Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Managing the Interface Between Owners and Engineering Contractors

ID: 729648 Connecticut, USA

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Expert has successfully directed engineering and construction projects with values up to $700 million, primarily in the U.S.

Working directly for the Owner, he most recently completed a $200 million project, 5% under budget and 2 months ahead of schedule, for a pharmaceutical company in the northeast; the project won two categories in the prestigious Facility of the Year Award program. He implemented Primavera P6 scheduling software in a web-enabled environment that provided all stakeholders with views into the integrated project schedule. His cost control system enabled the Construction Manager to utilize their own system, but melded all costs (including Owner's expenses for engineering, validation, etc.) to maintain an accurate and timely reporting tool.

He has about 100 significant projects to his credit during a career dating to the 1970s. Many of Expert's projects were performed while he was employed by engineering design firms, providing services to biopharmaceutical, specialty chemical, and food & beverage clients. He has insight into the inner workings of Owners and Engineers which gives him the ability to quickly and accurately assess the capabilities of a project team and factors that lead to successful outcomes.

Expert has created many project plans for use in proposals and to justify funding requests. He recently (in 2011) was the project expert a legal team needed to negotiate a construction contract.

Expert is an outstanding chemical process engineer with more than 30 years in the field. His primary skills are in developing flowsheets, material and energy balances, selecting process equipment, and creating equipment arrangements. He is fluent in fluid flow, heat transfer, fractionation (distillation), and many other unit operations. His experience is in the pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, and food and beverage industries.

He is currently writing the next edition of a book for chemical engineers to be published by Elsevier in 2012. This work is refreshing his knowledge of all aspects of chemical plant design. Expert is the author of spreadsheets that solve fluid flow and heat transfer problems, and has written papers on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, relief valve vent manifolds, vent condensers, and others that were published in Chemical Engineering magazine, Chemical Engineering Progress, Journal of Air and Waste Management, and Pharmaceutical Engineering.

Expert directed the process engineering department of a large engineering contractor, and was the lead pharmaceutical technology professional for new engineering ventures in Germany and the U.S.

Expert's planning skills and experience range from single engineering-construction projects to corporate-wide capital strategy.

In Microsoft Project, he has created resource-loaded schedules with hundreds to thousands of activities, covering the complete life cycle of capital project engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup. He has built bridges from Project to Excel, using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), to enable presentation of simpler timelines to stakeholders who don't need to see the details, while ensuring that the different presentations are in perfect synch.

He has a deep understanding of process simulation, having presented at the Winter Simulation Conference and written on the topic for Pharmaceutical Engineering magazine (an ISPE publication). Expert recently created a comprehensive simulation of a plant that quickly answers "What if..." questions on topics such as plant capacity ("What if three more lines are ordered?"), timelines ("How quickly can production output be ramped?"), operational effectiveness (OEE) ("What is the impact if changeover of foil rolls is shortened from 10 minutes to 5 minutes?"), and staffing ("How many staff must be added if the plant is run 24/7 versus 18/5?"). While his work is technically detailed and nuanced, he successfully translated the results into easily digested PowerPoint presentations to create broad visions that the company's executive management could act on.

Expert is an accomplished writer who puts plans into words. Examples include written justifications for capital authorizations, proposals written for engineering companies vying for work, and Requests for Proposals written for Owners seeking engineering or construction services.

As project manager, he developed a conceptual plan for a manufacturing facility to make a specialty organic chemical. Working with a small team consisting of a technical expert from the chemical pilot plant and two engineers with a engineering firm, he planned the project approach and deliverables, and fully participated in the project execution. He delivered the results to executive management in the form of a report and PowerPoint presentation.As technical expert, he consulted with company and outside counsel to establish negotiating positions for a construction contract. He reviewed the proposed terms and conditions in the AIA Form, and participated in contract negotiations with the contractor. He provided the legal team with information and advice needed to negotiate the form of contract (in this case Guaranteed Maximum Price), payment terms, bonus, and penalty.As a technical consultant, he solved a client's requirement to treat biologically active waste from a fermentation process. He interviewed the scientists to learn their specific habits and needs, presented to them the available alternatives, and provided the process design details for the selected solution. This included calculations and equipment selection.He wrote a report that gave specific recommendations for establishing and adhering to performance-based exposure control limits. To accomplish this, he surveyed the U.S. pharmaceutical industry through his direct contacts, then consolidated the best practices into chapters on OEL determination, air hoods, air locks, facility layout, air handlers, liquid wastes, regulatory considerations for mult-product facilities, and process equipment design.Participating in a 3-person team, he spent three weeks at a facility that manufactures an active ingredient using a highly complex chemical process; the purpose of the assignment was to identify and recommend remediation strategies to debottleneck the plant. This resulted in a report of several hundred pages with findings and recommendations that was presented to the site's management team at the end of the 3 week period.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1982 Degree: MBA Subject: Finance Institution: Drexel University
Year: 1974 Degree: BS Subject: Chemical Engineering Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2007 to 2011 Employer: MannKind Corporation Title: Senior Director, Project Management Department:
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for engineering and construction of new facilities and expansions. He also provided strategic planning for the company's capital expansion programs.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2004 to 2007 Employer: Bristol-Myers Squibb Title: Director of Process Engineering Department: Global Engineering
Responsibilities:
He directed the engineering phase of the company's $700 million biological manufacturing facility project. He also performed technical analysis of a third party manufacturer located in the Far East.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2001 to 2004 Employer: AMEC Title: Director, Process Technology Department:
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for technical excellence for projects in the pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, and food & beverage sectors. He created execution plans for engineering and validation projects. He also prepared and delivered presentations to clients and industry groups on diverse topics including tech transfer, highly potent compounds, 21CFR Part 11, commissioning and qualification practices, active pharmaceutical ingredients technology, web-based project management tools, and the design of pharmaceutical water systems.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2001 Employer: Burns and Roe Title: Director, Engineering and Technology Department:
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for staffing and management of a new company office with a focus on pharmaceutical and specialty chemical projects and had a major technical role in conceiving and executing engineering projects.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1987 to 1997 Employer: Day & Zimmermann Title: Director of Technology Department: Life Sciences
Responsibilities:
He had a wide range of roles and responsibilities including project management, management of the process engineering department, and sales and marketing. He was part of the start-up team for a joint-venture (with Meisner + Wurst) engineering and construction company, based in Stuttgart, Germany where he was responsible for engineering functions and technology transfer from LSI, including staffing, quality, proposal preparation, and general management.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1986 to 1987 Employer: CE&IC Title: Principal Engineer Department:
Responsibilities:
He was a leader for projects in the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical sectors with clients including Schering-Plough, Westinghouse, and Firmenich.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1981 to 1986 Employer: SmithKline Beckman Title: Manager, Engineering Administration Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert managed environmental projects in Puerto Rico, Atlanta, and Philadelphia.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2005 to 2006 Country / Region: South Korea Summary: He had an ongoing role consulting with the engineering department of a third party manufacturer that uses cell culture to make pharmaceutical products. He reviewed their work in planning a plant expansion, and provided advice. The client's VP of Engineering described Expert as "one of the finest engineers I've ever worked with."
Years: 1995 to 1997 Country / Region: Germany Summary: He was the technical respresentative from Day & Zimmermann (Life Sciences Division, LSI) to a new engineering company formed in Stuttgart, a joint venture between LSI and Meisner + Wurst.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
He is currently a member of AIChE and ISPE, and is a past member of PMI and AACE.
Licenses / Certifications
He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Publications and Patents Summary
He has more than 10 publications, has presented at several major conferences, and is currently writing a chemical engineering textbook.

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