ANTHONY PAPADOPOULOS, MBA

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Brookshire, TX 77423

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Education:

Business Analytics Certified – Wharton School of Business (Philadelphia -Dec 2018)

MBA/Global Management – University of Phoenix School of Business (November 2006)

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry - Upsala College (December 1989)

Orion Technical (Checkpoint Firewall-1)

US Professional Institute (Cisco)

Siemens Days of Excellence – Siemens SimaticIT MES (Toulouse, France -2011)

CBI - MES Symposium (Philadelphia, PA -2011)

CBI – CAMSTAR MES Symposium (Discreet Manufacturing, Medical Devices) (Irvine, CA – 2012)

SAP ME Training (Denmark, 2012)

MESA - Manufacturing Enterprise Solution Association, CoC (Seattle WA. – 2012)

ARIS Modeling (Denmark – 2013)

SCRUM – (Denmark – 2013)

Certifications:

Business Analytics

MESA, CoC

Product Owner – SCRUM

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet

Microsoft Certified System Engineer

Skills:

Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Project, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), [other relevant tools or software, e.g., Jira, Service Now, etc.]

Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills: Adept at building strong relationships with stakeholders and team members, fostering collaboration, and resolving conflicts.

Project Management Methodologies: Expertise in Agile, Waterfall, and Lean methodologies, with the ability to adapt to project requirements and organizational culture

Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities: Proven track record of identifying and addressing project challenges, optimizing resources, and delivering results.

Time management and organizational skills: Expertise in prioritizing tasks, managing multiple projects simultaneously, and meeting deadlines under pressure.

Experience:

Viatris Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical Divestiture Program Manager

05/2023 – Present

Led divestiture projects, overseeing the end-to-end process of separating business units, assets and operations.

Successfully completed divestiture project within budget and on time, resulting in seamless transitions and high client satisfaction.

Collaborated closely with legal, finance, HR and other departments ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and minimizing business disruptions.

Strong life sciences domain understanding, having worked as a domain consultant and SME.

Managed all aspects of project including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, quality, resources, communications, and stakeholders.

Manages workstreams (SAP, Trackwise, Empower, OPTEL (Serialization), EMS/BMS, to ready them for divestiture.

Implemented project management tools and best practices to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.

Managed the day to day operational and tactical aspects of multiple or large-scale projects.

Oversees management and coordination of vendor and internal resources responsible for project engagements.

Ensures quality assurance procedures are followed and in accordance with Viatris’s methodology and standards.

Minimized exposure and risk across multiple projects.

Managed scope and mitigates risk across projects.

Accurately forecast capital, expense, and utilization across projects.

Updated status reports on a consistent basis.

Served as key participant in project team meetings.

Tracks and monitors project progress and team resources.

Confronted issues openly and quickly.

Resolved and/or escalated issues in a timely manner.

Effectively communicated relevant project/practice information to IT and Business leadership and peers

Good understanding on qualification and validation of CSV processes

Rockwell Automation

08/2021– 04/2023

MES Life Sciences Project Manager

Strong working knowledge of Life Sciences Industry

Experience collaborating closely between business, development and infrastructure teams.

MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint used for scheduling, presentations, burn down charts, etc.

Meet with Senior Leadership to gather requirements for high visibility projects.

Manage SDLC project schedule.

Project Manager for all Rockwell Pharmacore and Biocore MES projects

Project range 50k – over 2 million USD

Identified, assessed and mitigated project risk ensuring project timelines and deliverables were met.

Effectively communicates insights and plans to cross-functional initiatives.

Manage the relationship between Rockwell and important clients during customer execution.

Issue tracking/ Issue resolution using JIRA and Service Now

Execute MES FEED study and Implementation plans for Rockwell’s Pharma Suite (MES)

Work in cGMP environments and provide MES/SCADA expertise to clients.

Implement Electronic Lab (ELN) Notebook from paper logbooks.

FEED study on replacing CAMSTAR with Rockwell’s MES (Pharma Suite)

Execute projects according to commercial specifications.

Publish both internal and external status reports to project stakeholders.

Ensure every project delivery of the solution’s technical documents.

Project budget management

Define completion according to scope clearly with customer.

Clear integration with Services for support post project

Manage changes effectively with full transparency and communication to all stakeholders.

Take ownership of project execution

Control project merging

Responsible for project plans, resources, budgets, margins and monthly forecasts

Used IFS for resource reporting and monthly forecasting.

Manage offshore resources (ex. Europe, India, etc.)

Report all costs accurately and on time.

Monitor and control contingency costs

Track project risks and communicate as part of project status reports.

Monitor and control risk

Mitigate and remediate known risks before they turn into larger problems.

Execute accurate monthly invoicing to clients.

Grundfos

10/2012 – 08/2021

Production IT Regional Consultant / Project Manager

Responsible for leading, coordinating, planning and monitoring projects through the project lifecycle (Waterfall, SCRUM, etc.)

Work with business process owners to identify and document business requirements and processes that contribute to the implementation of technology solutions.

Support and research new technologies (software and hardware) for production support

Institute global standards (e.g., MES, marking, scanning/barcoding solutions, etc.) across the enterprise (North/South America, Europe, Asia)

Lead and work with multi-cultural teams to provide agreed deliverables on time.

Responsible for project on time deliverables, resources, budgets, quotes according to client expectations.

Communicate, collaborate, coordinate with all levels of the organization to guide, assist with solutions that are aligned with corporate policies, procedures, and work instructions.

Provide key stakeholders accurately informed with project progress.

Negotiate with clients, colleagues and outside vendors on deliverables, costing, resources, etc.

Coordinate and manage a variety of projects including production integration with MES (SAP ME, other custom MES systems), digitalization projects (SENS / OPR) and other production projects globally.

Provide group support and consultation to global production.

Perform technical solution system sizing according to business needs/requirements.

Standardize North America and South Americas regions on Grundfos standards and procedures.

Provided due diligence on OPCenter (Siemens) against other MES platforms

Sanofi Pasteur

03/2010 – Oct 2012

Projects Technical Coordinator/Project Manager

Negotiate with clients, colleagues, and outside vendors.

Coordinate and manage a variety of projects including LIMS integration with MES (Siemens ELAN XFP) and SAP, Automation projects using Wonderware, and other Industrial Operations projects.

Provide CGMP support and expertise for process automation to clients.

Work with business process owners to identify and document business requirements and processes that contribute to the implementation of technology solutions.

Perform technical solution system sizing.

Liaise between the IS Business and IS Infrastructure technical resources.

Coordinate the effective use of critical Infrastructure technical resources.

Interface Directly with Infrastructure, Operations and Service Teams, including Departmental Management

Coordinate deployment activities globally

Manage global deployment communications and schedules.

Direct Global Site services teams

Create, review, evaluate project plans and objectives.

Manage project budgets.

Track and report progress relative to time, budget, and demonstrated results.

Work independently and with Project Team members to ensure task-level plans are completed and executed on track.

Communicate project status, milestones, and issues to the program manager.

Prepare documentation, presentations, charts, tables, and diagrams and conduct reviews for scope and business requirements.

Ensure the adherence and compliance to Sanofi Pasteur technical standards in leading the Delivery of complex technology solutions.

Acquisition of equipment quotes and project hardware / software / licensing.

i+o (Industry Planning and Organization)- German

08/2008 – 03/2010

Senior Consultant/ Project Manager

Provide IT system Medical Device automation design and project management between MES (Werum Pas-X) and automation layer (Siemens PCS 7) for pharmaceutical facilities for IV Bags (Class II Medical Devices)

Coordinate LIMS integration with MES (Werum Pas-X)) and SAP QM

Provide CGMP support and expertise for process automation to clients.

Coordinated efforts for Concept Engineering, Basic Engineering and Detailed Engineering phases.

Work with business process owners to identify and document business requirements and processes between MES layer and automation layer that contribute to the implementation of the technology solutions.

Create Functional Specification requirements documentation.

Create IT Master Documents to support Functional Specification documentation.

Assist with facilitating discussions with business process owners, technology members and third-party vendors or consultants.

Prioritize work to meet milestones and complete deliverables in a timely manner while adhering to the business requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Prepare documentation, presentations, charts, tables and diagrams and conduct reviews for scope and business requirements.

Create Request for Proposal (RFP) for competing vendors. Vendors include: (Wonderware, Siemens, Rockwell, GE Fanuc)

Manage, coordinate, and facilitate RFP vendor awarding process.

Oversee and coordinate final negotiations between clients and vendors.

Manage projects ranging from 1million to 5 million U.S. dollars.

Effectively manage vendors intended for project alignment with clients.

Coordinate value engineering efforts for maximum savings to clients

Created and coordinated project execution plan and coordinated all efforts of projects between clients and vendors.

Merck Pharmaceuticals

6/2008 – 08/2008

IT Business Analyst Level 3 / Project Manager

Server as liaison on the client Engagement side between technology and business end-users

Formulate and define business case, business and solution requirements based on both business and user needs.

Coordinate and facilitate meetings with cross functional groups to negotiate critical decisions regarding SAP integration with LIMS and MES

Coordinate and manage the SAP wireless installation and integration.

Convey timelines to business owners.

Documents and verified business requirements.

Improve business process design through the application of Six Sigma and other operational excellence techniques.

Translate business and user needs to proper testable and verifiable system requirements specifications.

Work based on business and IT knowledge, as a delegate of the account manager, with Enterprise architects in the initial development and assessment of solution options.

Work with the solution architect, technical analyst and development team to ensure that they fully understand the specifications.

Verify solution's alignment with requirements.

Facilitate and create user acceptance testing by the business.

Participate in the development of training programs.

Glemser Technologies Pharmaceutical Consulting

09/2007 – 03/2008

IT Project Manager/Business Analyst

Managed CIT according to business needs and budget

Increased efficiencies by 20% within a six-month period by researching and monitoring business activities.

Prepare/Author key project documentation including business and functional requirements, project plans, test plans, implementation plans. Secure required approvals

Manage the implementation and consistent delivery of projects to agreed timelines, budgets, and expectations of quality.

Work with clients, developers, and vendors to determine requirements to enhance customer service.

Documented workflows for greater efficiency using Visio and PowerPoint

Created and managed work breakdown structure (WBS) and scheduled project plan.

Review of study documents (e.g., protocols, system validation reports, final study reports.) Check document for consistency and acceptable standards and practices.

Provide leadership in researching, recommending, and implementing new processes in the department/company.

Maintain complete set of project and development documentation.

Create and manages project budget vs. actual expenditures (capital and expense)

Retain personnel by instituting new training and goals.

Provide project report presentations to business owners using MS Project

Instituted SLA’s for greater CIT efficiency and service

Takes initiative to identify areas for process improvement and engage in assuming new responsibilities.

Proven experience managing application development projects; strong working knowledge of SDLC models.

Expertise in the interpretation of the applicable regulations that impact computer systems (e.g., 21 CFR Parts 11) used in GxP environments.

Managed the installation documentation and architecture of Content Management application such as Documentum 5.3 SP3, 5.3 SP4 and 5.3 SP5 for multiple large pharmaceutical clients which included gathering customer requirements and customizations and monitoring project workflow.

Saved the company capital by instituting virtualization such as GSX and ESX

Technical Liaison between project teams to negotiate resources, schedules, etc.

Managed multi-functional groups between various projects.

Managed and led all aspects of CIT including Exchange 2003, Active Directory, Asset lists, MOSS 2007, Disaster Recovery, etc.

Active Directory and Exchange 2003 Administrator

MOSS 2007 Administrator

Developed IT project workflows based on requirements gathering.

Effective organization of team members and tasks

Initiate and validate validation scripts, IQ/OQ/PQ/ UAT

Develop action plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resources using MS Project

Efficient in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and understanding of issues.

Merck Pharmaceuticals

06/2006 – 09/2007

Team Lead/Project Lead – (West Point Facility)

Project Includes:

Responsible for the management of all research and development Laboratory instrument PC's based at the WestPoint site

Lead validation and qualification activities for multiple complex projects which are regional and global in scope.

Managed projects as PM/Lead which included: releases, upgrades, migrations, retirements, and archiving of applications.

Scheduled the integrated sequence of steps in a “deployment schedule”, identified all tasks and responsibilities, and interdependencies in the schedule using MS Project.

Developed project workflows using Visio.

Published MS Project on company intranet for team review and on the fly process changes.

Liasoned between project technical team, engineering and production support on installation instructions and qualification steps for each platform to enhance customer service for researchers.

Saved Merck 75% or approximately 450k by standardizing upgrade validation procedures across global multi-functional groups in the US, Canada, Japan and the UK.

Worked on ELN integration with LIMS.

Increased employee retention by implementing new training programs.

Initiate yearly project budgets.

Coordinate multiple validation and qualification activities with project teams, various departments, and external vendors using System Life Cycle Methodology.

Work with the validation group/s to develop and update computer documentation to comply with security guidelines 21 CFR Part11 and cGMP.

Execute validation scripts including UAT’s, IQ/OQ/PQ

Interview candidates regarding new employment opportunities within Merck

Develop processes for workflow efficiency via Visio diagrams.

Effectively communicate with all levels of users

Work at a significant level of technical detail while maintaining the flexibility to address various problems at any one time.

Provide laboratory instrument PC validation, support and solutions.

Provide first rate customer service to clients.

Ensure user awareness of Merck’s computer-related policies and procedures.

General Electric (GE) IT Services Servicing Pfizer

06/2004 – 06/2006

Technical Support Analyst (Team Lead)

Upkeep/ installation/ configuration and maintenance of desktops (IBM Compaq and Dell) and laptops (IBM) under SLA’s

Instituted monthly performance measurements for efficiency.

Responsible for initiating multiple projects using SDLC and MS Project

Led team with research on Spyware removal strategies and applications.

Troubleshoot production line computers and applications.

Rollout Windows XP SP1 project and process

Support upper-level management for Pfizer Inc, ex. Plant Manager, Directors and team leads

Installation and configuration of Cisco wireless

Installation of Cognos and Manugistics

Migrate computers to Active Directory

Installing and configuring McAfee anti –virus software

Reporting via Peregrine Ticketing System

LIMS installation and configuration.

Provide lab support for QC and Validations

Adhere to SOP’s as per Pfizer as per cGMP’s.

Initiate SOPs for proper setup of software as per cGMP’s

Initiate change control as per cGMP’s

Covex LLC. Consultants

6/2003 – 5/2004

Validation Engineer

Execute the system Life Cycle Methodology

Consulted with plant manager, lead engineers and managers.

Performed OQ on Field Sales Force Automation project(Quest)

Perform the validation of Network Architecture and LAN-WAN

Validate 21CFR11 Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures

Develop Functional Design Specifications

Design, install and configure company wide networks using Cisco 3000 series routers on Cisco works.

Install Window 2003 Advanced Server on Compaq DL380 Servers and configure Active Directory

Provided hands on support for Windows 2000/98/95/XP/CE

Used Active Directory to add users and groups on the domain.

Configure cluster on the network.

Install and configure Arcserve.

Install, configure, and validate Cyber Lab

Install and configure Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition

Develop and execute Installation Qualification Protocol

Develop and execute Operational Qualification Protocol

Develop and execute Performance Qualification Protocol

Develop Standard Operating Procedures for the following:

System Change Control

System Security

System Backup and Restore / Archiving

System Maintenance

Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery

System Training

System Operation

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