PROJECT MANAGER

Energetic, experienced and motivated Project Manager with extensive knowledge managing complex projects in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, business consultation, and IT industries. Cross-functional leader with strong interpersonal skills, customer-focused approach, ability to critically think, solve problems and make decisions. Possess an MBA, PMP and CPIM Certification.

Knowledgeable in Account Management, Quality, Program / Project / Portfolio Management, Vendor Management, Global Data Warehouse, ISO9001, ASQ Auditor and Excel Lead Auditor.

Technical Skills: AWACS, CAPA, 5S, GXPharma, JMP (statistical software), LIMS, Maximo, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Minitab, Outlook, PDocs, PTOS, SAP, SalesForce, SharePoint, TEAMS, TrackWise, VISIO, ERP System (SAP) experience, QuickBooks, 21 CFR-210, 21 CFR-211, 21 CFR Part 11, Change Control processes (10 years), GC, HPLC, UV-VIS, IR, O365, cGMP.

Writing Skills: 10 years of experience writing technical documents. At Pfizer/Wyeth I wrote SOPs throughout my career. I also wrote Validation Protocols, Validation Final Reports, Technical Memos, Cleaning Validation Protocols, Cleaning Validation Final Reports, Validation Master Plans and Cleaning Validation Master Plans, Change Controls, Investigations in CAPA, reported to the Quality Council for Environmental Monitoring, and other documents, and one year experience writing proposals.

Professional Development: Certified PMP #1424839, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (2020), Six Sigma Green Belt (2019), Scrum Master Certification (2019), SCRUM Body of Knowledge Certification (2019), Certified CPIM (Certification in Production and Inventory Management) – APICS, OSHA (10 hour certificate), ASQ Quality Auditor, Hands-On Tableting Course (University of Tennessee)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hudson Valley Technical Development Center dba MTEC, Highland, NY 09/2019 – 09/2020

Project Manager / Project Engineer

Sold multiple products to clients (Lean and Six Sigma Products, ERP Systems, ISO 9001) and provided in-house training on product overview and usage. Project management tools used to create, track and wrote proposals for multiple clients while monitoring potential risks to timeline using MS Project within cGMP environments. Utilized SalesForce for current client information along with marketing for potential customers.

Assisted three companies during pandemic to convert current manufacturing of products to production of masks.

Trained clients on products within a two to eight-week timeframe.

IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY (Contract through Manpower) 08/2017 – 01/2019 Electro Mechanical Technician

Tested mainframes by troubleshooting for potential issues, analyzing equipment for failures then resolving problems. Harvested mainframe parts for inventory and repurposing equipment. Coordination of mainframes for testing.

Successfully moved multiple mainframes through SAP process from updating the mainframe from inventory to shipping.

Reviewed inventory and located missing equipment for repurposing which for a savings of $50,000.

Sears Home Services Subsidiary of Sears Holdings, New Rochelle, NY 04/2017 – 09/2017

Project Sales Coordinator

Partnered with customer to review project requirements for home renovations. Once customer approved the proposal, then ensured timelines were on schedule and in budget.

Visited customers and completed home diagrams with measurements and requirements then provided immediate quotes.

Learned and maintained Customer Requirement Management system within 30 days.

Mid-Hudson Federal Credit Union, Kingston, NY 11/2015 – 10/2016

IT Project Manager

Led and managed cross-functional teams for multiple IT projects and vendor projects. Utilized MS Project to ensure milestones were completed on-time, within scope and budget, and required quality standards were met. Presented status reports at the weekly management meeting.

Created Dashboard to track an acquisition from start to finish within nine-months.

KD Dyer Business Coaching Inc. / Extreme Performance Consulting, Wappingers Falls, NY 07/2013 – 01/2016

Project Manager / Business Coach

Developed strategic plans with corporate owners to create project plans to meet long term goals. Monitored the plan progress with owners to ensure short term goals were met. Presented reports which defined problems, potential risks, and resolutions to the plan. Managed financial records using QuickBooks.

Pfizer / Wyeth, Pearl River, NY 03/2003-03/2013

Project Manager / Validation Scientist IV / Cleaning Validation Engineer

Partnered with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Planning, Production, Purchasing, Quality Assurance and Quality Control to ensure inventory of raw materials were on hand, ready and scheduled to manufacture. Wrote validation protocols, analyzed test data, wrote final reports to include statistical data analysis to support the validations. Wrote Master Validation Plans, Cleaning Validation Plans, SOPs, created sampling plans, labels, and completed environmental sampling and validation sampling. Created master batch records, updated formulations for validation batches, which required calculating APIs. Entered and managed samples in LIMS.

Decreased validation time by 35% for Centrum Sea Creatures with team.

Increased efficiency for the number of monographs from six to one, which reduced the monograph work by 80%.

Presented Environmental Monitoring results to Quality Council Team.

Project Manager

Managed cross-functional Project Teams up to 25 people with a budget of $5 - 9 Million. Developed and managed full-scale project plans using all facets of Project Management and Portfolio Management. Reviewed and remapped the validation process to decrease the time by 50% or more. Wrote/updated and trained SOPs.

Dispensing / Packaging Supervisor

Supervised 20 hourly employees. Increased department efficiency by 10% through motivation and encouragement ensuring the employees remained active during their shift.

Material Control System Administrator

Supported Operations Excellence Team with a 25% manufacturing cost reduction by reducing manufacturing of batches to single digit cycle time. Monitored and ensured raw materials which followed ABC inventory counting. Wrote new SOPs and updated existing SOPs.

Supported team to reduce manufacturing time by 8% moving dispensing machines to the same location as raw material inventory and blending operations. Movement further reduced raw material handling by 46%.

Supported a team to reduce manufacturing time by 4% initiating drum rolling and skid weighing.

EDUCATION

M.B.A. Finance, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

B.S. Chemistry, University of Western New England, Springfield, MA

AFFILIATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS

Project Management Institute (PMI) 2011-current.

Volunteer: PMI-HVC VP Membership 2019-current, Volunteer: PMI-HVC 2012-2015, APICS Tappan Zee member VP Marketing 2 years.

American Chemical Society, and Society of Plastic Engineers.

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