Christopher S. Furman, Ph.D.

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Summary of Qualifications

Experienced and highly qualified Research/Analytical Scientist in Chemistry with over 18 years of experience in researching and developing analytical methods for key pharmaceutical analyses. Highly proficient in performing quality assurance control on laboratory best practices while leveraging R&D experience to consistently achieve goals. Currently pursuing a Scientific Research role which will effectively utilize all skills, abilities, and areas of expertise as follows:

Key Strengths

Research & Development

Project Management

Analytical Method Design

Investigations/Resolution

Manufacturing/cGMP

Laboratory Operations

Process Improvement

Technical Management

Data Collection/Analysis

Raw Material Identification

Quality Assurance Control

Scientific Evaluation

Team Leadership/Training

Conducting Experiments

Material Characterization

Core Competencies & Contributions

Manage and maintain analytical project timelines and provide leadership supporting method development and validation activities. Perform data analyses and present findings and recommendations in both verbal and written formats.

Communicated clearly, both in writing and orally, the results of plant operation investigations to team members and management.

Plan and manage the weekly activities of the analytical R&D support group (2-4 people) to meet established commitments and deadlines.

Hands on laboratory bench work to develop, optimize, and troubleshoot analytical methods.

Acted as a principal investigator in conducting own experiments for analytical project support.

Review and author method validation /qualification/transfer documents in compliance with cGMP, ICH, USP, industry regulations, and company procedures. Author, review and approve operational and maintenance procedures relative to laboratory operations.

Improve and develop analytical methods primarily utilizing DSC, GC, (U)HPLC, ICP, and Wet Chemical methods of analysis.

Analytically characterized small molecules i.e. water-soluble polymeric reagents for application in drug delivery, pharmaceuticals, and process or degradation impurities.

Interface and provide analytical support to manufacturing and development operations. Provide technical support in testing and instrument setup, in troubleshooting methods, method improvement, method development and validation.

Maintain laboratory notebooks; accurately document all necessary and relevant information in a clear concise manner as per cGMPs.

Stayed abreast of the literature pertaining to the assigned area of study and alert colleagues of advances.

Identified R&D applications for capital equipment and assembled expenditure proposals for instrument purchase.

Awards & Honors

GPRD Discovery Award Nomination for Best Research Team (Abbott Laboratories)

Scientist of the Year (SOTY) Nomination for Best Research Team (Abbott Laboratories)

Warren Crummett-Dow Chemical Summer Fellowship

Student Recipient of the Institute of Chemists Foundation Award

Student Recipient of the American Chemical Society Polymer Chemistry Division Award (for excellence in organic chemistry

ACS Chemistry Division Award (for excellence in organic chemistry)

CEO Award of Excellence (Vantage)

Contributed to 1.25 million in Record LC-MS Instrumentation Sales in the Midwest Region (Varian)

Professional Experience

Baxter International Quality Laboratory Associate III November 2016 - Present

Lead ongoing daily departmental activities for areas of direct responsibility including supervision of assigned personnel, and when required assist other Quality areas in the successful performance of these activities.

Manage ICP-MS Project for elemental impurities in finished drug product. Qualify and validate all new instrumentation associated with the project.

Be directly involved in and where appropriate lead multiple process/product improvement projects which may include any of the following - Kaizen and VSM, design of experiments, validations, development of new methodologies and improving existing methodologies, data generation, report development and presentation.

Lead in-plant audit ready status efforts for assigned areas and assist other areas within the facility in understanding FDA, ISO and Baxter quality requirements. Maintain a high level of expertise in current regulatory requirements, and serve as a plant resource for compliance to these requirements

Perform the responsibilities of the Quality Section Manager on an as needed basis

Assists and writes validations for equipment, product changes and computer systems.

Assists with vendor audits/assessments and provides ongoing feedback related to quality issues.

Vantage Specialty Chemicals Central Analytical Services Manager Promoted 2016 – September 2016

R&D Supervisor Promoted 2010 – 2016

Sr. Scientist 2008 – 2010

Led a team of technicians dedicated to supporting Vantage Specialty Chemicals’ understanding of our materials/technologies and how material and chemical properties can be modified to increase product performance.

Responsible for providing analytical support to assure the QUALITY of our key polymers, fats, oils, waxes etc. that are inserted into our customers’ items of everyday, common use; commercial products such as washing detergents, personal care products, cosmetics, common soaps, degreasers, foodstuffs (thickeners and emulsifiers), pharmaceuticals, and medical. Approximately, 40% of our production is sold into areas that require cGMP compliance.

Performed hands-on laboratory bench work to develop, optimize, and troubleshoot analytical methods.

Responsible for improving and developing analytical methods utilizing such as DSC, ICP-OES/MS, HPLC-MS, GC-MS (headspace/VOC and liquid samples), IC, KF, FT-IR, UV-vis, and Wet Chemical methods of analysis for detection of residual elements, active ingredients, and process impurities.

LIMS Experience.

Implemented and maintained a quantitative NIR program that will reduce sample analysis time by 94% and increase quality by 20%.

Developed and maintained an NIR multivariate calibration algorithms and statistical methods of analysis. Upkeep models with Grams/AI and PLSplus Chemometrics Software (v7, Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Developed and applied NIR Spectroscopic Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to model NIR spectral response to chemical or physical properties to reduce product cycle times.

Implemented new process analytical technology (as NIR) in QC, R&D, and Production areas.

Managed activities of all Analytical Projects to assure timely completion to meet manufacturing deadlines.

Abraxis Biosciences/APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sr. Scientist Apr. 2007 – Jul. 2008

Provided technical expertise (analytical and bio-analytical methods development and analysis-cGMP) to the Product Development Department (HPLC-UV/vis, LC/MS, LC/MS/MS, GC, GC/MS, ICP-OES) on injectable pharmaceuticals.

Developed and validated cGMP HPLC methods for protein-bound generic injectable pharmaceuticals.

Addressed FDA Letters of Deficiency with supporting analytical data and experimentation.

Pierce Biotechnologies/Fisher Scientific Sr. Analytical Scientist Sept. 2003 – Jul. 2006

Functioned as Technical Team Lead to Manufacturing, Product Development and QC areas.

Met milestones and launched goals. Performed complex tasks, such as analytical method development and validation (mostly HPLC-MS-MS, HPLC UV/vis, GC-VOC Analysis, ICP-OES) according to ICH guidelines in cGMP setting, data interpretation and project leadership for multiple projects.

Led technical staff that develops assay procedures for (custom nucleotides, amidites, and oligonucleotides) their degradation products and impurities and other components of the drug product for GMP/GLP customers.

Coordinated and/or directed the method transfer of new or revised methodologies from Analytical R&D to Quality Control.

Evaluated new technology, i.e., new analytical methods and equipment and place into current practices.

Supervised/Trained subordinate staff; perform reviews, monitor progress

Assembled an operating budget to Sr. R&D Director.

Kemper Insurance Co./NATLSCO Industrial Hygiene Chemist II Aug. 2002 – Sept. 2003

Develop, establish, and troubleshoot analytical methods (HPLC-UV-vis, HPLC/MS/MS, GC, etc) for key pharmaceutical analytes (in the presence of polypropylene housing & multiple filter types leachables/extractables).

Performed literature searches, instrument calibration (i.e. gas flow meters), report writing, methods development, validation, and methods transfer for air-sampling projects.

Selected outsourcing and contract laboratories to meet customers’ demands for air-borne sampling analysis projects and monitor project progress and deadlines.

Professional Experience (Continued)

Abbott Laboratories (GPRD) Analytical Research Chemist/Investigator Dec. 1997 – Aug. 2002

Provided analytical support for various manufacturing processes (anti-cancer, glycopeptide anti-infectives/antibiotic, anti-AIDS APIs/formulations) in a cGMP/GLP facility.

Developed purity and impurity analytical methods (HPLC/MS, HPLC UV-vis, GC/MS, Near-IR, FTIR, DSC/TGA) for anti-cancer, glycopeptide anti-infectives/antibiotic, anti-AIDS APIs/formulations.

Developed and validated SPE methods to impurities in drug substances (HPLC/MS, HPLC, CZE, GC/MS) for hypotensives, anti-cancer, glycopeptide anti-infectives/antibiotic, anti-AIDS APIs/formulations.

Developed ICP-OES methods for various drug substances for cancer, glycopeptide anti-infectives/antibiotic, AIDS treatment (APIs/formulations).

Contract Experience

Kelly Scientific (Baxter Int.) Research Associate III Aug. 2008 – Nov. 2008

Functioned within the ANALYTICAL VALIDATION and REASSESSMENT, a Temporary Group, within the Medication Delivery Division with Joe Fosco and Rick Hammond.

Assemble validation (Protocols, Reports, Analytical Methodology, Closure Documents, etc.) documents for raw materials and finished hospital products (IVs) for assurance of compliance to FDA audits.

Varian, Inc. LC-MS Specialist Jul. 2006 – Apr. 2007

Provided technical expertise (analytical and bio-analytical methods development, instrument repair) for customers’ request applications (HPLC, LC/MS, LC/MS/MS, GC, GC/MS) to generate sales.

Responsible for the development of rugged methods for unique customer applications (proteins, pesticides, pharmaceuticals/APIs, custom chemicals, etc.). Provided technical expertise to the sales team as needed (Presentations and Analytical/Technical Updates) to support regional sales.

Contributed to sales team to achieve $1.2 Million in LC-MS sales revenues for the 2007 1st quarter.

Additional Skills & Specialties

Provided key structural Identification of unknowns from raw materials, Ethylene oxide derived food and drink additives, Sorbitan esters and their derivatives, APIs synthesis and intermediates; from formulation degradation and packaging stability studies (i.e. container closure, leachable and extractable studies from pharmaceuticals for injection) using:

GPC w/ELSD, Refractometry

Near-IR, FTIR and UV/vis Spectrophotometer

GC and GC-MS

HPLC-UV/vis

Ion Chromatography

CZE/MEKC

ChemStation, Millennium, Empower

Wet Chemistry/Autotitration (Potentiometric, KF)

AA and ICP Spectroscopy

Fluorescence Detection

HPLC-MS-MS (Agilent, Varian, Thermo, ABI)

ISO9001 Trained

Stopped-Flow UV/vis analysis (kinetics analysis)

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Education & Professional Development

Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

G.P.A. 3.51 Of 4.00

Research Director: Dr. Dale W. Margerum

Thesis Title: CZE Methodology and Reaction Kinetics for Bromine and Chlorine Compounds in Water Treatment;

B.S., in Chemistry, Purdue University, Hammond, IN

B.S., in Science, Purdue University, Hammond, IN

G.P.A. 3.51 of 4.00,

Major G.P.A. 3.79 of 4.00

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

10 Week Online Certification Course; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Certification Received in November 2011

Coursework

Fundamentals and Applications of MALDI-TOF/MS

HP/Agilent MS Interpretation Course

LC/MS Training for Agilent and Varian Instrumentation

LC/MS Troubleshooting, ACS Short-course

Six-Sigma, 7-day Short Course

Project Management, 5-day Short Course

Technical Presentations

The Determination of Nitrate, Nitrite, Ferricyanide and Ferrocyanide Ions in Nitroprusside by Capillary Electrophoresis. Part II, Christopher S. Furman, Robert B. Gregory, Carol M McEntegart; HPLC 2000 Meeting, Seattle, WA

The Determination of Nitrate, Nitrite, Ferricyanide and Ferrocyanide Ions in Nitroprusside by Capillary Electrophoresis. Part I, Christopher S. Furman, Robert B. Gregory, Carol M McEntegart; 216th National ACS Meeting, Anaheim, CA

Publications

The Journey from Saving Whales to Sustainable Chemistry. Soraya Rohde; Christine Fouts, Ph.D.; Anna Pavlovic, PhD; Jordan Quinn, Ph.D.; Christopher S. Furman, Ph.D.; Jed Riemer, Ph.D. Personal Care (Asia Pacific), Volume 16(3), May 2015.

Mechanism of Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorate Ion Formation from the Reaction of Br(I) and excess Cl(III). Christopher S. Furman, Dale W. Margerum. Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 4321-4327.

The Determination of Nitrate, Nitrite, Ferricyanide and Ferrocyanide Ions by Capillary Electrophoresis, Christopher S. Furman, Robert B. Gregory, Carol M McEntegart; Abbott Internal Report, July 2002.

Water Chlorination Chemistry of the Reaction Between Chlorine (I) and Bromide Ion: Kinetics and CZE Studies of Species Distribution at pH 6-10. Dale W. Margerum, Christopher S. Furman, Thomas F. Perrone.

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