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Derek Nan

Cypress

Summary

Dynamic Operations and Facilities Manager with a proven track record at KOVA INTERNATIONAL, excelling in process improvement and team leadership. Expert in CGMP compliance and analytical HPLC, driving operational efficiency and enhancing productivity. Successfully implemented strategies that reduced costs while maintaining high-quality standards across facilities.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations and Facilities Manager

KOVA INTERNATIONAL
Garden Grove
01.2023 - Current
  • Oversee daily operations and optimize workflows to ensure efficiency.
  • Develop and implement strategies aligned with company goals.
  • Identify and execute process improvements to enhance productivity and reduce costs.
  • Track and analyze key performance indicators to drive operational success.
  • Ensure all facilities are maintained to the highest standards, including regular inspections and preventive maintenance.
  • Ensure facility complies with all health, safety and environmental regulations.
  • Develop and manage the facility budget, ensuring cost-effective operations.
  • Plan and optimize space utilization.

Production Supervisor

KOVA INTERNATIONAL
Garden Grove
03.2023 - 04.2024
  • Ensures Quality Manufacturing.
  • Measure and improve on manufacturing productivity & efficiency.

Production Teamlead

Polypeptide Group
Torrance
09.2021 - 03.2023
  • Overseeing a group of 12 or more employees.
  • Conducted annual performance evaluation for all the direct reports.
  • Provides corrective action to address attendance, conduct, or performance issues with production chemists.
  • Providing feedback in the form of counseling and recognition for positive performance and development opportunities.
  • Ensures the overall integrity and quality of work produced by the line.
  • Assesses individual training needs, including cross-training and job rotation plans of production chemists.
  • Provides leadership in sustaining defined processes and resolving issues, including trouble-shooting various instruments, etc.
  • Develops, recommends and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
  • Including conducting investigations, providing documentation and recommending further courses of action.
  • Assigns chemists to specific tasks on the production line, ensures clear understanding of task expectations in quality and productivity.
  • Conducted multiple interviews, helped hire more than 10 employees and assisted in their onboarding.

CHEMIST I to III

Polypeptide Group
05.2018 - 09.2021
  • Leading multiple downstream purification projects.
  • SME on Novavax Vaccine project.
  • Initiates and drives deviation/Process Change Controls/CAPAs to completion.
  • Investigated multiple ongoing projects.
  • Responsible for deviations/PCC/CAPAs/ECRs.
  • Updated multiple BPR, SOPs and continuous improvements for the product lines.
  • Instrument qualification, performed multiple instrument I/OQ.
  • Analytical method validations.
  • SME on packing/unpacking Large-scale chromatography column.
  • SME on UF/DF processes.
  • Mentor and Trained multiple new production personnel.
  • Perform peptide purification by following batch production records.
  • TFA Cleavage according to established guidelines.
  • Perform in-process checking of the fractions by using analytical HPLC.
  • Conducted lyophilization process according established guidelines.
  • Prepared solutions for purification.

Education

M.S. - BIOTECHNOLOGY

MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY
12.2017

B.S. - BIOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Riverside, CA
06.2014

Skills

  • Team leadership and operational efficiency
  • Process improvement methodologies
  • Lean manufacturing principles
  • Internal auditing practices
  • Laboratory management expertise
  • CGMP compliance
  • Analytical and preparative HPLC
  • Ultra-filtration techniques
  • Large-scale column packing
  • TFA cleavage processes
  • QPCR proficiency
  • Performance tracking systems

Accomplishments

  • Published paper(first author): Distribution and antimicrobial activity of lactic acid bacteria associated with lychee fruits.

Timeline

Production Supervisor

KOVA INTERNATIONAL
03.2023 - 04.2024

Operations and Facilities Manager

KOVA INTERNATIONAL
01.2023 - Current

Production Teamlead

Polypeptide Group
09.2021 - 03.2023

CHEMIST I to III

Polypeptide Group
05.2018 - 09.2021

M.S. - BIOTECHNOLOGY

MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY

B.S. - BIOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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