YASSER GAWAD

♦ 630 NW 13th Street, apt # 36 Boca Raton FL 33486 ♦ Cell: 561 674 6228
♦ y.gawad@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a Project Manager opportunity in the pharmaceuticals field where my experience, education, and skills
can impact the effectiveness of others for our mutual benefit.

MANAGEMENT PROFESSINAL

Project Management and Business Acumen

Successful record of building and leading teams in the development of high-quality deliverables. Able to define,
communicate, and fulfill the project's goal and break complex issues into manageable parts. Demonstrated
performance has resulted in a successful career and produced highly satisfied clients. Proficiency in building
group cohesiveness by creating team spirit, member training, and re-grouping teams as needed.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration MBA, July 2007 (GPA 3.77)

H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship.
Nova Southeastern University NSU, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

B.S., Chemistry, B.S., Physics, 1995

University of Alexandria, Alexandria City – Egypt

EXPERIENCE & CAREER SUMMARY

Azopharma Group Development- Hollywood, Florida

Project Manager 04/2008- Present
• Select and oversee project staff; evaluate performance, outline work plan, assign duties to ensure the
project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Pursue CMC project progress from Kick off through completion, including but not limited to: Creation of
project timeline, scheduling activities, such as manufacturing dates and other major milestones.
• Preparing meeting minutes for all projects meetings including conference calls and on-site meetings.
• Direct and manages multi-disciplinary teams in the development of plans, goals,
objectives, policies, and procedures for completion of a project in a highly
technical and fiscal related field.
• Analyze budgets and processes various reimbursement requests for administrative and or project
purposes
• Acts as company liaison between Azopharma’s team and client, schedule and
host clients on site visits and conference calls.

KOS Pharmaceuticals- Hollywood, Florida

Supervisor, Research and Development 011/2004- 07/2007
• Managed the analytical chemistry group of 8 scientists in the R&D department, including work
distribution, scheduling, training, conducting annual appraisal and overall technical supervision.
• Worked with the Formulation, Clinical, QC, and QA for investigations and to accomplish mutual tasks.
• Technical document writing to support R&D, QC and manufacturing, including SOPs, STPs, Clinical
Stability, Validation and Transfer Reports, and Comparability Studies in compliance with FDA, cGMP
and ICH guidelines.

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 • Hands on method development, including HPLC/GC separation technique, method validation, method
transfer and general laboratory testing in support of NDA and ANDA submission

Research Scientist II 04/2003 - 011/2004

• Developed and Validated variety of analytical methods APIs, Formulation, and Finished Products for
Solid Dosage: including HPLC, Dissolution and USP test methods.
• Performed Technology Transfer for variety of Analytical Methods (in-house and external).

Andrx Pharmaceuticals- Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Chemist II – Quality Control 02/2001 - 04/2003
• Conducted chemical and physical analysis of raw materials, intermediate, and FP
• Interpreted test results, prepared reports, reported any OOS and procedure deviations

Glaxo-Wellcome (currently known as Glaxo-SmithKline) Alexandria, Egypt

Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Executive 03/1997-07/1999
• Sold and managed product to a variety of Doctors and Hospitals
• Defined strategy development for pharmaceutical sales by focusing on key sales opportunities
• Responsible for development and advancement of associate representatives
• Sold Cephalosporine, systemic antibiotics, Atracurium Besylate, Lacidipine and co-trimexazole

Pharmaceutical Sales Executive 01/1996-03/1997

COMPUTER SKILLS, TRAINING & SEMINARS, ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT

Computer Skills
 Microsoft Office ( MS Project, Excel, Word, Power Point...etc), Mission Fire, TrackWise, A J Edwards
and HPLCs software (HP Chemistation, Chemstore, Cerity, Millennium)

Training & Seminars (Management and Business administration)

 Practical Method for Project Management (14.0 hours credit) - The Center for Professional Innovation &
Education (CfPIE), Philadelphia November 2006
 Secrets of Successful Technical Writing- Rockhurst University Florida, September 2005
 Coaching, Mentoring& Team-Building Skills- Rockhurst University Florida, February 2004
 Excelling as a First –Time Manager- Skill Path Seminars a division of the Graceland College center for
the professional Development, registered with (NASBA), Florida, July 2003
 Conference for Administration Professional- Rockhurst University , Florida, January 2003

Training & Seminars (Pharmaceutical Technology)

 The Pharmaceuticals Contract Service Exhibition& ICSE- Madrid, Spain, November 2005
 Dissolution and Bioequivalence Testing- SWE Enterprise, Inc. San-Diego, September 2005
 Cerity NDS for Pharmaceutical Advance Operation H2296A& H2297A- Agilent Technologies, Florida
July 2004
 Practical Method Development- American Chemical Society (ACS) Chicago, March 2004
 Compliance with 21 CFR Part 11: Instrument Control- Andrx Pharmaceuticals Florida 2001

Accomplishment
 Contributed to the successful submission of three ANDAs meeting very aggressive timelines.
 Created a modified dissolution apparatus to perform two tablets dissolution profile in one vessel, which
has saved the company a lot of money and time toward achieving the project goal (Won Kos Value
Award for Spirit of Innovation& Exhibit Creativity- October, 2006).

Achievement
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 Peak Performance and Manages Execution recognition – Kos Pharmaceuticals Value Award
 Spirit of Innovation &Exhibit Creativity recognition – Kos Pharmaceuticals Value Award
 Focus on Our People and Foster Teamwork recognition – Kos Pharmaceuticals Value Award
 Earned top salesperson honors for local subsidiary- Galxo