I have over 15 years of experience working in sterile and non sterile pharma, both as a viable environmental monitoring expert, on the bench, as a team leader, as a trainer and process mapping expert. I’ve also audited, run process simulation programs, validated equipment and processes and investigated many, many issues.
Personal Attributes
- Champion of communication
- Operates with integrity
- Strong critical thinker and problem solver
- Fast learner and assimilator
- A great planner
Degrees and Associated bits of paper
- Bachelor of Science (Microbiology / Immunology) – Monash University
- Training Small Groups ( BSZ404A – Module of: Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training – BSZ10498) – Melbourne University
- Diploma of Commercial Arts (Graphic Design) – Commercial Arts Training College including the Da Vinci Graduate Award
- Open access sourced Bachelor of Computer Science – so no paper, just knowledge & skills (in progress)
Food Certifications
- FBPFSY3002 Participate in a HACCP team
- FBPFSY5001 Develop a HACCP-based food safety plan
Transferable Skills
- Computer and Programming skills varying levels of (DOS, Pascal, Basic 7.0, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, Windows, Ubuntu)
- 10+ years writing for different target audiences and distilling information from Subject Matter Experts
- Ability to see details and the large picture
- 10+ years developing solid technical illustration and writing skills
- 8+ years developing and delivering training
- Fluent in Microsoft Office software suite inc. Visio
- 12+ years leading Investigations and writing reports
- 15+ years experience working with International and Australian pharmaceutical manufacturing and testing standards and also PIC/S
Linkedin Learning
- Mentoring Others
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Having Difficult Conversations
- Connecting with peers in the Workplace
- The Fundamentals of Document Retention and Data Management
- Writing Proposals
- Managing Project Stakeholders
- SharePoint 2016 Essential Training
- Writing in Plain English
- Solving Business Problems
Courses
- PUAEMR010B – Undertake emergency planning
- Leadership Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results Program – Franklin Covey
- Mapping Business Communications – Tactics
- Effective Supervisory Management – Leadership Management Australia
- Problem Solving & Decision Making – Kepner Tregoe
- Introduction to Project Management (PMBOK – 3rd Edition Aligned). In-house self-driven
- Introduction to Occupational Health & Safety – Victorian WorkCover Authority
- Recognition and Properties of Dangerous Goods – Noel Wicking & Associates Pty. Ltd.
- Analytical Services Team “Back to Basics” – provided by Bridgeworks (DiSC = Panther 5223)
- Focused Communication – Kaspersky Lab
- Effective Customer Communication – provided by TMI/Tack International (DiSC = Panther/owl 6136)
Vizual Learning / eCareers
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Certified Information Systems Security Pro (2016) (CISSP)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
CBT Nuggets
- Project Management for the Real World
- Ubuntu administration
- IT Expert Getting Started in IT
- CompTIA A+ (220-901)
- CompTIA A+ (220-902)
- Agile Essentials
- CompTIA Cloud Essentials (CLO-001)
- CompTIA Security (SYS-501)
- MTA Database Fundamentals (98-364)
- Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals
- Implement Windows Containers
- Azure SQL Essentials
- Lead A Project Team
- Effective Teams
- Analyze and Optimize System Processes
- Linux Security Best Practices
- Manage Conflict
- Respect in the Workplace
- Extend Team Effectiveness with Microsoft Teams
- Monitor and Configure Linux Storage
- CompTia CySA+ (CS0-001) – CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst CS0-001
- IT Expert – Office 365 Domain Structure, ADMT and Federations
Other Potentially Useful Skills
- BMC Remedy IT Service Management software
- Novatek LIMS
- Trackwise EQMS
- Biomereux Vitek32
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Acrobat
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Powerpoint, Visio
- Video editing software
- Hyper-V, ESXi
- Online champion/communicator
- Data junkie