FRANCIS KONNEH
Worcester,MA
Summary
Recent graduate with excellent research, technical and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented and able to learn new concepts quickly.
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Multi-talented Chemist tests inorganic and organic compounds with systematic and organized approach. Knowledgeable about tests, documentation requirements and writing technical papers. Talented project manager and planner with strong attention to detail and more than 3 years of related experience.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
MANUFACTURING Senior ASSOCIATE
BRISTOL-MYERS-SQUIBB
Devens, MA
07.2022 - Current
- CELL THERAPY
- Practiced safe and hazard-free work environments in line with company standards
- Supported production quality standards by regularly testing and verifying production processes
- Specialists utilizing GMP and aseptic practices to manufacture and assemble blood derived components in a cleanroom environment
- Performing patient process unit operations and support operations described in standard operating procedures and batch records
- Demonstrates strong practical and theoretical knowledge in their work
- Completing documentation required by process transfer protocols, validation protocols, standard operating procedures, and batch records
- Performing tasks in a manner consistent with the safety policies, quality systems, and GMP requirements
- Completing training assignments to ensure the necessary technical skills and knowledge
- Collaborates with support groups on recommendations and solving technical and operational problems
- Identifies innovative solutions
- Assisting in setting up manufacturing areas and equipment/fixtures
- Perform facility and equipment commissioning activities
- Training others on SOPs, Work Instructions to successfully complete manufacturing operations
- Executing daily unit operations schedule that includes people, product, and material flow across multiple shifts
- Work in a cleanroom environment and perform aseptic processing; maintain manufacturing environmental conditions (Non-Viable Particulate(s) and Viable microbial levels per controlled area classification specifications) by performing area disinfection regiment as required to meet global Health Authority requirements.
- Aseptic techniques under a BSC, while filling Blood samples in vials for patients product
- Performing Cryopreservation to freeze blood samples and condition them in LN2 tanks.
- Perform isolation by Aphaeresis technique using sepax, clinimax to separate blood cells into components called CD8 and CD4.
- Media AMPS production and MVP production
- Cryoperservation operations
- troubleshooting equipment and changing parameter digitally
- Escalating trouble shoot, and writing deviations
MANUFACTURING CHEMIST III
Nitto Avieca
MILFORD, MA
04.2019 - 07.2022
- CGMP
- 3 years’ experience
- Manufacturing chemist III
- PPQ mixing studies procedures
- Synthesis (production of oligos)
- Cleavage and deprotection process (Harvesting, cleaning)
- Synthesizer (flushes, priming, cleaning, and running synthesizer)
- Solution preps (Amidites, Xanthane, oxidation, DCI, TEA, TBA, CAP A, CAP B, NMI, Pyridine etc.)
- MMT removal
- Perform column packing, cleaning, and storing
- Column use (60cm, 80cm, 35cm, 30cm, 20cm)
- Changing DCA drums
- Troubleshooting DCA skid for all labs (lab technician)
- Supply and materials organization
- QC validation, sampling, HPLC
- Reviewing procedure and document
- Upstream purification, downstream purification
- HF (Hydrofluoric Acid) system (changing drum, prepping HF, and running C/D)
- Cleaning room (performing loop clean, labs cleans)
- Diluting and concentrating crude
- Separating fractions of split product
- Storing products in mcokpools
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry, Chemistry
Worcester State University
08.2023
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - Chemistry
Worcester State University
06.2016
ACCOMPLISHMENTS -
Worcester Technical High School
01.2012
Certification in Biotechnology Community services -
Skills
- People-oriented
- Sampling
- Harvesting product
- Synthesis
- Prepping
- Packing columns
- Chromatography
- UV analysis
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Changing DCA drum
- Mixing studies
- Diluting
- Managing supply
- Hard work ethic
- Reviewing documents
- Transfusing solution
- Transporting
- Organizing
- Storing
- Clean room
- Teamwork and Coordination
- Media prep
- Systems ( MES, DELTA V, VEEVA VAULT, CELABS, JUNO
- aseptic
- AMPS
Timeline
MANUFACTURING Senior ASSOCIATE
BRISTOL-MYERS-SQUIBB
07.2022 - Current
MANUFACTURING CHEMIST III
Nitto Avieca
04.2019 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry, Chemistry
Worcester State University
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - Chemistry
Worcester State University
ACCOMPLISHMENTS -
Worcester Technical High School