Alex Osson
Rosedale,NY
Summary
Quality Control Supervisor / Quality Control Manager / Senior R&D Chemist: Strong skills & SAME in LC Waters Alliance & UPLC Empower Data Acquisition System . SAME in Agilent GC & skills in addressing any Agilent GC issues & troubleshooting. Skills in Fisher Scientific Ion Chromatography ICS 5000 SP,EG & DC. SAME in GC Perkin Elmer Clarus 500 GC & PE Clarus 500 GC-MS. Familiar with TLC,PE FTIR Spectrum 100,795 Karl Fisher Titrino with 703 Ti Stand & Key Pad, Familiar with AA,Flame Photometry,UV-Vis,GMP,S.O.P & NF.PE( ICP ) Optical Emission Spectrometer
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Supervisor
Nestle Health & Science / Nature Bounty
Bohemia, NY
02.2011 - Current
- Responsible for laboratory personels , conducting & overseeing quality control & collecting analyzing and interpreting lab results .
- Collaborating with senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives for a full " Data Integrity " protocol .
- Maintain active role on internal continuous improvement of our teams,Proposing & implementing inspection criteria.
- And procedures where it may be inadequate or lack of. .
- Sharing technical and statistical expertise to all qualitative and quantitative questions that may arise from a test method or instrumentation or calculation .
- Apply total quality management tools and approaches to analytical and reporting processes.
- Guide junior chemists & technicians engaged in inspection and analytical testing activities to ensure high productivity and high technical integrity.
- Training,guiding & mentoring senior & junior chemists on various instruments such as :Gas Chromatography,UPLC & HPLC & PE Clarus 500.
- Interpreting data and adhering to strict guidelines on documentation when recording data .
- Training associates on reporting scientific results using a range of analytical techniques,instrumentation & software.
- Working collaboratively with upper management in the training of senior & junior chemists in,lab book checking,GMP,GLC,S.O.P,safety and Data Integrity.
- Optimizing analytical methods techniques for the analysis of drugs products and chemicals .
Quality Control Manager
Corwood Laboratories INC
Hauppauge, NY
08.2002 - 10.2009
- Led,supervised,developed & motivated 9 analytical chemists from training to mentoring to performance improvement.
- Help associates achieve peak performance during impactful organizational changes .
- Maintained laboratory workflow and established priorities and time lines for Quality Control & critical component Manufacturing groups
- Ensuring associates are compliant to quality standards,productivity goals and deliverables achieving > 95% OTIF .
- Strategically scheduled testing activities,managed execution of methods and procedures for inspecting , testing and evaluating product quality
- Initiated and led investigations for non-conforming and out of specification material through OOS,NCR and CAPA reporting processes.
- Organized and run troubleshooting meetings , established experimental plans and provide resolution into root cause analysis .
- Established,managed and maintained precise QC standards and participated in audits to ensure compliance to GMP,GLP,ISO9001 and FDA regulations. .
- Prepared,designed and reviewed documents or new analytical testing methods to be submitted to the FDA .
- Apply total quality management tools and approaches to analytical and reporting processes Document writing .
- Develop & analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products.
- Responsibility for QA / QC functions for testing complaint handling,FDA problem resolution .
- Create,document,S.O.P and implement inspection criteria and procedures.
- Review & analyze reports,records and directives & confers with managers to obtain data required for planning activities
- Such as new commitments,status of work in progress and problems encountered.
- Investigate and correct customer issues and complaints relating to quality.
- Supervise inspection and testing activities to insure high productivity.
- Formulate , document and maintain quality control standards and on-going quality control objectives .
Senior R&D Chemist
Altana Inc
Melville, NY
08.2000 - 08.2002
- Develop & validate methods for experimental drug candidates
- Write and review method transfer protocols and method S.O.P
- Perform characterization studies for impurities,degradants,intermediates and active components of drug substances and drug product.
- Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications.
- Deliver innovative solutions for aggregate safety strategy & analyses .
Education
BS - Chemistry
York College CUNY
Jamaica Queens, NYOrganic , Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Brooklyn College SUNY
Brooklyn, NYSkills
- Proactive safety support
- Knowledge of drug safety principles
- Proficient in data processing software
- Analysis of scientific and technical data
- Functional knowledge of Excel,Power Point,Microsoft Word
- Effective teamwork under deadlines
- High workload management
- Method development
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis using HPLC
- Execute performance verification for instruments
- Diagnostic skills for lab equipment
Timeline
Quality Control Supervisor
Nestle Health & Science / Nature Bounty
02.2011 - Current
Quality Control Manager
Corwood Laboratories INC
08.2002 - 10.2009
Senior R&D Chemist
Altana Inc
08.2000 - 08.2002
Organic , Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Brooklyn College SUNY
BS - Chemistry
York College CUNY