Thane Westermeyer
Sun Prairie,Wisconsin
Summary
Innovative and technically diverse chemist with direct customer engagement expertise. 28+ years successful and broad based chemistry experience in the contract research, industrial, biotech and drug discovery industries. Demonstrable laboratory management leadership in demanding cGMP environment. Strong history of technical patents and writing for peer reviewed journals. Strategic thinker with flawless tactical execution focus. Proven team leader and people motivator with personal track record for business leadership, project management, winning customer loyalty, and increased revenue year-over-year.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Scientist and SAP Specialist, Process Development
MilliporeSigma
09.2018 - Current
- Support procurement activities in PAD, R&D, QC and MFG groups using SAP and Ariba
- Assist in resolution of issues arising from procurement activities
- Initiate and procure CAPEX projects and budget
- Provide Global, regional/wave level support & train local key users
- Active involvement and assistance in implementation of new procurement systems
- Maintain a non-GMP inventory system for PAD and R&D groups
- Train users on chemical inventory system and perform reconciliation periodically to ensure accuracy of inventory
- Assist with lab based hands-on process development as necessary
Scientist, Process Development
MilliporeSigma
01.2013 - Current
- Process development of new phase I/II/III API’s
- Technical expert and liaison for manufacturing personnel
- Responsible for innovative development and execution of synthetic route and technical projects to Phase I/II/III API’s.
- Broad hands-on knowledge of organic chemical synthesis and associated analytical techniques, including areas of medicinal chemistry, API chemical process development
- Support manufacturing personnel by providing on-site assistance and process procedure training for cGMP production
- Facilitate cross functional teams and evaluation/approval of manufacturing processes
- Technical support writing including process development reports, laboratory hazard analysis, batch records, cleaning process reports
- Active participant as a First Responder/Medical Team and HazMat Spill Response Team. Incident Commander
Supervisor, Quality Control
SAFC-Sigma Aldrich
11.2010 - 01.2013
- Laboratory management of 6 staff under 24/5 schedule in cGMP environment
- Demonstrated commitment to the organization''s core values, leading by example and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Scheduled and coordinated daily work load for laboratory analysts ensuring efficient use of resources
- Site lead for several Process Improvement Initiatives including reducing raw material testing and turnaround time to less than 5 days.
- Improved cleaning validation/verification procedures and program
Technical Manager
ABITEC, Corp
01.2009 - 11.2010
- Chemical plant technical expert on production and processes
- Chemical plant technical expert on production processes of products including pharma excipients, food, personal care and HI&I applications
- Managed QC Laboratory of 3 staff under 24/7 operation and GMP guidance
- Responsible for auditing with QA of external suppliers/vendors of raw materials into the plant in compliance of GMP, GLP and ISO guidelines.
Senior Research Scientist
BellBrook Labs, LLC
01.2003 - 12.2008
- Created key components of Transcreener ADP Assay Platform which is now the industry-leading biochemical assay product in sales and revenue
- Designed, planned, and oversaw the company purchase and build-out of state-of-the-art laboratory and office facilities ahead of schedule by 2 months and under budget by $150,000.
- Reponsible for all synthetic and analytical chemistry projects performed at the company including instrumentation usage, data interpretation and data reporting
- Synthesized novel nucleotides (fluorescent and unlabelled) that had not been previously made
Education
Dissertation Submitted - Organic Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE01.1999
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska12.1994
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska06.1991
Skills
- Scientific experience and leadership in a demanding regulatory environment per cGMP, ISO, HAACP and GLP environments
- Product development and launch of biotech drug discovery applications
- Multi-step synthesis and purification of complex natural products and novel compounds
- Method development and validation of GC, GC-MS, HPLC, HPLC-MS/MS and NMR assays
- Effective people leader
- Signature customer service
Business and people leadership
Effective people leader: Leads by example and motivates scientific team to excel. Assistant Fire Chief of Operations for 65+ career and volunteer firefighters at Sun Prairie Fire Department., Resolved customer complaints in timely manner to prevent loss of >$500,000 business opportunity, Reduced sample analysis turnaround time by 75%, Planned and executed program for synthesis and production of three diverse food and health products within 4 months of inception, Sought out and listened to voice of client and used input to design/improve Transcreener product line, Thorough risk/benefit analysis to win customer approval for new production process to produce pharmaceutical excipient
Patents publications presentations
Coauthor on 3 patents and 5 submitted International or European patents. Author or coauthor on 20+ papers and presentations. Available upon request
Scientific experience
Regulatory compliance of laboratory per GMP, ISO, HACCP and GLP environments, Product development and launch of biotech drug discovery applications, Multi-step synthesis and purification of complex natural products and novel compounds, complex drug development including metabolites, APIs, labeled and unlabeled internal standards, novel nucleotides, iso-bases, nucleic acids, peptide structures and oleochemicals, Method development and validation of GC, GC-MS, HPLC, HPLC-MS/MS, NMR assays for the quantitation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (including enantiomers), natural products, chemicals, etc in various biological matrices/tissues, Proposal development, contracting, project execution, and invoicing
Timeline
Scientist and SAP Specialist, Process Development
MilliporeSigma
09.2018 - Current
Scientist, Process Development
MilliporeSigma
01.2013 - Current
Supervisor, Quality Control
SAFC-Sigma Aldrich
11.2010 - 01.2013
Technical Manager
ABITEC, Corp
01.2009 - 11.2010
Senior Research Scientist
BellBrook Labs, LLC
01.2003 - 12.2008
Dissertation Submitted - Organic Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
University of Nebraska
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Creighton University
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