Jay Devaraj

Experience

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  Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd (Indian Oil)

  Jun 1998 - Aug 2002

  Process Operator

  Various process operation roles in 6 MMTPA capacity oil refining and petrochemical processing in Manali petrochemical complex • Excelled in smooth plant operation, DCS control and troubleshooting of crude distillation plant (atmospheric distillation, vacuum distillation, Merox gas treatment, amine gas treatment units) and lube plant (lube furfural extraction, and lube MEK dewaxing units)• Operated and troubleshot a variety of process equipment including distillation columns, heat exchanger trains, desalters, fuel oil furnaces, ammonia compressors, double-pipe scrapped surface exchangers, rotary drum vacuum filers, absorption towers and rotating disc contactors• Mastered start-up, shut-down, equipment isolations, RTOs, turnarounds, emergency handling and fire-fighting skills with intense focus on safety and reliability• Assisted process engineers in data collection, conducting experiments and process improvements Show less

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  Sanofi

  Sept 2002 - Jun 2009

  Manufacturing/Process Technology/Improvement roles

  • Excelled in all aspects of API manufacturing including plant safety, cGMP production, Class 10,000 cleanroom operation, in-process control and audit representation; Mastered IQ, OQ and PQ of brown-field facility developments.• Conceived and executed a variety of self-directed improvement projects (yield improvement, cycle-time reductions, campaign size extension, man-machine optimization, parallel activity planning, asset utilization) in collaboration with process chemists and quality control• Trained new technicians and interns on safety, cGMP, process technology and equipment handling.• Specially deputized for installation/validation of granulation and pelletizing units; Prepared training materials, conducted job safety analysis and provided on-the-job training for technologists.• Identified asphyxiation risks in the plant, recommended improvements on the existing system to minimize the risk and conducted asphyxiation awareness training to various departments• Ranked consistently as ‘Exceptional’ and earned excellent reputation among supervisors/plant managers resulting in default choice for projects and special assignments. Show less

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  Purdue University

  Aug 2009 - May 2014

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • First-principles modeling of chemical and physiological systems with the goal of understanding dynamical response to drug treatment• Statistical data analysis (both Bayesian and Frequentist) to identify the dominant phenomena with the goal of condensing problem areas for better diagnosis and treatment• Advanced control strategies development with the goal of personalized optimum chemotherapy treatment

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  Dow

  Jun 2014 - May 2019

  • Designed, built, modified and operated a variety of chemical processing equipment including continuous flow reactors, pressure reactors, jacketed glass reactors, crystallizers and other unit operation set ups at various scales (50 milliliters to 50 liters) to generate process development, scale up data using DoE principles to facilitate process and business decisions.• Reviewed experimental setups using Dow’s management of change (MOC) policies addressing reactive chemical concerns, work-case scenarios/LOPA analysis, line and equipment opening (LEO), standard operating procedures and laboratory best practices.• Conducted in-process sample analysis utilizing GC/HPLC/UPLC, LC-MS/GC-MS, NMR, PAT (FTIR, Raman, Blaze, FBRM), colorimeters, and other laboratory analytical tools.• Developed cost-effective, environment friendly and inherently safe processes in collaboration with chemists at lab-scale and drove it through piloting and technology transfer to commercial production for various Dow businesses including agrochemicals, electronic materials and performance plastics.• Worked as a team with SMEs and leveraged functional groups, provided fundamental understanding to lab and plant scale-up/scale-down data to drive process analysis, troubleshooting and process optimization.• Developed and leveraged first-principles modeling of rate processes, separations and simulations (Aspen Plus, Matlab) to provide critical insights into lab/plant process data. Performed data analytics/statistical modeling (R, JMP) to leverage existing plant data to drive critical research scale-down activities. Show less

  • Associate Research Scientist

    Jan 2018 - May 2019

  • Senior Research Engineer

    Jun 2014 - Dec 2017
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  Corteva Agriscience

  Jun 2019 - now

  • R&D Group Leader, Continuous Flow Technology

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Technical Program Leader-Continuous Flow Technology

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Global Technical Leader for Continuous Processing

    Jun 2019 - Mar 2023