Project Management

Brian D'Eon

Chelmsford, MA

978-***-**** ***********@*******.***

SUMMARY

Conscientious, resourceful Technology Management professional with over 16 years of comprehensive experience in a multi-site global environment. Expertise in business systems and principles as applied to project management, quality, and operations. Adaptable team player who achieves strategic goals by building strong links among key players.

SKILLS

SAP, Trackwise, Concur

Instrumentation

New Product Introduction (NPI) Project Management, WBS

Process and Root Cause Analysis

Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, MiniTab

Flow Cytometry I FACS, Tissue Culture

Transfer to Manufacturing

Lean: Kaizen, 5S, Continuous Improvement

ELISA I Immunoassay

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bedford, MA 1998-2015

Project Team Lead, 2008-2015

Directed cross-functional teams through new product introduction stage-gate review process. Contributed to numerous continuous improvement efforts involving key business processes.

Launched a strategically vital reagent into Production.

• Designed and released Formulation, Stability, Quality Control (QC), Standard Operating

Procedures (SOP) and specifications into SAP.

• Directed the Operations' personnel through scheduling and training.

• Coordinated and drove pilot batches through value chain.

Launched an influenza drug susceptibility assay kit in response to public health agencies' requirements for a standard.

• Facilitated adoption of kit by the Centers for Disease Control and similar entities.

• Drove multi-site troubleshooting effort involving contract manufacturing firm.

• Established a formal process that eliminated the main flaw in a key raw material, allowing for sourcing based on lowest cost.

Directed the launch of a next-generation catalogue product.

• Established relationships with colleagues at other sites to create an effective team for on-time commercialization.

• Streamlined time-to-market and lowered production costs for products in this sales channel.

Interacted extensively with key OEM diagnostic immunoassay/ELISA customer as the main technical point-of-contact providing co-development resources and support.

• Established strong communication channel enabling effective solutions to troubleshooting efforts.

• Developed and performed QC assay allowing for on-time delivery of $300,000 annually.

Led Operations on new product launches

• Wrote, released, and trained appropriate manufacturing personnel on SOPs for both

Formulation and QC processes.

• Developed and released raw material and Work-in-Process specifications.

• Uploaded part number/Bill of Material data into ERP system.

• Managed activities of direct report for 3 years.

Acquired expertise in business systems

• Provided accurate cost analyses to support pricing efforts by Product Management.

• Learned how SAP functioned, which helped to streamline planning and scheduling.

• Overhauled document release process as part of a joint team, reducing time required to revise documents and parts into SAP by 50%.

Contributed to a Verification/Validation Community of Practice as the Bedford site representative.

• Became proficient at DR system by resolving numerous discrepancies I CAPASI Investigations.

• Contributed to FMEA risk analyses.

Senior Scientist, 2005-2008

Led Operations in several product development initiatives.

• Contributed as Bedford representative to a major effort to expedite commercial release through a lean Design Control documentation portfolio; reduced documentation by more than 75%.

• Developed, released, and trained Production personnel on techniques, including a more robust pH measurement, which was further incorporated into other product lines.

• Delivered on time and to specification a new formulation for an OEM diagnostic immunoassay/ELISA customer.

Scientist 2, 2001-2005

• Led consumables development in Bedford for microarray platform (multi-site project).

• Developed and commercialized consumables product line for joint venture Surface

Plasmon Resonance instrument platform.

• Developed and commercialized consumable product lines for Mass Spectrophotometer instrument platforms.

Research Associate, 1998-2001

•Developed chemiluminescent products for commercialization.

• Developed testing and manufacturing processes for a luminometer & software platform.

EDUCATION I TRAINING

Master of Business Administration: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Bachelor of Science, Biology (major); Community Health (non-degree program) Tufts University, Medford, MA

Six Sigma Process Improvement Certificate; Fundamentals of Project Management

Certificate; Microsoft Project Certificate Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Selected graduate-level coursework: Immunology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Neurology

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