SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEReed Hokanson has over eighteen (18) years of project engineering, validation, automation and instrument specialist experience as an engineer in a small facility. Additionally, Reed background as a service technician working on highly sophisticated laboratory equipment such as HTS, Mass Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography and HPLC/LC brings a wealth of technical and practical experience to his projects. He has prepared and executed IQ/OQ for a variety of equipment and systems in Pharmaceutical, Petrol/Chemical and Biotech facilities. In addition, he has written PM, SOP and calibration programs for chillers, HVAC, exhaust and vacuum systems.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE SPECIFIC SKILL AREAS
Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Laboratory Project management and engineering of
?Instrumentation (HTS, Mass Spec. etc) a wide variety of work and small
?HVAC projects
?Chillers
?Utilities Water Systems Facilities maintenance and supervision
?Cold Rooms Monitoring
?Facilities Maintenance Field service, technical writing of
?Packaging and labeling equipment. Procedures and SOP
HTS, Mass Spec. GC and HPLC/LC type instruments
Pneumatics, Welding, Milling, Lyophilization, Pipe fitting
Proficient in Windows applications and operations
AutoCAD drawing
CAREER TRAINING
A.Sc. ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
Brigham Young University, Laie, Hawaii
Special Training:
Microsoft Windows Applications
AutoCAD
GMP, GLP, Electrical safety, HAZMAT
Electronic and Mechanical trouble-shooting
ADAM View process control software
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2004-present Eno River Labs LLC Durham, NC
Facilities Engineer
?Responsible for all physical aspects of laboratory facility and equipment.
?Maintaining HVAC, chiller systems, USP water, exhaust fans and vacuum systems.
?Engineered and managed projects for new equipment (including writing SOP and work instructions.)
?Primary responder for GC/Mass Spec. /LC/HPLC problems.
?Supervising technicians and contractors.
?Scheduling and performing PM work to equipment and lab instruments.
?Repair of electrical and electronic equipment and instruments under change control.
?Ordering parts, create AutoCAD drawings and making engineering changes.
?Designed, engineered and installed an integrated cold temperature monitoring system for numerous Laboratory freezers and refrigerators.
?Performed IQ/OQ of the cold temperature monitoring system, writing SOP and work instructions.
?Managed the Calibration program for systems and instruments.
2003-2004 Greenwood Contracting Inc. Durham, NC
Site Director for Contract Facilities Maintenance
?Responsible for 5 employees working at the CREE site.
?Engineering and Project management for the installation and modification of new equipment.
?Maintaining and supporting facility utilities, scheduling and supervising contractor work.
?Instrument control, calibration of HVAC controls and signals.
?Scheduling and performing preventive maintenance on facilities equipment.
?Maintaining the High Vacuum systems.
?Maintaining the Refrigerant Leak monitoring systems
2001-2003 Sphinx Labs Eli Lilly and Company RTP, NC
Instrumentation Automation Engineer
?Installation and maintenance of robotic lab instruments and automated machines.
?Provide technical support for applications for instrument users.
?Setting up instruments, troubleshooting and optimizing protocols and methods.
?Creating SOP and AutoCAD drawings
?Scheduling and performing PM work to equipment and lab.
?Interfacing with a wide range of manufacturers and vendors on instruments.
1999-2001 Cybio Inc. Raleigh, NC
Field Service Engineer
?Install, configure and service of Drug Discovery automated HTS instruments.
?Provide customer support on-site as well as phone support.
?Create field bulletins, manuals and service documents.
?Travel, repair, calibrate and perform diagnostics on instruments.
1997-1999 Applied BioSystems, Inc. Raleigh, NC
Field Service Engineer
?Installation and service on HPLC protein analysis instruments.
?On-site training on hardware/software of Protein Sequencing and Synthesizing.
?High level of trouble-shooting of analytical HPLC problems.
?Extensive traveling.
1987-1997 Bio-Rad Labs Inc. Hercules, CA
Field Service Engineer/Senior Engineering Technician
?Engineering and Field service for Clinical HPLC instruments
?Built over 100 HPLC workstations.
?Validating new equipment, writing SOP and work instructions.
?Amending AutoCAD drawings
?Scheduling and performing PM work to equipment and lab.
?Repair of electrical and electronic equipment and instruments.
Reference and salary information: Upon Request
Edited by - Reed on 09/13/2005 6:11:34 PM
Laboratory Instrumentation/Engineering
Posted - 07/09/2005 : 5:44:08 PM
