SHIVANAND KAMATH

● Pleasanton, CA ***** ● 925-***-**** ● adxda1@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Highly motivated, self-directed professional with a broad range of analytical and polymer chemistry experience, seeks to bring talent and vision to a respected organization that values hard work, dedication, and results. Technically proficient and possesses in-depth knowledge of chemistry and using instrumentation. Demonstrated management skills that enhance productivity and drive sustained business performance.

Key Strengths

Polymer Chemistry ●New Product Initiatives ● Customer Service ● Instrumentation ● Problem Solving ●Workflow Enhancements ● Trend Analysis ● Strategic Planning ● Wet Chemistry● 6 sigma yellow belt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tecan Systems. San Jose CA, OCTOBER 2019 to JUNE 2020

PRODUCTION Supervisor

In charge of maintaining stock of final product. Overlooked a team of 15 assemblers and four leads. Had to maintain KPI’s such as on-time delivery 99.9%, Productivity and efficiency of 90%. Reduction of NCR’s, OT’s and scraps. Responsible for maintaining calibration of tools, fixtures and equipment. Performed Kaizen, 5S for continuous improvement on lines. Helped manufacturing engineers on introduction of Visual factory. Responsible for have daily meeting with the team and maintaining DM boards. Coordinated with Planner to execute the daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly plans. Scheduled which operators and the numbers of operators on the line to meet the goals. Coordinated with Manufacturing engineers if there is line down situation. Coordinated QC to perform QC checks and calibration of tools. Coordinated with Buyer to see if all parts are on hand to complete shop orders. Attended meeting for capacity plan, Introduction of new pumps from R&D and new R&D project. Took part in internal and external audits.

FXI Inc. San Leandro CA, August 2019 to October 2019

Pourline Supervisor

In charge of making Foam used for mattress. Use SAP to make run sheet with different formulations. Use SAP to keep track of inventory of chemicals. Manufactured Foam based on customer’s need. Post data using SAP. Manage a team of four technicians. Manage hazardous waste. Take care of equipment’s through PM’s and calibration. Measure metrics such as Yields, efficiency, loss and variance.

penumbra Inc., alameda CA, May 2018-Feb.2019

Production Supervisor

In charge of 2 lines that manufacture catheters. Built catheters according to current build plan. Coordinated with engineers for Non-conformances(NCR) and deviations (DA) and with planners for change in build plans. Communicated with other supervisors for procuring sub-assemblies and with documentation dept for making changes on manufacturing quality instruction (MQI’s), SOPs and work instructions.

Key Achievements:

Supervised production and pilot lines and coordinated the scheduling of people, materials and equipment.

Performed all personnel-related functions related to production assembly staff, including hiring, training and performance evaluations.

Interacted with various depts. Such as engineering, planning, supply chain, documentation, sub- assemblies,

Understood, prepared and reported on production metrics for my area of responsibility.

Audited and ensured production area was in compliance with ISO, FDA and internal regulations.

Actively took part in NCR’s, DA and ECOs.

Actively produced report using power point and Microsoft excel in daily, weekly and monthly meetings.

Prevented lots of batches going into NCR by actively coordinating with engineers.

Did tack time, line balancing and time study for lines with new products.

Helped to bring new product from R&D stage to production.

Helped production builders in becoming line clearance designee, Train the Trainee and line leads.

Did timekeeping for a team of 40 production builders.

Abbott, Pleasanton, CA, Aug. 2006-Oct.2017

Production Supervisor (Polymer & Vectra grafts)

In charge of polymer manufacturing which includes testing of incoming raw material, manufacturing, testing of final product and maintaining the safety stock to 100% on all polymer solutions. Also, responsible for manufacturing of Graft used as catheters.

Key Achievements:

Maintain the quality of products by following all FDA and other regulatory guidelines. Has a track record of 1% Non-conformance for past 11 years.

Managed a budget of 35K per year on lab and production purpose.

Scheduled work assignments, vacation, sick time, leave without pay, FMLA for hourly employees.

Verified daily time cards and approved weekly time cards on Kronos.

Initiated improvements in lean manufacturing-visual factory tools such as Gemba, Kamishibai boards and Andon system. Improved KANBAN system for inventory of chemicals.

Maintained calibration of equipment and tools used in polymer/graft production. Consistently maintained below 2% on ‘Out of Tolerance (OOT) for calibration of equipment and tools.

Used BMRAM software for change request, introducing new tools, writing OOT’s, PM of equipment, pass due equipment, creating and completing work order. Also used for attaching calibration certificated to work orders.

Communicated with outside customers, suppliers and vendors for purchasing tools, equipment and chemicals. Qualified two new vendors for a chemical and prevented shutdown of polymer manufacturing.

Coordinated with various departments(purchasing/quality/engineering/R&D/facility) internally to achieve operation goals.

Designed a Microsoft excel spreadsheet for scheduling preventive maintenance of equipment and for maintaining a database of consumable items used for polymer/graft production. This significantly reduced the downtime of polymer production.

Managed, motivated, counseled, disciplined, performance reviewed a team of 25 members.

Followed CRMD/Abbott policies, ISO 9001:2008, Environmental Management systems (EMS), Chemical Safety and FDA (21CFR) guidelines. Also, followed, cGMP, GLP, EHS, SOP’s, Process Control System and LIMS.

Helped EHS coordinator for audits from State and Federal safety regulators.

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GROUP Inc., Berkeley, CA, July 2003-Aug.2006

Analytical Chemist – II

Tested all incoming raw materials such as Polyols, Methyldiisocynates, and Solvents.

Key Achievements:

Wrote SOP, test procedures, and made changes to the same on need basis.

Worked on instruments like GPC 150C (waters) Differential scanning calorimeter (Shiatsu), Thermo mechanical analyzer (shiatsu), FTIR (Nicolet), moisture analyzer for solids, coulometric titrator and autotitrator (used for wet chemical analysis).

Actively involved in special projects on polyurethane polymers such as finding the NaCl permeability, and finding the Tg values of different polyurethanes.

Followed GMP and ISO guidelines in sampling, testing and releasing raw materials.

Trained lab tech for routine lab testing such as calibration on balances, disposing of waste chemicals, cleaning glassware etc.

CORTEX BIOCHEM, San Leandro, CA, June 2002-July2003

Senior Chemist

Coordinated and carried out Research and Development projects with minimal supervision.

Key Achievements:

Performed troubleshooting and resolved manufacturing problems of magnetic particles and other company products.

Participated in manufacturing of magnetizable particles and biochemical as required by business needs.

Trained junior chemist in general lab skills and operation of lab equipments.

Assembled DNA kits for DNA isolation form blood and plant tissues.

Developed large-scale production of PSA and PAP antigens.

Performed stability study on different buffers used for DNA isolations.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

San Jose State University

M.S. Chemistry

Bombay University, Bombay, India

M.S. Chemistry

K.J Somaiya College of Science, Bombay, India

B.S. Chemistry

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