Westly Garcia

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Summary

-Expanding career in a top Fortune 1 company to broaden skillset and fully understand the critical supply chain industry that can be applied in any business.

-4 years of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing management-oriented experience in Production Process Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering.

-Conceptualized, created, and implemented Lean Manufacturing-oriented systems designed to improve the Production team collaboration & efficiency.

-Built, improved, and led production in an effort to maximize overall efficiency by extensively working cross- functionally in a medium-sized company.

-Researched and evaluated technology and design related to existing new processes with the aim of optimization of performance throughout the product life cycle.

-5 years of higher level education with a B.S. + M.S. in Bioengineering with a general engineering background. Experience

Quality Engineer (Full Time, 45 - 50 hrs/wk)

Walmart

Oct 2022 - Present (1 year 3 months)

-Build and maintain supplier relationships to acquire and ensure continuous high-quality inventory of product based on consumer demand.

-Continuous B2B management of Walmart vendors aligned with the new Consolidation Network.

-Currently onboarded +20 new suppliers (+2M case annual increase) for site to further optimize entire U.S. Walmart supply chain.

-Improving and upholding high incoming quality of all product entering the consolidation center (i.e. forefront of the Walmart U.S. Supply Chain).

-Supplier communications critical to quality engineer role. Handling multiple (~10 items) supplier tasks at one time to keep up with ongoing freight flow operations.

-Exposure to data mining, data sourcing, and statistical analysis tools such as Power Apps, SQL, and Tableau that ensure quality of product traveling through the consolidation supply chain is optimized.

-Establish & maintain multi-functional network and strategic relationships within Walmart critical to implementing and/or improving quality of freight flow through the site. Manufacturing/Process/Quality Engineer II - Production Management (Full Time, 55 - 60 hrs/wk)

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mar 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 8 months)

-Assess manufacturing process capabilities and assist with process variability reduction and process improvement initiatives - resulting in nearly 200% increase of production output.

-Support activities of pharmaceutical production/operation and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.

-Research and evaluate technology and design related to existing new processes with the aim of optimization of performance throughout the product life cycle. Westly Garcia - page 1

-Advise upper management, technical personnel, and representatives of other organizations of activities.

-Prepare and review of production related reports, nonconformance / root cause investigations, CAPAs, etc..

Manufacturing/Process/Quality Engineer I - Production Management (Full Time, 55 - 60 hrs/wk)

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Apr 2019 - Mar 2021 (2 years)

-Assess manufacturing process capabilities and assist with process variability reduction and process improvement initiatives - resulting in nearly 200% increase of production output.

-Support activities of pharmaceutical production/operation and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.

-Research and evaluate technology and design related to existing new processes with the aim of optimization of performance throughout the product life cycle.

-Advise upper management, technical personnel, and representatives of other organizations of activities.

-Prepare and review of production related reports, nonconformance / root cause investigations, CAPAs, etc..

Validation Test Engineer (Full Time, 40 hrs/wk)

RxSight, Inc.

Nov 2018 - Dec 2018 (2 months)

• Validated the software responsible for imaging and evaluating key features of an optical device.

• Analyzed clinical trial images classifying certain states of the device proving the accuracy of the software.

Technical Project Lead (Part Time)

UCR Bioengineering Senior Design

Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 (10 months)

IAW Lab Leader (Part Time)

University of California, Riverside

Sep 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 10 months)

Education

University of California, Riverside

Master of Science - MS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 2017 - 2018

University of California, Riverside

Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Westly Garcia - page 2

2013 - 2017

Skills

Technical Documentation • Data Analysis • Design • Project Management • Manufacturing Process Improvement • Quality Engineering • Supply Chain Management • Supplier Quality • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing • Pharmacovigilance

Honors & Awards

Magna Cum Laude - With High Honors (Top 4 percent) - University of California, Riverside

Jun 2017

Dean's Honors List - University of California, Riverside Sep 2013

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