Sharath Kumar R.
- Role
- Lab Manufacturing Supervisor at Vibrant Wellness
- Location
- San Mateo, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Lab Manufacturing Supervisor
Aug 2021 — Present
Managed a 10-member team of lab associates with focus on manufacturing and biochip immunoassay research. • Built a network of suppliers, ensured quality of raw materials to efficiently plan manufacturing and meet demand. • Interface with the management, manufacturing, assembly, R&D teams to work towards our goals. • Streamlined manufacturing processes and boosted inventory by 400% for the lab test kits. • Optimized assay reagent ingredients to improve shelf life and signal-to-noise ratio during biochip imaging. • Developed validation protocols for the test kits and reagents. • Wrote SOPs, training documents, and on-boarding manuals. Coordinated R&D for multiple projects. • Set up process control plans, manufacturing protocols, quality controls that adhered to ISO 13485 quality standards to ensure that non-conformity is minimized, and throughput is maximized. • Developed new process to extract proteins from food products for allergy testing. Vertically integrated the manufacturing process, utilized economies of scale to cut costs drastically. • Seamlessly transferred protocols from research to production, ensuring no loss in quality or knowledge. • Qualified homogenizers, centrifuges, pipettes, balances and other lab equipment before laboratory usage. • Optimized the workflow to transition between automated liquid handlers, microscopy for detection, data analysis. • Achieved sensitivity and specificity above 90% in diagnostic test kits with automated liquid handlers.
Skills
- Uav
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)
- Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aircraft Systems
- Materials
- Aircraft Engines
- Leadership
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Automation
- Microsoft Excel
- Project Management
- Kaizen
- Public Speaking
- Python
- Total Quality Management (Tqm)
- Project Planning
- Microsoft Word
- Lean Manufacturing
- Avionics Design
- Abaqus
- Matlab
- Engineering
- Teamwork
- Manufacturing
- Algorithm Development
- Aircraft Maintenance
- Customer Service
- Catia
- Inventory Management
- Solidworks
- Scilab
- Microsoft Office
- Research
- Supply Chain Management
- Aircraft Design
- Product Design
- Testing
- Avionics Integration
- Material Requirements Planning (Mrp)
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