Knowledgibe Quality Control Chemist

Jeffrey L. Howard

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Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

919-***-**** E-mail: **********@*****.***

Quality Control professional with more than five (5) years of responsible experience in planning, organizing and managing business operations and people. Strong experience implementing quality control strategies designed to increase sales, generate brand awareness, improve internal operations, and enhance customer service. Experienced in directing personnel as well as implementing systems and procedures to maximize service to customers and overall company sales.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proven ability and success in technical writing, data analysis, and sample testing.

• Comprehensive knowledge in FDA, cGMP, and GLP regulations and guidelines

• Experienced in documenting, writing, training and evaluating validation processes.

• Broad exposure and capabilities in testing and selecting appropriate laboratory equipment based upon the needs of the job.

• Strong leadership skills and management experience.

• Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills.

EXPERIENCE

COTY US, Sanford NC 11/07 - Present

Quality Control Chemist – Industrial Bulk Laboratory

Function as primary Quality Control expert for the analysis of bulk intermediary & finished hydro-alcoholic and ancillary products for the third shift at COTY US

 Analyzed raw materials, cosmetic products, dye solutions, and fragrances for active ingredients, color, odor, appearance, viscosity, moisture, and density content via the use of the UV/VIS systems, Waters HPLC & Ovarian GC units, FTIR systems, Metrohm autotitrators, Mettler moisture analyzers, & Gretag/MacBeth Color-Eye units.

 Member of the QA Audit team dedicated to the internal improvement of the company’s production methods, testing procedures, and SOPs & for the preparation of the upcoming FDA audit for the addition of antiperspirants and deodorants.

 Assisted in the validation of several systems within the Industrial Chemistry laboratory.

 Assisted in the production of some test methods and SOPs.

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BLD International, Garner NC 10/05 - 8/07

Quality Control Project Manger

Functioned as primary Quality Control expert to examine the use and efficacy of products sold at BLD International.

 Established vendor data integration for over 90,000 laboratory products into a world-class web site.

 Approved product descriptions and narratives describing the use and efficacy of the product.

 Demonstrated product use and reliability to customers at product fairs and selected locations.

 Recommended to ownership a new product to sell or the discontinuation of a product based upon experience using the product and current trends in the marketplace. .

 Met with manufacturer representatives who wanted BLD International to sell their product(s).

 Developed internal operating procedures and trained staff of 13 technical writers on proper content creation in HTML and print ready media.

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Forest, VA 4/02 - 10/05

Quality Control Chemist

 Wrote test methodology procedures and SOPs.

 Validated and updated cGMP & cGLP standards.

 Analyzed generic pharmaceutical products for purity, moisture, dissolution testing, & active ingredient content via the use of the Karl Fisher Moisture Analyzer, UV/VIS systems, Waters & Perkin Elmer HPLC, GC & IC units, & NIR/FTIR systems.

 Working knowledge of LIMS data management system.

? Managed the sampling, maintenance, and validation of numerous purified water systems for all Barr Pharmaceutical facilities.

? Maintained excellent cleanliness of the quality control laboratory.

EDUCATION

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, LYNCHBURG, VA 8/96 - 5/01

Bachelor of Science Degree

Major: Biology/Chemistry

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, PHOENIX, AZ 2/07 - PENDING

Bachelor of Information Technology Degree

Major: Software Engineering

AFFILIATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

Published Primary Author for Research Study:

Howard, J. & Reichenbach, N. (October 27, 2002) Sensitivity of Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Embryos to UV-B Radiation in Central Virginia. Catesbeinna: Bulletin of the Virginia Herbatological Society. ISSN 0892-0761, Volume 21 Number 2, p.69-74.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

IBM PC • MS Excel • MS Word • MS Access • MS PowerPoint • Windows 2003 & XP • Coffee Cup FTP

• Outlook/Exchange • MS Project Server

References furnished upon request.

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