Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
QA Specialty-Product Desposition
Merck
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
2015 - 2024
Assisted in developing training materials related to quality assurance topics.
Coordinated activities with other departments related to product release decisions.
Maintained knowledge of current industry developments and regulatory requirements for quality assurance purposes.
Review Batch Records documentation concerning to raw materials, packaging components, product intermediates, bulk product and finished packaged products according to current standards operating procedures.
Provides timely feedback to management regarding situations that may result in product impact and/or release delays.
Support site projects, new products and other process improvements.
Support sites audits, regulatory and corporate inspections including support to audit responses.
Review and approve minor deviations assuring accuracy, completeness and documented evidence including cross functional evaluation, risk assessments, remedial, corrective and preventive actions.
Conducts trend analysis (per cause and products), identifies and recommends action to ensure a state of continued compliance avoiding recurrence.
Generate APR's sub-reports related to QA area. Support on any other supervisory request according to experience and qualifications.
Change Management Specialist
Merck
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
2007 - 2015
Generate change request and evaluating changes to documents, equipment, facilities, procedures, areas and computerized systems to ensure are complete by their due dates.
Tracked project schedules and encouraged teams to complete tasks on time.
Organized client meetings to provide project updates.
Oversaw quality control to identify inconsistencies and malfunctions.
Microbiologist
Merck
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
2002 - 2007
Testing raw material and finish product, including solutions.
Sampling manufacturing and laboratory areas (environmental and surfaces monitoring), including the water systems.
Creation of microbiology protocols and laboratory data verification.
Interpreted test results accurately ensuring that all data is reported properly.
Provided technical support for troubleshooting issues related to equipment or processes in the laboratory environment.
Monitored microbiological tests including sterility testing, total plate count, bioburden testing and endotoxin testing.
Ensured compliance with applicable regulations governing laboratory operations.
Trained personnel on laboratory functions.
Designed individual testing calibrators.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Universidad Interamericana
Recinto Metropolitano
12-1990
Skills
Regulatory and GMP Compliance
Concise Communication
Punctual
Ethical
Industry Knowledge of SAP ( System, Applications, and Product in data processing) Trackwise, MEDS, GLIMS, MIDAS, IPI, QualityDoc, and eShopfloor
Organized
Dynamic
Quality Oriented
Helpful
Passionate
Industrial brigade team member
EBRG ( employee business resource group) of Rainbow Alliance
Languages
Spanish (Native)
English
Certification
Heartsaver First Aid RCP and DEA - DEC/2023
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
QA Specialty-Product Desposition
Merck
2015 - 2024
Change Management Specialist
Merck
2007 - 2015
Microbiologist
Merck
2002 - 2007
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
Universidad Interamericana
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