Debra Albright
Racine, WI ***** I 262-***-**** **********@*****.***
Career Summary
This specialist has a wealth of experience and expertise in developing and implementing various systems and programs for compliance to regulations in document management, training employees and customers, system administration and implementation in various industries across life sciences, pharma including medical devices, consumer goods, and food safety. Served various roles as a Learning Management System (LMS) administrator, Quality Managment Systems (QMS), change management, and project management. Extensive experience with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Safe Quality Food (SQF), and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) rules and regulations. Experience collaborating and developing diverse global remote teams across diverse levels of management. Previous project roles have created thousands of dollars in cost savings by closing gaps and improving processes to create transparency for internal and external customers.
Skills
Microsoft Suite/ Adobe Professional/ SAP/ Oracle/ Tableau/ Veeva/ Mini Tab/ Captivate/ Bl/ Cross Knowledge/ Axonify/ SharePoinU CORA/ HubSpot/ Salesforce/ Workday/ DocuSign/ WeBuy/ Google Suite/ various LMS systems/ Six Sigma/ 5S/ Root Cause Analysis/ FMEA/ QMS/ DMAIC/ POCA/ Continuous lmprovemenU Risk Assessments/ Change Management/ Process Improvement/ Document Control/ Comiance for Food/Pharma/ & Life Science/ Crisis ManagemenU GMP/GLP/ Conflict Resolution/ User Acceptance/System Administration/ SDLC/ Technical Troubleshooting/ Regulations for Food Safety/Pharma/ Life Sciences/ ISO/ SQF/ CFR/ FDA & USDA/ HIPPA/ Critical Thinking/ Analytical Skills/ Gap Analysis/ Product Development/Customer Support/ Design Controls/ Mentoring/ Coaching/Training and DevelopmenUTeam Leadership/Copywriting/ Editing/ Auditing/ Recruiting/ Em oyee and New Hire Orientation/ Payroll and HR/ Curriculum DevelopmenU Project and Product Leadership
Education
University of Phoenix, Tempe, AZ
Masters of Education (MAED Adult Education and Distant Learning)
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Bachelor of Science (BS in Biology)
Experience MGA, Gurnee, IL Management
June 2021- March 2025
■ Served as a Training, Documentation, Safety, and Project Manager for third party packaging company for pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, medical devices, and pre-packaged food items.
■Developed and increased number of new programs by 10% and provided company-wide training for SOPs, document control, SQF, and system/cybersecurity to remain compliant for FDA and SQF regulations for both food and pharmaceutical products including medical devices
■ Maintained documentation for regulatory compliance including shipping of materials for customers
■Defined, built and implemented and transitioned manual process to a new electronic Training and Quality Management system
Talentburst/Thermofisher, Cambridge, MA May 2023 - April 2024
Contingent Training Coordinator & LMS Administrator
■SME and technical system owner I administrator for GxP and eQMS electronic systems
■Supported users to address technical issues and ensure overall compliance with data integrity programs and policies
■Proactively identified multiple opportunities to improve existing processes.systems and infrastructure to improve
processes and streamlined overall processes
■Ran daily reports to connect training records between two systems for management
■Updated training records in Success Factors LMS (SFLMS) for data integrity
■Created training materials in SFLMS
■Managed Training Department Communications and incoming ticket requests
■Communicated any discrepancies to training team and IT department for anything out of scope for department
Aqueor/ Boehringer lngelhiem, Duluth, GA April 2022 - September 2023
Contingent Training Coordinator & LMS Administrator
■Coordinator for sales training department including new hire training
■Managed calendars, coordinated internal and external events,and managed billing and purchase orders
■Proactively identified opportunities to improve existing processes, equipment, systems and infrastructure to streamline for transparency between users and systems
■System Administrator for multiple software systems (i.e. Veeva/Tableau/SAP/Epic/SPS/ MS FLOW/Ariba, etc.)
■Technical Administrator between multiple systems (Axonify/ e-Cam pus/ Veeva/ SPS/ etc.)
■Managed data Integrity between systems, including during migration from old system to new elearning system
■ Worked directly with user groups, cross-functional teams and solutions providers to ensure that new systems are specified, delivered, operated and maintained in a compliant state
■Worked with various vendors for training content development. (Open Sessa me/ e-Campus Wiley/ DiSC/etc)
■Tracked and created reports to communicate KPl's to leadership.
Smithfield Foods, Cudahy, WI June 2017-January 2020
Management
■Prepared, trained employees and management on execution of daily regulatory verification tasks, audit preparations, and USDA food safety system assessments. Plant received highest audit scores in company history.
Proactively identified opportunities to improve existing processes, equipment, systems and infrastructure
Early Career Success
Global Training and Quality, SC Johnson Wax - Utilized ADDIE to define develop, and implemented a Global Training & Global Marketing commercialization program for $300k annual savings. Trained employees cross-functionally on GLP/GMP, quality improvement, microbiology, safety, software systems, and market print approval and processes for regulatory requirements
Senior Adjunct Instructor, University of Phoenix/Gateway Technical College/ and Milwaukee Area Technical College - Utilized distance education techniques to deliver effective subject lectures and assignments using various biological practices and techniques and health and nutrition through virtual lab experience. Identified gaps and suggested course improvements and communicated proposed improvements to the Director of Distance Learning.