Biotechnology Consulting Engineer

Expertise

• R&D Services: Chemistry, Biotechnology
• Legal Services: Patent Services, Evidence Evaluation-technical
• Chemical Engineering: Process Troubleshooting, Process Development
• Scale-up in bulk chemicals and dosage forms
• Validation in Manufacturing: Qualification of facilities and equipment IQ/OQ/PQ
• Independent Evaluations: manufacturing. processes, environment, safety, patents, waste management.

Experience

Foster Wheeler, Chief Engineer

• Scaleup of blood fractionation plant.
• Design comparisons for domestic and international plants.
• Safety audits and HAZOP reviews.
• Fermentation facility simulation including scheduling.
• Potent compound designs for API and biotech plants.

Life Sciences International, Lead Process Engineer

• Conceptual design engineering for biotechnology, chemical and pharmaceuticals.
• Led design of BPC plants for major pharmaceutical clients.
• Safety audits and PSM. Managed database design/development for biotechnology information system.
• Furthered isolation technology for pharmaceutical filling and operator protection.
• Simulated CFD and environmental monitoring problems.
• Wrote publications and committee documents for ISPE and IES.
• Applied information technology to cost estimating, organization of drawings.
• Implemented Web based applications and home page designs.

G. D. Searle & CO., Supervisor, Chemical Engineering Dept.

• Led NutraSweet process development, engineering and scale-up.
• Analyzed patents, evaluated processes and proposed competitive strategies.
• Developed new amino acid recovery techniques for fermentation broths.
• Evaluated bioseparation technology for peptide isolation.
• Organized multi-discipline task forces for plant start-up.
• Recruited, trained and developed professional staff.

CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Senior Development Engineer

• Supervised $1 MM chemical pilot plant.
• Economic analysis of organic and fine chemical processes.
• Headed process safety review team.
• Spearheaded de-bottlenecking of production equipment.

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Engineer

• Planning and design of grass roots vitamin facility.
• Start up of high temperature organics plant.
• Supervised catalytic hydrogenation unit.
• Computerized information searching

Monsanto Company, Engineer

Honors & Publications

• Isolator Evaluation using Computer Modeling"-part 1, Pharmaceutical Engineering,14, No.6, Nov/Dec 94, pp. 8-22
• "Isolator Evaluation using Computer Modeling"-part-2, Pharmaceutical Engineering,15, No. 2, Mar/Apr 95, pp. 84-101
• "Environmental Emission Control in the Pharmaceutical Industry", Pharmaceutical Engineering, 13, No. 4, July 93, pp. 8-22
• Isolator Evaluation using Computer Modeling"-part 1, Pharmaceutical Engineering,14, No.6, Nov/Dec 94, pp. 8-22
• "Isolator Evaluation using Computer Modeling"-part-2, Pharmaceutical Engineering,15, No. 2, Mar/Apr 95, pp. 84-101
• "Environmental Emission Control in the Pharmaceutical Industry", Pharmaceutical Engineering, 13, No. 4, July 93, pp. 8-22

Presentations for ISPE

• "Containment of Potent Compounds", Tampa, 11/92; "Pharmaceutical Pilot Plant Design", San Francisco, 2/93; "Potent Compound Design", Tampa, 2/95

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Section officer)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honorary)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry honorary)

Education

• M. B. A., Management Major, Farleigh Dickinson University
• M. S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
• B. S., Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute