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Over 25 years professional engineering experience in every aspects of Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry with excellent project and process management skills.

Proven track of record in directing process, project operations and staff in fast paced result oriented environment. Managed C&Q team and process start up team in a $250M glucose refinery project.

Process Design of a World Scale Vaccine Plant at Sanofi Pasteur – Toronto / Canada, a $180M project.

Proven track record in significant cost savings, process improvement, business development strategies, global operations and start up entities. Proven success in reducing cost by process improvement, innovation and process schedule optimization. $1.2M in direct cost reduction in Cargill, double production capacity in Apotex Fermentation, reduce $10M overhead cost at Apotex Pharmachem.

Results-oriented, highly energetic and agile hands-on professional with prioritizing skills.

Strong knowledge of cGMP’s, FDA and EEC guidelines, HACCP and ISO9000

 

Areas of Expertise
Pharmaceutical Facility Design
Biotechnology, Upstream, Downstream Processes
Technology Transfer
Process Optimization
Process Scale Up
Fermentation, Vaccine, Synthetic API and Enzymatic Processes
Technology Transfer & Project Management
Qualification activities (FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ - Commissioning), Process and Cleaning Validation
Process, Equipment and Technology Definition (URS, PS, FRS), PFDs, UFDs and PI&Ds.
Education
Schulich Business School, Management Excellence, York University, Canada
M.Sc. Degree, Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
B.Sc. Degree, Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
Murat Altun