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Jonathan Sindler

Interested in working with start-ups related to water and clean-technologies.

Headline: Engineer
Work status: Full-Time Student
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech
Skills: Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Languages
Next step: After graduating from Berkeley in May, I am hoping to find work with a clean-tech start up where I can use my experience and engineering background to help grow a successful company.
Location: Berkeley, CA
Groups: Imagine H2O - Please Register at link below, Imagine H2O 2011, [INACTIVE] Imagine H2O
Interested in: Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Shadowing, Starting a company, Trading services
Schools: University of California System - Berkeley, University of Maryland System - College Park

FULL BIO

My background is in Chemical Engineering and I am currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. I have engineering experience in biopharma, med device and clean-tech industries. Furthermore, 1.5 years of my engineering experience was working as an independent consultant. See my resume for additional information or send me an email if you'd like to connect.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Abbott Vascular/Evalve, Menlo Park, CA
Position: Independent Validation Consultant
Time period: February 2010 - May 2010
Description: Redesigned and validated MitraClip Steerable Guide Catheter’s Handle Assembly process

Employer: Abbott Vascular, Redwood City, CA
Position: Independent Validation Consultant
Time period: November 2008 - January 2010
Description: Revised validation sample plan using an AQL and PL dependent risk-based method
Designed and executed equipment, software, process and test method validations and validation strategy plans for StarClose, Perclose AT and Perclose Proglide device lines
Supported Manufacturing Engineering and BQA with technology transfer and line efficiency projects

Employer: Hyde Engineering + Consulting, South San Francisco, CA
Position: Pharmaceutical Engineering Consultant
Time period: January 2007 - November 2008
Description: Calera, Redwood City, CA: Process R&D Consultant, Electrochemical Processes
Evaluated cost and process potential of electrochemical separation techniques in the extraction of magnesium and calcium from sea water
Genentech, South San Francisco, CA: Process Engineering Consultant, ECP1 Plant Construct’n
Developed metrics to review and verify engineering design specifications for modular plant construction
Genentech, Vacaville, CA: Process Engineering Consultant, CCP2 Plant Construction/Start Up
Implemented a method of tracking and organizing process quality documentation for audits
Coordinated facility and construction teams to resolve the start-up of all process utilities
Sanofi-Aventis Pasteur, Swiftwater, PA: Cleaning Validation Consultant, Influenza Vaccine Line
Cycle development, cleaning and software verification/validation of flu vaccine line

Employer: Baxter Healthcare Corp., Bioscience Division; Beltsville, MD
Position: Manufacturing Associate
Time period: November 2005 - December 2006
Description: Redesigned fermentation suite set-up to promote safer and more efficient work flow
Improved production operations via exception remediation training, CAPA and work-flow improvements
Coordinated and executed Meningitis Type C and Bordetella pertussis vaccines upstream operations

Employer: UMCP Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility, College Park, MD
Position: Process Development Upper Level Chemical Engineering Work Study
Time period: December 2004 - May 2005
Description: Analyzed cell growth and glucose consumption for batch, fed-batch, and continuous-fed E. coli fermentations

EDUCATION

University: University of California System - Berkeley
Time period: 2011
Degree: Environmental Engineering, MSc

University: University of Maryland System - College Park
Time period: 2000 - 2005
Degree: Chemical Engineering, BSc

INFORMATION

Memberships: California Cleantech Open, Imagine H2O

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