Analyzed business processes in numerous departments, including Alternative Investments, Custody and Cost Basis Reporting. Designed, coded, and deployed numerous software solutions each built to re-engineer manual processes, increase accountability and efficiency. Key features of these applications were:

• Architecture based on the MS Office suite of applications. The centerpiece typically being MS Access database, which in turn would automate MS Word for form letters and mailings, MS Excel for data reports and analytics, and utilize MS Outlook as its messaging application.
• Solutions were developed under the Agile Methodology, with an emphasis on software delivery, and focus on continuously improving previously deployed software.
• Solutions were designed to integrate every touch point or external system. This may including importing external data sources, i.e. existing mainframe reports, or vendor data, and transforming the data into a more useful platform. Some solutions interfaced with legacy 3270 systems, reading and writing to these applications using HLLAPI library.

Served as Business Continuity team captain, writing Business Continuity plan for two departments, as well as BC test protocols to ensure and document plan viability.

In addition participated in testing program for enterprise software used to support the firm’s compliance with new Cost Basis Reporting regulations. In this capacity, authored and executed numerous test scripts, including logging software defects, and serving as the business liaison in technology meetings.

Managed process development progress during development and scale up of novel animal drugs. In addition , conducted process troubleshooting, reviewing and analyzing process data, participated in quality and technical audits of manufacturing facilities, authored numerous technical reports used in support of regulatory filings .

Responsibilities included writing of manufacturing validation master plans and protocols for several bulk pharmaceutical processes. Responsible for forming and leading the cross functional validation team to execute the approved protocol. Analyzed validation data, and wrote final summary report for management review and approval.

Responsibilities included supervising a thirty man, three shift operation, scheduling production, participating or leading several continuous improvement teams formed to resolve manufacturing, and other regulatory compliance issues.

As plant engineer supervised the remodeling of a methanol distillation column to triple previous recovery rates. Additional responsibilities included tracking and implementing a utilities reduction program, which reduced utilities consumption by 10 %.