Pharmineers Inc.
Innovation for Health.
Our company’s mission is to provide the highest quality of Manufacturing consulting services within Life Sciences: Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage.
What We Provide
Consulting Services for the following: Manfacturing, Engineering, Automation, Validation, and Project Management. See Services section for additional information.
What Makes Us Different
With extensive cross-functional experience, our company’s goal is to bridge the gap between different Departments where a lack of knowledge for each area of focus can cause major delays in project timelines and affect the Quality of Systems, Processes and Products associated. Our goal is to provide consultation that brings all areas of focus together: so that Engineers/Technicians within Process/Manufacturing have an understanding of Automation, and vice versa, to more effectively design their Systems and Processes, to provide Validation groups with the Process/Manufacturing and/or Automation knowledge to effectively assist in Writing and Testing associated Test Plans for such Systems and Processes, and provide Quality Assurance with that same knowledge to more effectively Review and Approve the Design and Testing of Systems and Processes where Technical details are currently being overlooked, and less significant details are currently being scrutinized to overcompensate.
Our Mission
About Us
Meet the Founder
Doug started his career with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Chemical Engineering, with a focus in Biological Engineering and Minor in Biomedical Engineering. Since then, his career has taken many roles throughout the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry, starting in Upstream Manufacturing at Bristol-Myers Squibb, then working as a Technical Support Engineer on Watson-Marlow Peristaltic Pumps, followed by an over 3-year span with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals working in various Automation roles, including: start-up of a Factory Talk Site Edition (SE) system for a new Fill/Finish facility and building of an AVEVA PI system for a whole site. He then pursued a role through Repligen as an Automation Engineer for their Single-Use Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) systems, with a focus on programming of Allen-Bradley PLCs through RSLogix and HMIs through iFix SCADA software, though many hats were able to be worn in this role that involved setting up of Single-Use Flow-Paths, Programming/Calibrating of all Instruments: Pumps, Valves, Pressure Sensors, Flow Sensor, Conductivity/Temperature Sensors, etc., performing of Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), and Integration to Customer Distributed Control Systems through OPC-UA and OPC-DA. Doug’s most recent Full-Time position prior to starting his company was at Amgen, where he worked as a Senior Automation Engineer for their Manufacturing Systems through DeltaV, involving programming of all Unit Operations involved for Upstream and Downstream processes, for both Stainless Steel and Single-Use facilities. All roles involved with Automation have also included Creation/Updates of various types of Documentation, such as Specification: User Requirement, Functional, and Design, Wiring Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Commissioning and Qualification (C&Q) Protocols, as well as their Execution, where this Documentation Work involved owning various Drivers, such as: Work Orders, Change Controls, Deviations, and CAPAs (Corrective and Preventative Actions).
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- Engineering / Manufacturing
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Stainless Steel
- Single-Use
- Quality Management:
- Work Orders
- Change Control
- Deviations
- CAPAs
- Automation:
- Emerson DeltaV
- Rockwell
- FactoryTalk View SCADA/DCS
- Allen-Bradley PLCs: RSLogix
- Siemens Desigo CC and Insight
- AVEVA PI Historian
- Validation and Documentation:
- URS, FS, SDS
- FATS/SATs
- C&Qs
President and Lead Engineer
SERVICES
Manufacturing
Engineering
Automation
Validation
Project Management