Lean Manufacturing Product Development

Adam Sarkez

**** **** ** **, ******, Oregon ***** Cell: 541-***-**** **********@*****.***

Career Summary

Production Scientist with over 10 years of manufacturing experience in the biotech industry.

Team Lead for manufacturing department of 12 people, giving technical and strategic guidance.

Committee Lead for site, teaching and implementing LEAN manufacturing practices.

Skills & Abilities

COMMUNICATION

Efficiently troubleshoot shop floor issues with team. Collaborate across departments. Perform presentations for large groups. Routinely organize and facilitate meetings. Analyze and report data and metrics.

LAB PROCESSES

Bead staining, antibody conjugation and purification, distillation, aseptic technique, follow/revise/create SOP’s, BOMs, and routings, administer LEAN manufacturing tools, experimental design, and root cause investigations.

INSTRUMENTATION

Trained in the use of a Flow Cytometer, Fluorometer, FPLC, Quantum Yield device, Fluorescent Microscope, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, and other commonly used instrumentation.

Experience

PRODUCTION SCIENTIST II/TEAM LEAD THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 2009-PRESENT

Fluorescent dye staining and conjugation of polystyrene nanoparticles.

Quantum Dot and Dye antibody conjugation.

Custom product development: Feasibility analysis, creating new SKUs, specifications, SOP’s, BOMs, and routings.

Committee lead: Oversee group supporting 5S and LEAN activities for the site.

Team Leader: Lead biologics and particles manufacturing teams.

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 2006-2009

Primary Responsibility: Production lead for Biokit labeling product line.

Work as part of new product introduction teams to transfer tech from R&D to Operations.

Create and revise production and training documents. Create BOMs, routings, and analyze costs.

SUMMER INTERN MOLECULAR PROBES 2001-2003 (SUMMERS)

Design and perform experiments for developing new products in the area of fluorescence based assays.

Major contributor to paper published in BioTechniques® on the quantitation of biotin covalently attached to proteins and nucleic acids.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY 2006 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Major: Chemistry: Synthesis, instrumental analysis, data analysis, and general lab technique and safety.

Minor: Business Administration: Financial analysis, budgeting, management, and marketing.

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