 Engineer 1
Azzur Consulting
September 2015 – Present (2 years 1 month)Greater Boston Area
• Managed preventive and predictive maintenance programs and directed root cause
failure analysis to correct repetitive failure mechanisms of equipment
• Optimized Preventive Maintenance Program by analyzing equipment work order
history
• Worked with cross functional engineering team to implement and improve design
and manufacturing process for all process systems
• Created new or revised existing content for Standard Operating Procedures for
equipment maintenance and facility operations for use in a Quality Management
system
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Process Engineering Coop

Vicor Corporation
June 2014 – December 2014 (7 months)
• Responsible for overseeing line operator training and work performance
• Analyzed product defect rates and implemented lasting process improvements
• Created new operating procedures and updated documentation for packaging, equipment instruction,
and production processes
• Measured and analyzed plasma etch depth
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Analytical Development Co-op

Cubist Pharmaceuticals
July 2013 – December 2013 (6 months)
• Measured drug compounds for purity, potency, concentration and water content
• Designed and implemented a high throughput and reliable method to determine a compound's
distribution coefficient
• Developed a method to regenerate and test used HPLC columns
• Updated HPLC methods for UPLC analysis
 Researcher
Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technologies
January 2013 – June 2013 (6 months)
• Synthesized nano-particle coating for a battery electrode
• Investigated scanning orientation of silicon wafers using XRD analysis
• Assembled cathode and anode in an aqueous phase of a lithium-air battery
  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co-op
Novartis-MIT Center of Continuous Manufacturing
January 2012 – June 2012 (6 months)
• Produced tablets for an organic pharmaceutical via a continuous process
• Analyzed purity levels using HPLC
• Prepared samples, mobile phase and solvents for HPLC analysis
• Supervised other lab technicians as well as Research Associates in the process of
manufacturing tablets
• Maintained lab notebook with test parameters, observations, and any events that occurred
• Participated in unit operation meetings, to collaboratively determine
running conditions of the extrusion-molding section
• Received Contribution Award for participation in the first successful end to end integrated
continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing platform