Joseph Hardin

Experience

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  North Carolina State University - Dr. Elizabeth Loboa's Cell Mechanics Laboratory

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Senior Laboratory Assistant

  • Co-Author of “Age-Related Effects on the Potency of Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells: Creation and Evaluation of Superlots and Implications for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Applications” published in Tissue Engineering• Routine isolation of Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells from primary tissue.

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  Stricta Somnus

  May 2014 - Jan 2015

  Entrepreneur
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  Cytonet LLC

  Feb 2015 - Dec 2015

  Product and Process Development Technician II

  • Lead prototyping engineer on device to distribute cell suspension into aliquots quickly and with minimal cost• Isolated liver cells (hepatocytes) from human livers on a rigorous, 24/7 on call schedule• Lead person on optimizing a counter-flow cell elutriation device (kSep400) for maximizing hepatocyte yield and viability in a cGMP environment• Worked in a cGLP laboratory that supported our cGMP facility• Developed from scratch a split Access database that streamlined multiple record-keeping methodologies into one, password-controlled, database• With assistance from senior scientist, wrote and executed project plans with the end goal of tech transfer• Analyzed data and generated reports for multiple experiments• Was responsible for fixing and maintaining lab equipment Show less

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  KSep Systems (now part of Sartorius Stedim Biotech)

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Application Engineer
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  Sartorius Stedim North America, Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2018

  The Product Specialist is the single point of contact for all aspects of the assigned product line in North America including the following key responsibilities:• Accountable for all aspects of the sales process and selling tools• Accountable for all aspects of the customer experience with the product• Serve as higher level resource to Key Accounts, Sales and Integrated Solutions for technical positioning and preparation of the offer for significant sales opportunities• Serve as North American Training resources for Applications Specialists and Sales ResourcesThe following duties are expected to be required to fulfill the key job responsibilities:• Act as liaison to Product Management / Product Development & Services on frequent and ongoing basis• Act as liaison to Operations, Quality, Order Processing, Sales Support and other departments on an as-needed basis• Analyze requirements, define and deploy demo equipment and selling tools on an ongoing basis• Partner with KAM, GS Management and Head of Applications to define and deploy training plans Show less • Acted as liaison to Product Management, Product Development, Operations, Quality, Order Processing, Sales Support and Services on frequent basis• Analyzed requirements, define and deploy demo equipment and modeling tools on an ongoing basis• Led development of perfusion application for the kSep• Led development of 21CFR part 11 compliant application for the kSep• Acted as global subject matter expert on all aspects of the product and applications in support of sales and promotion of the product line• Managed and justified budgets, expenses, and revenue forcast• Assisted with multiple tech transfers of concentration or clarification steps • Wrote multiple quality and technical documents including proposals, IQ/OQ/PQ, manual, SOPs and Batch Records• Managed direct report’s schedule and expenses• Lead contributor to kSep work presented by Bayer at BPI West 2018• Responsible for successful integration of application and technical support of kSep for Sartorius upon acquisition Show less

  • Product Specialist for Harvest Clarification

    Sept 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Field Application Specialist

    Jul 2016 - Aug 2018
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  United Therapeutics Corporation

  Dec 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Directly managed a technically diverse team of exempt and non-exempt employees • Significant improvement on multiple KPIs including Uptime (35%→85%) and Productivity (+250%)• Worked closely with engineering team on continual development of custom skid for automation of lung recellularization• Expanded data collection in Electronic Lab Notebook format• Optimized media usage resulting in approximately 40% reduction in media cost.• Developed in-process metrics used for standardization of process • Trained multiple personnel in aseptic technique• Assisted with multiple tech transfers of concentration or clarification steps • Promoted within first year Show less

  • Associate Manager -Tissue Engineering Bioprocess Development

    Sept 2019 - Nov 2020

  • Supervisor of Tissue Engineering

    Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
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  IFC - International Finance Corporation

  Jul 2023 - Jan 2024

  Contractor
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  WikiELN

  Jan 2024 - now

  Founder