KAUSHIK MASTER

371 DONLIN LANE, NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320 * TEL: 805.490.9107 * kmb90c46@westpost

.net
Sr. PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
Consistently successful at improving productivity, quality, safety, efficiency,
use of new technologies, and processes. Strong P&L, budgeting, and cost manageme
nt skills. Strategic thinker with equal emphasis on tactical execution and commo
n-sense problem solving. Innovative leader who delivers superior financial resul
ts, operational improvements, and production and service enhancements.
* Led several initiatives to reduce energy expenses.
* Negotiated with vendors and utilities to realize savings of over $5.5M annuall
y in power costs across three locations.
* Served as PM for facility upgrades and site expansions, with budgets between $
2M and $60M.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Management ~ Engineering ~ Regulatory Compliance ~ Workforce Planning ~
Negotiations
Operations Management ~ Overhead Reduction
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
AMGEN, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA 1994 - 2009
A Fortune 500 human therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry. Annual r
evenues of $15B, 17,000 employees worldwide.
SR. PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
Served as Global Engineering Committee leader. Developed specifications and stan
dards, performed project management, contract negotiations, prepared commissioni
ng documents and plant shutdown arrangements, and ensured all standards and lega
l regulatory compliance.
Key Achievements
Sr. Principal Engineer
2007 - 2009
* Organized construction and design activities with department heads on regular
basis to communicate schedule and coordination for shutdowns to interconnect uti
lities to achieve the final result
* Closely supervised development of deliverables by coordinating with finance, o
perations, contractors and vendors for multiple projects including testing and c
ommissioning activities to track costs
* Utilized reliability engineering methodologies to established redundancy stand
ards and models for a remote utility distribution center, resulting in the mitig
ation of single point failure risks
* Provided exceptional leadership on various high-end green field projects with
capital costs
* Worked with all site project managers to provide technical support for differe
nt projects
* Provided site support to replace or upgrade over 50 obsolete UPS at Thousand O
aks Facilities as risk mitigation
Principal Engineer
2004 - 2
007
* Served as a technical lead for various facility expansion projects ranging fro
m $2M to $60M in value.
* Global leader for all electrical engineers residing at each site to guide them
and mentor them for electrical engineering issues related to their sites
* Developed electrical and mechanical specifications and standards as a Global E
ngineering Committee Leader to achieve uniformity at all Amgen sites
* Developed and presented data center and cold room facilities standards for app
roval by QA and Operations management
* Participated in acquisition process of Immunex Corp. by Amgen representing eng
ineering department by evaluating their electrical, mechanical and other utiliti
es systems
* Selected engineering firms and construction management firms for various proje
cts working closely with Amgen finance and contracts staff for new projects thro
ugh interview and bid process.
KAUSHIK MASTER 371 DONLIN LANE, NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320 * TEL: 805.490
.9107 * kmb90c46@westpost.net
* Established design and construction criteria for the green field site in Irela
nd and modified Amgen specifications to European standards as required by local
authorities.
* Established global alliances with electrical and mechanical equipment vendors.
These vendors included GE, Powerware, Caterpillar, ABB and York. These alliance
s saved Amgen during this period of over $10MM in cost and schedule.
* Technical Lead for a distribution center upgrade project evaluating the design
for all utilities, cold room facilities including the compressor and emergency
power systems including tracking the budget
Project Manager
1997 - 20
03
* Provided facilities management by reviewing and improving the procedures & fre
quency of maintenance of chillers, boilers, switchgears, RO system and supportin
g equipment such as motors, controls system, monitoring system
* Established utility infrastructure to attain redundancy at Thousand Oaks, Colo
rado and Massachusetts sites
* Managed multiple utility plant upgrade projects as a project manager for mecha
nical systems, RO water systems, electrical systems, fire systems, steam systems
and ground water systems at Thousand Oaks and Colorado sites
* Prepared documentation for commissioning, testing and close out of projects in
cluding budget analysis and actual cost of construction.
* Presented monthly reports to upper management which included risks and schedul
e impacts.
* Negotiated power contract with Edison Co. for the Interruptible rate which sav
ed annually another $2M in power cost
* Reviewed engineering design and supervised construction activities for green f
ield sites in Colorado and Massachusetts sites.
Consultant 1994 - 1997
* Evaluated utility bills on monthly basis to reduce utility costs for power, wa
ter and heat by offering solutions to reduce costs
* Evaluated single point metering for Thousand Oaks Facility forecasting electri
cal load growth and prepared energy and cost analysis to establish a dedicated s
ubstation realizing annual power cost savings of $5M to $7M
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho Falls, ID 1990 - 1994
This is a DOE facility involved in testing nuclear waste and managing a waste si
te for US Department of Energy.
ENGINEERING SPECIALIST
Lead electrical engineer supporting US Naval and Air Force facilities globally.
Key Achievements
* Prepared and presented economic analysis to US Air Force personnel at NORAD fa
cility to secure funding for expansion of two air bases in Florida. .
* Developed maintenance document for electrical system for NEESA at Port Hueneme
.
* Prepared electrical maintenance manual for new US Navy recruits for Naval Engi
neering and Environment Administration (NEESA)
* Communicated with contracts personnel and operations personnel at Naval and Ai
r Force bases including the ones in California.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
MBA, Industrial Management/Finance - Oklahoma City University.
BS, Electrical Engineering - University of Bombay, India
PUBLICATIONS:
* Presented and published an electrical chapter in ISPE's Laboratory Guidelines
2007 - 2008.
* Developed and presented white papers on UV Rays mitigation in production and d
istribution facilities 2006
* Arc flash mitigation in electrical rooms 2008
* Established Standards for Data Centers and Cold Room Facilities 2005.