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Expert in Medical Devices, Biotech, Aseptic Processing, Engineering, Facilities, and Sterilization
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Expert has extensive expertise in all areas of aseptic processing and terminal sterilization of medical devices, human tissue for transplanation processing, microcontamination and controlled environments. He has been involved in clean room projects for Ethicon, Inc., Osteotech, Inc., Manufacturing Automation Corp.and Lonza, Inc. with over thirty years experience. He has supervised the construction and installation of several thousand square feet of clean room manufacturing area. His experience is in medical device manufacturing, involving the areas of packaging, filling, ultra pure water (WFI) and machine design. Expert is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and Maryland.
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Expert has extensive expertise in the manufacture of medical devices and biologics. Extensive experience in sterilization engineering and industrial sterilization processing and techniques using ethylene oxide, gamma radiation, vapor phase hydrogen peroxide, and gas plasma sterilization. He has experience in ETO scrubbers and environmental monitoring. He is was involved with the very first peracetic acid gas plasma sterilizer.
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Expert has extensive experience in the aseptic processing of human tissue for transplantation in addition to medical device sterilizaton techniques and processes. Evaluation and implementation of predictable preventive maintenance programs, minimizing unscheduled downtime and maximizing maintenace and calibartion resources, all meeting FDA compliance requirements. Experience in Master Site Planning. Leading planning activities, construction, commissioning and start-up of new FDA regulated facilities.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities: Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
Stamford, Connecticut;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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1971
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BS
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Mechanical Engineering
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City University of New York
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President's List
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2008 to
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Principal
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Present Assignments:
Assisting a major (Fortune 10) pharmaceutical company in their research integration effort, that will bring approximately 300 researchers and support staff from various Bioprocess Development departments to one site. The project includes both renovations to an existing 1.1MM ft2 facility and a new 139,000 ft2. research facility. Project budget is $157MM.
Working with a Midwest biotech company processing purified DNA and Proteins. The challenge is to fully automate their filling, packaging and lyophilization processes in a new state of the art FDA regulated 150,000 ft2 facility.
Past Assignments:
Commercialization of a Multi-wave Ultrasound Elastography Breast Lesion Detection system. A new multi-wave ultrasound technology that provides imaging for precise, quantifiable results for early detection of breast cancer.
Clinical support for a Bone Ultrasonic Scanner ™ (BUSS) is an ultrasound device that can be used to screen, diagnose and monitor osteoporosis through multi-parametric assessment of bone mechanical and structural characteristics.
Assisting a start-up pharmaceutical company develop process, identify process equipment and meet regulatory compliance in order to begin manufacturing and bring API's in-house.
Process Development: Providing technical support and knowledge based solutions to the Life Science Industry.
Research, Identify and Perform Due Diligence for external manufacturing and third party suppliers.
Site and Facilities Services: Plan, Design, and Build flexible, cost-effective and energy efficient processing areas and facilities all meeting Federal (FDA) Regulation and local codes.
Provide Flexible, Customizable Aseptic Processing solutions for all pharmaceutical, medical device and biologic producers conducting Phase 1, 2, or 3 clinical trials to scale up and commercialization capability.
Resolve compliance issues with FDA, EPA, State and Local authorities.
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2007 to 2008
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Lonza BioScience, Inc.
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Engineering
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Vice Pres./Global Head of Engineering
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•Member Leadership Sector Team report directly to President, Lonza Bioscience. Supporting sales of $2.87 billion. Support Lonza's position as leading innovator and supplier of cell-based solutions for the global pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research markets.
•Responsible for four Domestic facilities and four International (Denmark, France, Singapore and Belgium) sites.
•Direct overall engineering and technical activities for the global organization, relating to the creation, development and design of the organizations products, and facility infrastructure.
•Head of Safety, Health and Environmental.
•Capacity is over 5 billion adherent cells per manufacturing lot.
•Lead all engineering activities and groups, site management maintain infrastructure, processing equipment, Master Site Planning, facility upgrades and new construction of aseptic cell therapy processing facilities.
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2004 to 2007
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Manufacturing Automation Corp.
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Engineering
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Director, Technical Operations
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Responsible for directing activities involved in process development, new product commercialization, facility expansion, auditing and validation.
Develop Upfront process requirements and work closely with in-house and outside resources throughout project to assure requirements are met.
Responsible for Process Development for FDA regulated products and processing facilities from concept through validation.
Technical Development Lead on cross-functional multi-national new product development team. Developing the next generation disposable drug delivery systems, a needle-free injector designed for self-administration of a $3.5 Billion Ortho Biotech, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson) drug and a pre-filled Auto Injector device designed for self-administration of two new Centocor, Inc. (J&J) pharmaceuticals. Project budget was $28.1 Million. Product designed to meet Six Sigma quality requirements
Project Lead on a $7 Million EtO sterilizer project for Guidant, Inc. Develop a fully automated system with minimal human interface.
Researcher investigating novel sterilization sciences for a new micro woven product introduction from W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Proven Knowledge and Experience necessary to implement technology ideas and concepts early in the project life cycle.
Interface with local, state and federal agencies on client's behalf.
Define and Implement cost estimates, cost savings opportunities, utilizing Lean Manufacturing Techniques throughout the process development.
Manage and deliver complex projects across a variety of geographic, company divisions and functions.
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2003 to 2004
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Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC
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Engineering
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Director, Engineering
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Provide stem cell research and clinical services through a network of CGMP Aseptic processing facilities to medial products and pharmaceutical companies, assisting in their efforts to develop and market existing and emerging cell therapy products and treatments.
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1989 to 2003
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Osteotech, Inc.
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Corporate Engineering
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Director of Engineering
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A global leader in the processing of human bone and connective tissue for the transplantation and an innovator in the development, manufacturing and marketing of biologic, biomaterial and device systems for musculoskeletal surgery. With a particular focus on spinal, trauma and total joint revision procedures, the company's current and development-stage technologies address needs within numerous musculoskeletal disciplines.
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1976 to 1989
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Ethicon, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson).
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Engineering
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Manager, Plant and Project Engineering
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A global medical device company and a leader in medical devices design and manufacture for more than 100 years with expertise in wound management, women's health and cardiovascular surgery. Part of the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, it enjoys a reputation as the world leader in developing quality products to enhance the lives of patients and for providing outstanding service to customers. Presently conducts business in 52 countries and employs approximately 11,000 employees in its various worldwide locations.
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Licenses/Certifications
He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey and Maryland.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert received Ethicon's Vice President Award for development and innovation of new products, and twice received the Johnson & Johnson Quality Award for cost savings and product implementation. This is Johnson & Johnson's most prestigious award.
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Expert has been a retained consultant, concentrating on assisting executive management; focusing on auditing, validation, process development, facility expansion and development plans, correcting adverse FDA and other regulating agency findings. He has interfaced with local, state, and federal regulating bodies on client's behalf.
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He developed detailed Master Plans for implementation, budget for location and design of three aseptic processing facilities nationwide for processing of vaccines.
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Review of technical literature for litigation proceedings.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on EO sterilization and microbiology needed for Class III medical device.
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EO sterilization expert specialist for 3rd party review of facilty.
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Sterilization expert for consulting on SIP/CIP for mechanical seals and media mill grinding of industrial equipment for the bio industry.
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Expert medical manufacturing for consulting on starting a medical manufacturing facility.
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Expert in hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization for consulting on H2O2 sterilization of aseptic process equipment.
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FDA expert for consultation to provide pre approval and post approval support to ensure approval of a NADA with a minimum of time spent in the review cycle of T-Pro.
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Expert sterilization etho for consulting on ETO Sterilization.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Sterilization expert for consulting on a sterilization process trade secret.
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Tissue expert for consulting on cervical spacers.
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Expert in FDA litigation for consulting on microbiological contamination of pharmaceuticals.
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Expert in medical devises for consulting on failure analysis of Endologix Powerlink catheter (SMDA).
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1984 to 1988
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South America
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Expert assisted in the construction of aseptic processing facilities.
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1994 to 1996
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France
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He worked on a tissue-for-transplantation processing facility.
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2007 to 2008
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Denmark/UK/Belgium/
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He had responsibility for technical operations and facilities, supporting manufacturing and R&D.
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Medical Device Manufacturing,
Terminal Sterilization Parctices,
Processing of Human Tissuefor Transplantation,
Master Site and Facility Planning,
Aseptic Processes.
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research needs. For research needs involving multiple experts or secondary research,
a Research Director can be assigned to coordinate the work into a custom report for you as a potentially quicker
and more cost effective alternative to doing this work yourself or hiring a boutique consultancy.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of: sterilization and sterilizers; clean rooms; machine shops able to fabricate very difficult and precise components and custom machine-design prototypes.
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Other Skills and Services
He has experience in the scaling up of R&D products and projects into viable manufacturing processes. He also has an extensive aseptic processing, medical devices and background in machine design, component selection, machine shop practices, and prototype development.
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