Christopher Orand
Durham,NC
Summary
Versatile manager with background in coordinating diverse teams and managing complex projects. Skilled in strategic planning, operational improvement, and fostering collaborative environments. Demonstrated ability to enhance efficiency and productivity while maintaining high standards of quality. Successfully implemented innovative solutions that resulted in positive organizational changes.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compliance and Regulatory Director
Covalent Chemical LLC/Chubbs Logistics LLC
Raleigh, NC
01.2019 - Current
- My primary duties were managing all regulatory and compliance issues in the distribution and storage of chemicals.
- Additionally, my duties included managing the company’s warehouse property.
- I was responsible for ensuring that the company complied with all the rules and regulations pertaining to the DOT, FDA, EPA, OSHA, and DHS.
- This covered chemical products primarily focused on acrylates, paints, coatings, and bonding agents.
- I filed all the company’s EPA Tier II reports and other EPA reporting requirements (TRI & CDR).
- Covalent purchased a warehouse facility in 2020 (in Union, SC) and my duties included building a regulatory regime and safety process from the ground up.
- I acted as the company’s ES&H manager as well as being responsible for training all employees on both company policies and SOPs as well as required training for hazmat regulations, workplace safety, and customs import/export rules.
- I additionally advised the company president and the corporate secretary on corporate matters involving corporate documentation, insurance, customer data, and security and corporate record keeping.
Regulatory and Compliance Manager
KG International Inc.
Miami, FL
03.2014 - 11.2018
- My primary duties were managing all regulatory and compliance issues in the import and export of chemicals both domestically and internationally.
- Additionally, my duties included managing the company’s warehouse property.
- I was responsible for making sure that the company complied with all the rules and regulations pertaining to the DOT, FDA, EPA, OSHA, and DHS.
- This covered chemical products varying from hazmat items to pesticides to food-grade products.
- I filed all the company’s EPA Tier II reports and other EPA reporting requirements (TRI & CDR).
- I was the Company’s primary interface with NACD and worked directly with our industry group on government relations and legislation.
- I was responsible for SDS management and brought the company into GHS compliance in 2015-2016.
- I drafted company SOPs for export procedures, food product safety & storage, foreign vendor approval, data security, and product recall provisions.
- I worked with logistics on import/export issues with EAR-BIS.
- I acted as the company’s ES&H manager as well as being responsible for training all employees on both company policies and SOPs as well as required training for hazmat regulations, workplace safety, and customs import/export rules.
- I additionally advised the company president and the corporate secretary on corporate matters involving corporate documentation, insurance, customer data, and security.
- KG International is a family-owned Import/Export business dealing in chemicals and packaging products. Its 2016 revenue was 35 million dollars, and it has 32 employees.
Owner/President
Magpie Partners LLC
Miami/Ft Lauderdale Area
01.2013 - 03.2014
- Magpie Partners was my LLC I ran for a little over a year on a few various projects.
- Assisting Chapel Hill, NC-based Eppintek Inc. with corporate documentation, technology licensing, lab space lease negotiations, investor information presentations, and literature and helped advising with company attorney on private placement memorandum.
- Eppintek is a Chapel Hill-based pharmaceutical start-up working on male contraceptive drug concepts.
- Working with Boston-based Imagium Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. (also known as IRI) on securing licenses on patents for nuclear imaging devices and drugs.
- Assisted in creating business plan and investor literature.
- Helped negotiate contracts for technology licensing rights and created a contract for the supply of imaging drugs.
- Negotiated commercial lease for company lab space.
- Assisted the company President in interactions with the FDA.
- Working with KG International on regulatory matters involving putting together a regulatory regime of written SOPs, and policies as well as designing spreadsheets to help keep track of all regulatory matters and duties.
- I led the company’s preparation for, an audit by the National Association of Chemical Dealers (NACD) to ensure company compliance with their ‘Responsible Distribution’ program.
Director of Corporate & Regulatory Affairs
Bio-Nucleonics, Inc.
Miami, FL
08.2007 - 01.2013
- My primary responsibilities were contract management, regulatory oversight, and facility management.
- Bio-Nucleonics manufactured and shipped nuclear drugs used in the treatment of cancer.
- Regulatory duties meant overseeing the company’s adherence to various regulatory regimes such as FDA, DOT, NRA, OSHA, DHS, etc.
- Regulatory responsibilities also included various agency filings, conducting internal audits, and guiding external audits.
- Contract management consisted of reviewing, scheduling, and managing the company’s various responsibilities and duties with various agreements.
- These included contracts with foreign nuclear suppliers as well as domestic vendors such as Cardinal Health or the Veterans Administration.
- Facilities management involved overseeing the daily operation of a laboratory facility.
- Various aspects included the drafting and maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs); training employees in various safety procedures and policies; and day-to-day operational needs.
- Additionally, the more corporate aspect of my job involved working with outside counsel on various intellectual property issues as well as working with the University of Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital on partnership projects.
Education
LLM - Corporate Compliance Graduate Certificate Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA06.2026
Juris Doctor - Law
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables, FL01.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA01.1995
Skills
- Compliance Management
- Government Regulatory Regimes (FDA, EPA, HHS/OSHA, DOT, DHS, DOE, CBP)
- Contract Management & Drafting (Supply & Vendor Agreements, Sales Agreements, Licenses, Commercial Leases)
- Operations Management
- Facilities Management & Employee Training
- Contract management
- Project management
- Employee training
- Effective communication
- Research skills
- Records compliance management
- Regulatory compliance management
- Compliance management
- Legal compliance management
- Contract compliance management
- OSHA compliance management
Certification
- UC Berkeley Haas School of Business – AI Business Strategies & Applications Certificate
- North Carolina Bar Association Certified Paralegal
- OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Outreach Training
- North Carolina Real Estate License
Primary Skills
- Compliance Management
- Government Regulatory Regimes (FDA, EPA, HHS/OSHA, DOT, DHS, DOE, CBP)
- Contract Management & Drafting (Supply & Vendor Agreements, Sales Agreements, Licenses, Commercial Leases)
- Operations Management
- Facilities Management & Employee Training
Timeline
Compliance and Regulatory Director
Covalent Chemical LLC/Chubbs Logistics LLC
01.2019 - Current
Regulatory and Compliance Manager
KG International Inc.
03.2014 - 11.2018
Owner/President
Magpie Partners LLC
01.2013 - 03.2014
Director of Corporate & Regulatory Affairs
Bio-Nucleonics, Inc.
08.2007 - 01.2013
LLM - Corporate Compliance Graduate Certificate Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Juris Doctor - Law
University of Miami School of Law
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Pitzer College