Adi Leshem

Experience

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  Israeli Air Force

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Air Traffic Controller

  • Maintain the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic in the Israeli air space. The position required multi tasking abilities and to process huge amounts of data and make on-line decisions in short time to allow all aircraft safely and efficiently through their assigned sector of mission.• Last role as deputy of wing commander, operation manager of the unit, planning and controlling complex operations• Reserve duty servant, current rank: Major

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  Ben Gurion University

  Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

  Faculty Researcher - Dep. of Energy Engineering

  • Interdisciplinary Master's Degree in Energy Engineering with focus on exploring alternate energy sources and improvement utilization of conventional sources.• Thesis in physical-chemical characterization of bio-diesel from vegetable oil.• Research conducted with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources scholarship for research works in the field of Biofules

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  Teva Pharmaceuticals

  Mar 2013 - Oct 2017

  • Managing a group of 30 employees (engineers and operators of various skills) in a 24/7 operation• Responsibility of all aspects of the production facility: o EHS- compliance to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). o Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance – compliance with cGMP. Preforming internal and external GMP audits. Implementation of corrective and preventive action program (CAPA) to ensure best practice. o Customer reliability and satisfaction in terms of stock and cost. o Maintenance and engineering of valid existing and new production equipment. During this time, the plant showed significant improvement in relation to its prior key performance indicators• End-to-End product managment(from purchase of raw materials to marketing and supply chain) of several Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) products throughout the plant (multiple plants involve in the production scheme). o Engaging in complex working processes under dynamic and demanding working environment. o Implementation of Lean manufacturing methods (i.e. Operation excellence and right first time) to all API's production with significant improvement in competitive cost o Leading and developing cross- organization cooperation Show less • New products implementations(NPI) of new R&D products into full-scale commercial production • Planning and controlling production schedule• Product Engineering- managing on-site production, beginning from validation batches up to post launching and full-scaled production. • Product Management - preparation of product portfolio in correlation to quality and compliance • During this time successful integration and validation of two API's, currently commercial, was conducted Show less

  • Senior Manager API Facility

    Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Product engineer, TSA Team

    Mar 2013 - Dec 2015
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  AGL Aviation

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  Aviation Consultant
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  CAAI - Civil Aviation Authority of Israel

  Dec 2019 - Jul 2024

  Regulatory Specialist
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  Airwayz

  Jul 2024 - now

  Head of Regulation