Brian I. Bliss, Ph.D.

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jul 1984 - Sept 1989

  United States Marine

  I answered the call to serve after the Beirut Bombing of the Marine Barracks in 1983, enlisting in the Infantry in May of 1984. My family and hometown has a long, distinguished, and respected line of veterans spanning WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and War on Terror. Service was an honorable, noble, and apolitical duty to our community and our country. Home of Record: St. Albans, Vermont.1) Career Field: Infantry - TOW Anti-Armor Missileman (MOS0352), Infantry Training School, Camp Lejeune, NC. Temporary Additional Duties at Headquarters, Marine Corps followed by assignment to HQ Company, 5th Marines, 1st MarDiv (Rein), Camp Pendleton, CA. 1984–1986. Deployed to Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, CA with Weapons Co., 3rd Bn 5th Marines. 2) Career Field: EOD - Voluntary lateral move to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) (MOS2336). Completed EOD training at US Naval School EOD, Indian Head, MD and U.S. Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions School, Redstone Arsenal, AL followed by assignment to EOD Team, 1st Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan 1986-1989. EOD Technician are experts in the safe location, identification, recovery, rendering safe and destruction of hazardous conventional, improvised, chemical, biological and nuclear ordnance and munitions, and the safe recovery and disassembly of foreign ordnance and munitions for technical intelligence value. ❖ Held military positions of high trust and responsibility❖ Military Clearance: SECRET ❖ Access: Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information (CNWDI) ❖ Navy/Marine Corps Personal Reliability Program (PRP)MILITARY EDUCATION Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Course, Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan 1987Separated from Active Duty October 1989: Sergeant (E-5). Character of Service 1984-1989: HONORABLE. Notarized copies of DD214 will be available for review during interview. Show less

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jan 1991 - Jun 1991

  United States Marine

  Recalled to Active Duty from Rochester Institute of Technology for six months in support of Operation DESERT STORM. Assignment: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team (MOS2336), Range Company, 2 FSSG, 2nd MarDiv, Camp Lejeune, NC. Rank upon separation: Staff Seargent (E-6). Character of Service: HONORABLE. Discharged from military service: July 1992.

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  May 1999 - Jun 2000

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Investigated application of the Schultz asymmetric Birch alkylation methodology toward the preparation of selected members of the quinolizidine and indolizidine family of alkaloids, including (+)-lupinine and (-)-5-epitashiromine, respectively. Advisor. A. Schultz

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  Curia

  Jun 2000 - Jan 2011

  Coach, mentor and lead a contract research medicinal chemistry project team for a major US pharmaceutical company customer satisfying their expectations, research goals and objectives and Curia financial objectives. Directed the independent research efforts of a group of 3 medicinal chemists and managed an $800K contract research project. Direct involvement in managing and servicing customer internal research and discovery relationships and a track record of assisting customers establishing intellectual property positions, patent support and advancing lead compounds to clinical evaluation. Proposed and executed innovative, practical, novel, “Value-Added” solutions to project technical problems and directions for future research. Proficient at quickly changing work focus and direction and incorporating new knowledge and areas of expertise. Daily laboratory oversight of scientific staff. Supervised scientific research results and focus to align with customer and project objectives. Authored weekly research updates and scientific manuscripts. Skilled, resourceful and effective public presenter and speaker. Show less Curia, f/k/a Albany Molecular Research (AMRI), is a pioneer and leader in Contract Research Organization providing Full-Time Equivalents (FTE's) to the pharmaceutical industry. Contract medicinal chemistry services in the synthesis and characterization of compounds of medicinal and pharmaceutical interest in a wide array of therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, CNS disorders, cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, diabetes and ocular disorders. Proposed and executed innovative, practical, novel, “Value-Added” solutions to customer’s technical problems and proposed directions for future research (e.g., Bliss et al, Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51, 3259). Skilled at quickly changing work focus and direction and incorporating new knowledge into current areas of expertise. A successful track record of assisting customers establishing intellectual property positions, patent support and advancing lead compounds to clinical evaluation. Show less

  • Group Leader - Medicinal Chemistry

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Senior Research Chemist

    Jun 2000 - Jan 2009
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  Curia

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2021

  Promoted to organize, optimize, lead and transform underperforming commercial and developmental manufacturing areas to operational efficiency and profitability to meet the changing demands of the pharmaceutical industry, customer expectations and Curia strategic objectives. Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing methodology across every aspect of manufacturing area of responsibility in the management and oversight of two (2) manufacturing areas containing eight (8) manufacturing trains, 25-30 labor and 4 supervisory work force to drive schedule attainment, increase productivity and quality compliance, reduce human errors and process failures, promote cost savings, increase absorption, increase revenue and EBIDTA objectives. Show less Promoted to organize, optimize, lead and transform underperforming commercial and developmental manufacturing areas to return these units to operational efficiency to meet the changing demands of the pharmaceutical industry, customer expectations and Curia strategic objectives. Created and sustained a culture of goal-oriented alignment of Team output with corporate objectives, established and consistently communicated high expectations of individual performance/accountability and pharmaceutical operational excellence. High impact, rigorously supported written Quality Exception/Failure Investigations, technical reports, quality risk/impact assessments, updates and summaries for the benefit and use of internal/external customers. Show less

  • Operations Manager - High Potency and Developmental (GMP) Manufacturing.

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Operations Manager - Large Scale Commercial Manufacturing (API).

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Technical Services Chemist - Commercial Manufacturing (API)

    Mar 2011 - Jan 2017
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  Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

  Sept 2021 - Apr 2023

  Manufacturing Focus Factory Manager

  Supervised, managed and provided leadership over the collective performance of all manufacturing departments – Blending, Tableting and High Volume Plant (HVP) – staffed three shifts five days a week. Manufacturing staffed by approximately 80+ production technicians, 5 supervisory, 3 Process Engineers, and 2 Quality support personnel. Job responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the following: Coordinating manufacturing capabilities and capitalizing on emerging opportunities with Planning to maximize monthly and quarterly productivity and financials targets in response to changing commercial demand, staffing and raw material constraints. Show less

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  Purdue University Online

  Jun 2023 - Mar 2024

  Lean Manufacturing + Six Sigma Black Belt Professional Development

  Building upon successful and practical experience employing Lean and Six Sigma methodologies between 2017–2023, I elected to take a 10-month professional sabbatical for mastery of Lean Six Sigma principles through Purdue University’s College of Engineering. Staying current with global business best practices, I chose Purdue University based upon its international reputation and the breath, depth and rigor of its LSS BB certification program.• Lean Six Sigma Certification - Black Belt Oct 2023–Mar 2024• Lean Manufacturing Certification Jul 2023–Sep 2023• Lean Six Sigma Certification - Green Belt Jun 2023–Aug 2023 Show less