Quality Control Assurance
Resume:
ROBERT A. HART
DeKalb, IL ****5
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
A position in which, analysis, communication, independence, and planning abilities are directed towards personal and organizational growth.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Exelon Nuclear, Marseilles, IL
Chemistry Technician: 05/08- 05/16. Responsible for timely sampling, testing, and trending of data using: HPLC, TOC, Karl-Fisher Titration, XRF, ICP/MS, and Wet Chemical Analysis methods:
Responsible for reporting all out of specification (OOS) sampling data results to nuclear operations and chemistry management.
Responsible the timely radiological and environmental sampling of plant systems including monitoring/calibration of in plant dissolved Dissolved Oxygen/Hydrogen (DO2/DH2) monitors.
Responsible for maintaining and controlling radiological contamination safety on a daily basis
Accurate and complete record keeping and general lab housekeeping.
Responsible for training of new personnel on all laboratory equipment and procedures.
Hollister-Stier Laboratories, Spokane, WA
Raw Material Supervisor: 6/06-04/08. Responsible for the oversight, direction, and guidance needed to supervise the daily operations of the raw material group of the Analytical Quality Control (AQC) Laboratory:
Provide the oversight, direction, and guidance needed to supervise the daily operations of the raw material group of the Analytical Quality Control (AQC) Laboratory.
Review (gapping) of raw material SOPs for compliance with USP/EP/JP testing procedure.
Provide input and review for all analytical method qualification protocols and acceptance reports for new raw materials per compendial requirements.
Lead and complete unexpected results investigations (OOS) for all products tested per SOP ensuring all corrective actions are implemented per police.
Planning and prioritizing raw material testing to meet production demands.
Continuous self improvement by working periodically on the bench to keep abreast of current compendia testing procedures and demands.
Review of all raw material testing data for accuracy and completeness. Review of qualification protocol and acceptance reports for new raw material qualification (verification).
Compuworm, Inc Dekalb, IL
Computer Based Small Business Operator: 05/03- 5/06. Owned and operated, CompuWorm, a computer training and educational services oriented company.
Abbott Laboratories, Lake County, IL
Laboratory Supervisor: 2/00-4/03. Responsible for laboratory management and Safety/Bio-Safety compliance including:
Administer laboratory personnel assuring they understand duties and responsibilities, provide direction, give feedback to lab personnel, assist with performance evaluations, and growth development.
Supervisors’ interview and select new lab personnel, assist in promotions, as well as transfers, and training and safety of all chemists and non-lab personnel in the lab.
Supervisors are responsible for the timely decisions for Out of Specification (OOS) tests and testing equipment conditions. As well as troubleshooting problems and finding cost efficient and logical solutions.
Assure compliance to Regulations, Lab Methods, Policies and Procedures. Oversee the accuracy of all test results, and lab documentation required to support Cleaning Validation testing.
Responsible for Lab Method, GMP, Safety/Bio-safety audits. No major compliance issues filed for lab 2001-2003.
Assure instrumentation calibrations using computer bases Electronic Calibrations Request Systems, and Qualification of new and existing equipment through EOP, STP, and IQ/OQ (Installation Qualification and Operational Qualification) protocols
Conduct characterization research for equipment qualification and new test methods, data workup, special projects for work used in Abbott’s Cleaning Validation Master Plan and weekly data presentations.
Established and Maintain 21 CFR Part 11 compliance (Electronic Record and Electronic Signature) for all computer operated lab equipment (UV/VIS Spectrophotometer and Total Organic Carbon Analyzers) for FDA requirements.
Background with: wet chemistry, analytical techniques, test method development, and statistical techniques.
Participation in Abbott’s yearly Technology Exchange Fair and presented Abstracts on: New Swabbing Techniques (2001), and Factors Influencing Hard to Clean Worse Case Proteins (2002) for Cleaning Validations.
Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Chicago, IL
Assistant Chemist: 1/97-9/99. Responsible for new Thermal Control Coatings Formulations, lab and new project coordination:
New thermal control coating formulation, and testing by: Emittance and Solar Absorption for certification.
New Project coordination (Sandia and Lockheed Martin Vought Systems) with team members for faster projects turn-around-time.
Innovated computerization of new projects and all shipping concerns. This increased turn-around time of processing new projects and shipping.
Iso9001 and (CP) 2 certification audits and creation of compliance / requirement materials and update of the same.
Helene Curtis, Inc. Chicago, IL
Quality Control Chemist: 1/95-10/96. Responsible for product testing by using: Atomic Absorption, GC, Karl-Fisher Titration, XRF and Wet Chemical Analysis:
Responsible for bulk raw material audits by Potentiometer Titration.
Support Manufacturing Chemist for all skin lotions products. This stopped several glass-tainted 3000-pound batches of skin lotion product from reaching the consumer.
Testing for quality assurance of In-process and finished products by: UV/Vis Spectrophotometry, Potentiometer titration, and Viscosity.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Professional Chemistry, 1993
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.
A.S. in General Science, 1991
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois
PUBLICATIONS:
Russell, A.A.; Doughty, D.H.; Ballantine, D.S., Jr.; Hart, R. Electrochemical Society Symp.Proc.Chem.Sensors II 1993 Vol. 93-7, 732.
Ballantine, D.S., Jr.; Hart, R.; Frequency and Attenuation Response of Acoustic Plate Mode Devices Coated with Porous Oxide Films
Analytical Chemistry 1994, Vol. 66, 3108-3116
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