Leidy Yong

Experience

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  UCLA Chemistry department

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Researcher

  • Volunteered more than 10 hours/week in Professor Craig Merlic's Organic Chemistry Lab. • Worked on my own research project: "Preparation of a Chiral Hydroxy acetate Synthon."• Gave oral presentation during laboratory meetings. • Presented my work at the National Minority Research Symposium in Phoenix Arizona.

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  Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.

  Jun 2002 - now

  • Supervise Lab members and oversee quality control functions are consistent with cGMP. • Coordinate and perform customer requested stability and special projects for various products. Ensure that samples are pulled, distributed and tested in a timely function. • Support production through review of batch records and approval of in-process testing. • Collaborate and support P&D and QA on new projects. • Provide technical expertise to internal QA Manager during customer inquiries and complaints. • Participate and provide support during customer audits. • Coordinate objectives with scheduling and purchasing departments to maximize reliability and minimize costs. • Interact with suppliers to ensure quality of purchase material meets our internal specifications. • Work with QC supervisor to design and implement quality control training programs as needed. Show less • Coordinated, delegated, and performed routine testing for Raw Materials, Finished Products, and Stability samples. Ensured that the chemists complete all assays and tasks in a timely manner and conformed to cGMP/GLP and safety requirements.• Participated in review, approval, and release of laboratory notebooks and analytical data. Reviewed, evaluated, and performed trend analysis of stability data.• Successfully developed HPLC methods for new, non-compendial vitamin products following USP, & AOAC guidelines. Show less • Trained and assisted new employees as well as other analysts on various analytical techniques, computer software/systems, troubleshooting of equipments, compendial testing, and laboratory SOPs. • Provided inter-departmental supports through review and release of raw material. • Maintained laboratory equipment. • Assisted analysts and create reports for Out of Specifications (OOS) investigations. • Primarily responsible for testing of Raw Material and Finished Products, notebook review, approval and release of HPLC and wet chemistry data.• Trained and performed assays in wet chemistry & HPLC procedures for the release of raw materials and finished products.• Performed Out of Specification investigation (OOS) and ensure proper procedures were followed. Show less

  • QC Manager

    Nov 2009 - now

  • QC Supervisor

    Oct 2006 - Nov 2009

  • QC Chemist I- III

    Jun 2002 - Oct 2006