Rick Lenhard

Principal at Rick Lenhard Cold Chain Consulting

About

Packaging/Product Development and Testing Engineer for Cold Chain Packaging supporting the Biotech, Pharma, and other temperature sensitive product industries. My approach to Cold Chain Packaging is this simple: To save and/or improve lives by engineering packaging that will insure the efficacy of the product being delivered to the patient. Specialties: Cold Chain Packaging (Passive and Active), Package Testing (Thermal and Distribution), Project Management, Engineering/Manufacturing/Sales Liaison, Secondary/Tertiary Package Design, Green/Sustainable Package Design, Cold Chain Packaging Consultant.

Country

united states

City

dayton

Industry

packaging and containers

Skill

product development, packaging, continuous improvement, packaging engineering, process improvement, manufacturing, validation, engineering, ppap, cross functional team leadership, lean manufacturing, project management, supply chain management, medical devices, supply chain, quality system, gmp, 5s, six sigma, management, contract negotiation, plastics, manufacturing operations management, thermoforming, purchasing, design for manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, capa, corrugated, artioscad, food packaging, toyota production system, business process improvement, sales management, product management, team building, iso, kaizen, logistics, injection molding, root cause analysis, project planning, value stream mapping, cold chain, gage r&r, iso 13485, manufacturing operations, fda, packaging design, solidworks

Experience

principal

owner

lenhard farms

2017-3 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

senior project engineer- cold chain packaging

tegrant corporation

1991-6 - 2010-5 · 19 yrs

lead passive systems engineer

acutemp

2010-5 - 2017-3 · 6 yrs 11 mos

From the frontiers of pharmaceutical and bio-tech research to the front lines of global conflicts and catastrophes, AcuTemp’s insulated boxes and mobile thermal management solutions are providing the superior performance and hold time capabilities that ensure your temperature sensitive goods safely reach their point of use without spoilage or loss of efficacy. Optimized current cold chain passive shipping systems, while broadening the portfolio of new product offerings. Researched new materials for future systems that will minimize material content and processing impact. Assisted in development of policies traditionally associated with a testing laboratory, including standards, procedures, scheduling, and requirements to attain ISTA 7E laboratory certification. Interfaced with customers, suppliers, and consultants, to further optimize products and services. Supervised and trained laboratory technicians.