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EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, February, 1981

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Worcester, MA
Master of Science in Computer Science, October, 1991

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Worcester, MA
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, June, 1979



REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer (MA, Chemical, by exam)



EXPERIENCE

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES DESIGN, INC., Mansfield, Massachusetts
2000 to present
Principal

Co-owner and principal of a specialty engineering and design firm, dealing primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device markets.

PROCESS FACILITIES INC., Boston, Massachusetts
1998 to 2000
Director of Pharmaceutical Process Technology / Director of Process Engineering

1993 to 1996
Sr. Project Manager / Sr. Process Engineer

Responsible for all aspects of project management and engineering in a specialty architectural/engineering firm. Prepared project proposals, scopes of work, and cost estimates, with subsequent presentations to client firms. Manage multi-discipline engineering teams to execute the projects following job awards. Manage a 20 person Process Engineering group. Typical projects require full design teams representing all engineering disciplines, purchasing and shop drawing support, as well as coordination and interaction with the client's construction management firms. An example would be the expansion of a biotechnology client's processing capacity. This required the redesign of an existing facility to effect a ten-fold increase in throughput, followed by the design of a new facility to provide a four-fold expansion of the increased level. .


COPLEY PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Canton, Massachusetts
1996 to 1998
Director of Engineering

Responsible for direction and management of the corporate engineering group, comprising Process and Project Engineering, Facilities, Maintenance, Compliance, and Safety functions, in a generic pharmaceutical manufacturing company. This includes professional and trade employees in a 40 to 50 person department.



BADGER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1991 to 1993
Process Design Engineer, Industrial Facilities Group

Performed a variety of roles in the redesign and renovation of a client's Food Processing Plant. The plant required significant modifications in order to meet Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) regulations for operation and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), as well as client goals for yield and throughput. This required interfacing with the client's corporate engineering group and the plant operations personnel to fully define the existing processes, incorporation of this into the new design, management of a multi-discipline engineering team of 50 people, and formulation of the project budget estimate. Approval of the design required interpretation and implementation of FDA and NJDOH regulations, and presentations of the design to those agencies for approval. Execution involved selection and purchasing of new process equipment, field work with contractors for the installation and debug of the equipment, operational procedure definition, and operator training on the new process. An engineering program carried on in parallel with the renovation program involved improving existing processes to meet yield and throughput goals in other plant areas, increasing the plant's sanitation performance, and definition of equipment operation and maintenance procedures.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Attleboro, Massachusetts
1980 to 1991

06/89 to 06/91 : Engineering Supervisor, Etch Leadframe Manufacturing
02/87 to 06/91 : Member, Group Technical Staff, Semiconductor Group
08/83 to 02/87 : Senior Engineer, Leadframe Advanced Development
11/81 to 08/83 : Senior Process Engineer, Leadframe Plating
09/80 to 11/81 : Process Engineer, Leadframe Plating

Held a variety of positions in the Attleboro Leadframe department, in both technical and management roles. Responsible for supervision, coordination, and budget of the etch engineering group, providing manufacturing coverage and development support to a 24 hour operation for photochemical milling of leadframe products. Responsible for development and implementation of new products and processes. Supervised the design, installation, startup, documentation, and initial operation of numerous process lines, as well as subsidiary systems such as a chlorine storage and delivery facility. Defined and implemented programs to increase process capability and throughput, improve yield and financial performance, provide maintenance of equipment, and resolve customer problems. Assigned as a department resource for the expansion of automated control systems in production areas. Integrated on-line statistical analysis of process data with production systems. Managed capital equipment programs in a variety of production areas. Responsible for the improvement, documentation and operator training of existing processes for overall product quality and reliability.



CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

"An Expert System for Visual Inspection of IC Leadframes", World Congress on Expert Systems, December, 1991. Co-author : Dr. Matthew O. Ward

"Rule-Based Inspection of Leadframes", Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pages 580 - 585, Computer Society Press, 1988. Co-author : Dr. Matthew O. Ward.

"Automated Inspection of Leadframe Z-plane Dimensions", presented at Texas Instruments 1988 Corporate Manufacturing Technology Seminar.

"Automated Process Control for Lead Frame Plating", presented at Texas Instruments 1987 Corporate Manufacturing Technology Seminar. Co-author : Stephen J. Rodkey



PATENT

"Electrochemical Etch System and Method", Co-inventors: D.C. Abbott and D.W. West, U.S. Patent No. 5,480,519



AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member, International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
Mansfield School Committee