west whiteside

engineering specialist at ventana medical systems

About

I have 9 years experience in the Pharmaceutical industry with an emphasis on automated building and scientific critical environmental monitoring and reporting , high end scientific equipment utilization monitoring and reporting and animal watering systems (water production and distribution) including but not limited to systems administration, contract management, validations, writing protocols, SOP’s, calibrations and repairs. I have extensive training in GLP, cGMP, GCP, FDA, AAALAC, USDA, 21CFRPart11 and engineering change control disciplines. I have been personally involved on behalf of Pfizer in 2 GLP, 1 GMP FDA, 2 AAALAC and 2 USDA audits with no observations or findings. Received 5 service awards and one Global Operations team lead award. In addition I have 11 years experience in laboratory equipment repairs and calibrations ranging from balances to incubators to robotic systems.

Country

united states

City

fort lauderdale

Industry

medical devices

Skill

Experience

rees scientific monitoring system applications consultant

w and h

2009-2 - 2010-7 · 1 yr 6 mos

senior engineer rees environmental monitoring system and edstrom watchdog system administrator

pfizer

2002-3 - 2008-12 · 6 yrs 10 mos

field service engineer

sartorius corp

1988-1 - 1999-1 · 11 yrs 1 mo

* Provided laboratory equipment field service repair, calibration and maintenance for over 300 customers in 5 states. * Pipette calibrations * Supported VWR Lab Serve program * Grew territory by 200% * Received Field Engineer of the year Award for 1991

vice president of operations

r shute technologies

1999-1 - 2002-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

* Developed Pfizer Global Research and Development Ann Arbor Metrology department * Developed calibration program for the Rees Critical Environmental Monitoring system * Wrote many of the first Pfizer Ann Arbor Metrology SOP's

engineering specialist at ventana medical systems

ventana medical systems

2010-4 - Present · 16 yrs 6 mos

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, innovates and manufactures instruments and reagents that automate tissue processing and slide staining for cancer diagnostics. VENTANA solutions are used in clinical histology and drug development research laboratories worldwide. The company's intuitive, integrated staining and workflow management platforms that optimize laboratory efficiencies to reduce errors – support diagnosis and inform treatment decisions for anatomic pathology professionals. Together with Roche, Ventana is driving personalized healthcare through accelerated drug discovery and the development of "companion diagnostics" to identify the patients most likely to respond favorably to specific therapies. Visit www.ventana.com to learn more.