Wayne L.

Experience

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  Singapore Army

  Nov 2011 - Sept 2013

  Artillery Officer

  - Current Strike Cell Officer, CPT(NS) in 9 Division Infantry- Artillery Officer, FO

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  Givaudan

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Innovator, Flavours Pilot Plant Extruder

  • Research & development on food processing solution through product innovation using food extrusion process and technology (Clextral pilot plant).• Co-creation process from raw material selection to product development, application, flavor science and consumer testing.

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  SingHealth

  Jun 2017 - May 2023

  Senior Executive, Office of Biosafety

  • Secretariat of the SingHealth Institutional Biosafety Committee for the oversight of biosafety in research involving infectious agents and toxins and ensure legal compliance.• Secretariat of SGH Research Facilities Biosafety Committee to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements• Assist with review of risk assessment, safety inspections/audits and incident investigations for research labs.• Provide safety advice for new lab setups and commissioning of new research labs.• Create safety training framework by having structured safety courses and promote safety awareness through S&H alerts and forums.• Project lead on creation of Laser Safety Course, which was recognised by NEA as completion of course relevant for application of N3 licence. Show less

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  Singapore Institute of Technology

  May 2023 - now

  Manager, Laboratory Safety

  • Lab safety focal for Food, Chemical and Biotechnology cluster (Professional Officers Division). Working with faculty, researchers, professional and technical officers to ensure legal compliance to HSE regulations, standards and institution's policies.• Organize and manage the safety management system, S&H promotional activities, inspections/audits, safety trainings and incident investigation.• Provide support on HSE aspects on innovation ideas for applied research labs such as industrial bioprocessing and fermentation lab; teaching labs such as microbiology lab and food pilot plant.• Provide safety advice for new lab setups, new research activities and readiness assessment. Involvement in decommissioning and commissioning of teaching and research labs.• Led project in internal communications to students, PO, TO, faculty and researchers on content creation, video production and social media engagement to raise awareness on lab safety.• Process improvement through continual improvement and revision of SOPs, via internal/external communication channels to stakeholders.• Member of the SIT Institutional Biosafety Committee to review research protocols. Show less