzer for production fermentation, improving analysis accuracy and

control of fermentation processes.

Project work in Recovery resulted in $850K capital project in which

responsibilities included process design and control software development.

Further development and scale-up work resulted in a new product giving a

projected revenue increase of $1.4mm.

GB Fermentation Industries, Inc. Kingstree, SC

1977 - 1981

Process Development Microbiologist

Responsible for development and optimization of enzyme recovery processes.

Project scope included scale-up from laboratory to pilot and production

scales. Implemented first generation detergent protease recovery process

which led to a multi-million dollar facility expansion. In addition, was

responsible for improvements in unit operations. Improved ultrafiltration

capacity 40% while maintaining yields, eliminating need for additional

capacity saving $50K. Spent four months at Gist Brocades' principle

production and research facility in Delft, The Netherlands for scale-up of

proprietary system to immobilize glucose isomerase.

EDUCATION

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

BS - Chemical Engineering

BS - Microbiology

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