Josh Pickens

About Josh Pickens

Supervisor of QC Microbiology at Bora Pharmaceuticals, with specializations in…

Experience

1. Supervisor, Qc Microbiology

   Bora Pharmaceuticals

   Aug 2024 — Present · Baltimore, MD, US

   Remained Supervisor at the Camden site during the Emergent to Bora Acquisition Oversees all analysts on shift and helps to coordinates daily/weekly tasks. Hiring manager to review applicant resumes, approve interviews, perform interviews, and perform final selection and onboarding for QC Microbiology analysts Oversees KPI team and creates flow-process databases to track accountability and status. Performs Final Fill Ops EM Review, Scrub, and Data Entry. Owns, authors, and trains on Deviation Reports, DCCs, CAPAs, ECs, Change Controls. Works interdepartmentally with QC compliance on a routine basis to complete/review reports and offer SME insight. Performs and approves personnel timesheet reviews. Creates training programs. Coordinates interdepartmentally with production and quality assurance departments for shift scheduling. Performs annual performance reviews for personnel and assigns merit changes. Performs all overreaching lab duties in support of QC Laboratory operations such as facilities qualification, QC testing, data review, sampling, maintaining QC laboratory systems, fill operations, fill EM batch scrubbing, plate reading/streaking, isolated reports. Coordinates, performs, initiates, and authors laboratory investigations and Deviations/OOLs/QCIsWrites, revises, reviews, and collaborates laboratory procedures/SOPsOwns and authors Change Controls, and coordinates interdepartmentally to oversee change action completion and effectiveness check completion.Writes method validation protocols and reports as necessary.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  2015 — 2019

• Drexel University College of Medicine

  Masters