Alex Yufa, M.Sc. (Chem. Eng.)

** ******** **., *******, *** 3V1 acvuuw@r.postjobfree.com 647-***-**** https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alexyufa Chemical, Process, Environmental Engineer, with strong record of breakthroughs, and extraordinary business support

CORE COMPETENCIES

DIVERSITY OF EXPERTISE: 20+ years in technology and engineering design of chemical processes and equipment, processes set-up and scale-up, polymers, resins, pigment and dye applications, safety and quality control

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Highly motivated and creative professional experienced in management, development, and execution of projects from idea to implementation. 20+ projects in 3 countries, leading to the construction of 3 industrial plants with the production capacity of up to 600,000 Mtons, managing 16+ employees with budgets over $16M, 100% accountability to budget. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: 10+ chemical processes and 30+ apparatuses were simulated, designed, scaled-up and implemented for 100+ products, including pharmaceutical ingredients. 10+ pilot and 2 semi-industrial plants were designed, assembled and run

QUALITY ASSURANCE: 14+years of approving over 30 raw materials, releasing over 200 types of finished products, strong belief in quality and compliance

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: 20+ years of providing technical analysis and support, 20+ applications projects and chemical products development for existing and new customers, simultaneously running 2 chemical analytical laboratories, supported 8 field trials, preparing 500+ technical reports PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Master Plant-Prod Inc. Brampton, ON 2001-2016

Plant-Prod Ltd (Master Plant-Prod Inc.) is Canada’s largest manufacturer of water soluble fertilizers, sold internationally (http://www.plantprod.com)

R&D and Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

Researched, formulated, developed, improved and tested water soluble, polymer coated fertilizers and organic products for plants treatment, prepared small batches for analysis and field testing

Created physical and analytical testing technologies for water soluble and controlled-release (polymer coated) fertilizers, organic products, liquid and powder polymer dyes, comparison testing protocols against competitors

Implemented quality assurance and process improvement and optimization strategies, to continuously improve cost, productivity and service levels by reducing withheld inventory, finished product and raw material losses, prepared batch records for the manufacturing facility

Executed commercialization programs, start up pilot plants for variety of salts, polymer coated products and polymer dyes in order to optimize novel chemical processing technologies and ensure efficient scale-up

Supervised materials disposition and product complaints, investigated and resolved production deviations, prepared protocols and reports for process validation, root cause analysis

Delivered engineering support and troubleshooting for applications projects: NPK formulation development for existing and new customers, field trial support, product selection and new product qualifications to expand Plant- Prod® portfolio

Implemented and monitored Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in the company, established appropriate contracts, resolve issues and liaised with business partners, laboratories, customers, research organizations, key stakeholders and service providers, applied product knowledge to assist customers in use of dyes and pigments in various fertilizer coloring applications to improve sales. 2

Selected Accomplishments:

o Increased product portfolio from 230 to 320 (39%) WSF, including a unique line of “Plant-Prod Solutions” high efficiency fertilizers, (http://www.plantprod.com/water-soluble-fertilizers/plant-prod-solutions), resulting in an increasing revenue from $14M to $21M (50%) annum o 60+ new liquid and powder polymer dyes were tested and implemented for various types of fertilizers and markers

o 10+ new analytical testing methods and models were developed and implemented for various types of fertilizers

o Accelerated release time for finished goods from 8 hours to 2 hours based on statistical model of the process Rotem Amfert Negev, ICL 1990-2001

Rotem Amfert Negev is a multinational manufacturer of a range of products based on phosphate rock as raw material, such as phosphoric acids, specialty chemicals and phosphate salts

(http://www.iclfertilizers.com/Fertilizers/RotemNegev/Pages/BUHomepage.aspx) Process Engineer/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Provided technical directions for research and technology transfer for novel projects as well as the equipment selection and optimization of chemical and mineral processing plants

Designed new equipment for the chemical and mineral industry, such as reactors, mixers, granulators, fluidized bed apparatus, filters and separators

Managed and executed large-scale engineering programs and projects, such as phosphate and specialty phosphate plants, new technologies of fertilizer, poly-, pyro- and metha-phosphate salts and phosphoric acid production

Involved in all stages of designing and running of pilot plant for Monopotassium Phosphate and Phosphate Salts production

Invented new technology for manufacturing NPK, hold 15 patents

Managed complex multi-disciplinary engineering and analytical projects, start up projects, running pilot and semi- industrial size plants in order to optimize novel chemical technologies for fertilizers, variety of salts, organic and inorganic acids

Developed, reviewed and approved vendor proposals, engineering and validation documents for process equipment and utility systems

Selected Accomplishments:

o 50,000 Mtons per annum of Monopotassium Phosphate (MKP) plant was built as a result of the research. Responsible for day-to-day plant operations and engineering, technical support and developing test functions to challenge the equipment's operating capabilities of the new plant o 600,000 Mtons per annum of improved grade phosphoric acid plant was constructed as a result of involvement in all stages of project, including R&D, developing, optimizing, implementation results and pilot plant running

o 70,000 Mtons per annum of phosphate rock plant was erected as a result of participation in all stages of the project

o 4 pilot and 2 semi-industrial plants were designed, assembled, implemented and analyzed the results of running

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Uzpolymer LLC, Tashkent, USSR 1986-1990

Manufacturer of polymers, polyester resins, custom color compounds and specialty dispersions Engineer

Responsibilities:

Provided engineering support for twin-screw extruder and pelletizer operations, implemented color control for plastics. Have determined raw material and final product quality specifications.

Managed and overseen operations for reactors, production equipment, and quality assurance/control

Managed development and installation of new lab equipment and small scale production extrusion line.

Responsible for implementation of color control for colorants (pigments and dyes) used in PVC compounds for both extrusion and injection molding

Provided technical guidance to sales and marketing effort to develop plastics industry applications. Applied process knowledge to assist customers in use of dyes and pigments in various plastic coloring applications to improve sales. Selected Accomplishments:

o Conducted experiments on polymers and polyester resins that lead to ten new/improved products, increasing company sales/revenue by 18%

o Installed new lab equipment and small scale production extrusion line. EDUCATION

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Tashkent State Technical University, USSR (recognized by U of T) M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal), Tashkent State Technical University, USSR (recognized by U of T) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WHMIS after GHS (Certificate) 2015

WHMIS training, Clark HMR (Certificate) 2002

Project Management, Etgar College (Certificate) 2001 Ecology, Etgar College (Certificate) 2000

AFFILIATIONS

Member of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, Membership No 36534

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