Nick Bandura

About Nick Bandura

I\'ve spent nearly a decade supporting digital innovation and transformation at many of the world largest pharma, food, and mining organizations. Areas of interest:• Unit operations: Reaction, crystallization, wet milling, spray drying, roller compaction, tableting, tablet coating, bioreactors, fermenter, chromatography, lyophilization, in-vivo, oral absorption simulation, salar, DLE• Real-time control of operations with nonlinear models as well as deploying models for soft sensing where physical sensors can\'t exist or the sensor technology doesn\'t exist• Dashboarding and contextualization of data - with endless TB\'s of data detailing every aspect of development and operations, it\'s important make that data accessible and understandable

Experience

1. Business Development Director

   Siemens Digital Industries Software

   Oct 2019 — Present · Parsippany, NJ, US

   Supporting a large portfolio of digital innovation packages for process design, operational control, plant engineering, and dashboarding across pharma, food, and mining sectors• Development of mechanistic, process digital twins capable of accurately portraying a step in your process or even the entire end-to-end system. Often used offline for design and even online for soft sensing and real-time control.• Operational intelligence dashboarding and contextualization tools condensing every data silo, live control system, ERP, etc. into 1 simple and accessible window.

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Materials Science
• Analytical Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering
• Coatings
• Formulation
• Product Development
• Raw Materials
• Personal Care
• Organic Chemistry
• Process Simulation
• R&D
• Market Development
• Polymers
• Chemistry
• Ingredients
• Emulsions