Facilities Manager Operations

FACILITIES OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CAPITAL PLANNING

Decisive and versatile professional with 28 years of senior and executive experience in facilities operations within the biotech and pharmaceutical production industry. Directs operations with oversight on long-term strategic plans, human resource allocation, budgets, technological infrastructure management, project portfolio management, and other key areas of operational importance. Possesses key executive traits needed to establish long-term objectives and lead departments, senior management, high-budget projects, and internal personnel toward achieving desired goals of productivity, safety, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. Anticipates and proactively responds to operational challenges posed by changes in government regulation and industry standards, overcoming high-level issues encountered at the executive level to GMP integrity, regulatory compliance, and best-practice policies and procedures.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Business Planning

Process Reengineering

Biotech Equipment Upgrades

Facilities/Operations Management

Capital/Operational Budget Planning

Full-Cycle Construction Projects

Regulatory Compliance

Personnel Management

Contractor Supervision

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Facilities Manager of Operations RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS Oct 1998 to Nov 2018

Overview: Holds executive oversight of long-term strategic plan, capital projects, annual operating budget, building systems management, contract administration, and general management for GMP biotech production plant and accompanying facilities. Coordinate facility amendment projects in collaboration with C-suite and department heads across Chemistry, Biology, EH&S, Animal Research Unit, Manufacturing, R&D, and other key operational areas.

Selected Accomplishments:

Managed new construction start-up planning and logistics for ~400K sq. ft. of office, laboratory, animal facilities, and other research and development operations, managing budget of $70M across all projects.

Upgraded universal control system throughout production facility, collaborating with vendor partner for project with budget of $150K.

Recovered +$600K to-date through auction of disposable assets.

Led numerous relocation projects of select facilities and departments including the design, coordination, budget allocation, and disposal of assets from initial planning through to completion.

Key Responsibilities & Contributions:

Strategic Planning: Develop 3-year strategic plan to account for human resource planning, systems training, facility upgrades, start-up projects, preventative maintenance programs, contractor services, and a variety of other facility operations concerns, formulating accompanying capital and operating budgets with CFO and CEO.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all facilities, manufacturing, and business units are equipped and qualified to meet operations meet codes, safety requirements, equipment audits, industry regulation, animal treatment standards, and other compliance measures set by EPA, FDA, OHSA, and other control bodies.

Policy & Procedure Development: Draft, review, and update policies and procedures for plant security, routine maintenance, build-out projects, HVAC management, EH&S, electrical monitoring, control systems, and other facility operations, ensuring adherence toward standards set by industry regulators and shell company.

Facility Upgrades: Holds oversight on all facility upgrades, build-outs, equipment installation, new building construction, tenant improvements, and other capital projects, managing process from decommissioning through to commissioning and start-up.

Supplier Negotiation: Receive equipment upgrade requests from various business units, gathering all performance requirements and specifications to then enter market and search for vendor through tender process. Function as key point of contact for all high-level implementation concerns within facility.

Key Responsibilities & Contributions (continued):

Asset Sales: Collaborate with auction partners within biotech space to offload equipment from facility and lead downsizing processes, coordinating effort with CFO to obtain highest value on sold assets.

Tenant Agreements: Liaise with shell company to establish and manage tenant relationship, coordinating lease terms, future building plans, development expectations, preventative maintenance programs, and other concerns in HVAC, electrical, plumbing, control systems, mechanical, biotech equipment, and service providers.

Budget Management: Hold accountability over $3M operating, collaborating with company CFO to continually assess variance and achieve reductions without impacting business functions.

Staffing Considerations: Navigate complex labor relations with 170+ workers consisting of contractors, internal personnel, engineers, technicians, government officials, shipping and receiving, maintenance, and administrative staff, determining human resource requirements to onboard, realign, promote, train, reduce, or restructure head count according to operational requirement and budget.

NOTEWORTHY EXPERIENCE

Facilities Manager Open Medicine Institute (under 12 month contract) May 2019 to April 2020

Facilities Manager Urban Services Group. (under 12 month contract) April 2020 to March 2021

Facilities Manager Mid-Columbia Center for Living (under 12 month contract) May 2021 to present

Selected Accomplishments:

Directed building expansion and start-up construction projects for 2M sq. ft. GMP campus with total budget of $500M across office, laboratory, and animal facility spaces, ensuring compliance with FDA, EPA, OSHA, and local building codes and audit standards (with Alza Pharmaceuticals)

Designed process flows and equipment layout to optimize productivity, efficiency, and associated budgets, overseeing full-cycle construction management (with Alza Pharmaceuticals)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering/Management Columbus University

Associate of Science Degree, HVAC Refrigeration Technology El Camino College

Associate of Science Degree, Architectural Engineering Purdue Extension U.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

Essentials of Project Management

Siebe/Robershaw DMS Training, Envensys System

Trane Universal Certification, CFC

Honeywell Instrument Compliance

Robershaw DMS 350A, Systems Controls

Trane Centravac Training

Toshiba Speed Drives

RSES Electrical Diagnostics

RSES HVAC Controls

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