Garry V.

Laznicka
800 Avondale Rd. #6B
Wallingford, PA 19086
Residence: 610-872-1272
Office: 215-273-8343
E-mail: gl85ac2a@westpost.net
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION

Extensive project management, mechanical engineering, design,

and equipment development experience in the packaging and processing
equipment, pharmaceutical and paper industries. Including analysis of the
mechanical systems, prototype development of special machinery and
mechanisms. Machine design utilizing CAD system in the conceptual and
detail design, project management and integration of custom machinery and
commercially available equipment.
Possessing in depth operational knowledge of pharmaceutical
processes, qualification, validation, CGMPs, production SOPs, and FDA's
requirements. Further, custom automation equipment, packaging and
processing equipment, engineering documentation's and blueprints,
operations of such.
Submitted and implemented numbers of equipment improvements to
increase output and safety, reduce waste and changeover enhancements.
Managed multi million dollar projects in packaging, equipment development
and processing. Applied for five US Patents, from which one was granted as
of today, to benefit the J&J Co.
Recipient of the J&J Achievement Award for Geldipping expansion
project in McNeil Las Piedras, PR. Recipient of the McNeil's Engineering
Excellence Award and Engineering Development Award for innovation, and
development. Recipient of number of Encore Awards for Engineering.
Six Sigma (DMAIIC) training completed and principles applied to
assigned projects. Demonstrated capability to manage and implement
difficult tasks with minimal supervision. Project management and
supervisory staffs experience from concept through completion.
Moved beyond conventional tendencies, beyond waiting for answers or
directions from above. Eagerly drive forward integrated areas of purpose.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE

McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceutical, 'Johnson & Johnson Co.', Fort
Washington, PA.
Project Engineering/Project Management Staff; National Engineering,
03/1992 to date. Positions held within the organization are: Staff
Engineer, Project Manager, Senior Project Engineer, EDMS/CAD Engineering
Supervisor. Managing and implementing multi-million-dollars projects for
Solid Dose, Processing and Liquid Packaging centers. As part of Process
Engineering group, support of Gel Dipping and Liquid Processing, as well as
McNeil's proprietary packaging projects. Previously, staff member of the
Development Engineering (R&D) Group, having responsibility for the design
and development of new products, equipment and cost reduction programs.
Responsible for concept design through prototype development, equipment
debugs and starts ups in manufacturing. Managed activities of a design
group in implementation of compliance and documentation updates for three
plants. Support three McNeil manufacturing plants, in the administration
and implementation of equipment development and integration. Additionally,
prepare justification, cost estimates, track spending, supervised
qualification and validation documentation and execution; created capital
appropriation requests for project funding.
Implemented the following projects, among others: Safety
Compliance in Gel dipping, R&D and Gel Dip Processing in their day-to-day
activities, Rebuild and Improve Performance of (15) fifteen Packaging
Lines, with efficiency and output improvement of 15%. Developed, Multiple
Level Sleeve Unwind Station, Automatic Dip-pan Wash Station, Gel dipping
Drive Upgrade, resulting waste reduction translating to $800M annual
savings. Prototype Blister Tooling, which reduced customer complains. Pouch
Lines Speed Up, from 600P/M to 1000P/M, Vial Packaging Line Integration and
Installation, New Generation Pouch Feed Track, per my patented idea, High
Speed Pouch Opening, Gel dipping Machine Speed Up, increased speed by 25%
this from concept to prototype development with clinical batch
verification. Support Liquid and Solid Dose Packaging rebuilds with 30%
production output gain in liquids.
Henien & Associates, Inc. c/o Scott Paper Co., Chester, PA.
Consulting Engineer, to Scott Paper, Co., 11/1990 to 03/1992.
Directed production machinery upgrades to improve performance, life
expectancy and ease of maintenance. Worked on the design of machinery used
for processing of paper and paper products. Examples are: cutting,
unwinding, wrapping, transporting and packaging of paper rolls, towel and
other fine paper products.
LG Industries, Inc., Exton, PA.
Project Engineer, 3/1989 to 11/1990. Total responsibility for
engineering and design of machinery for paper industry. Including new
machinery and modification of existing systems in production. Specifically
these projects included: Suction Roll, Pressure Roll, Reel Spool,
Horizontal Track Reel, Calendar, Wire Stretcher, Felt Stretcher, etc.
Portion Packaging, Inc., Trevose, PA.
Machinery Design Engineer, in Development & Technology
Department, 07/1987 to 03/1989. Responsible for engineering and design of
fully automated packaging system, which works in conjunction with
thermoforming press. Also development of new generation (high speed)
filling machine. Duties required: conceptual and definitive engineering and
design, supervision of designers and draftsman and coordination between our
group and electrical engineering group.
AtlantisWeb Design, Corp., Folcroft, PA.
Chief Engineer, and Officer of the corporation, 12/1986 to
07/1987. Design, engineering and supervision of development and production
of small size finishing machinery for web offset printing presses. Fully
responsible for all aspect of engineering, concept designs and related
manufacturing activities.
Blava In-Line, Inc., Hackensack, NJ.
 Project Engineer, 10/1983 to 12/1986. Mechanical Project
Engineer, responsible for concepts, layouts and details of finishing
equipment for in-line web offset printing presses. An example of such would
include Perforator, Turn Bar, Folder, Glue Applicator, Slitter, Variable
Cutting Sheeter and Numbering Unit.
I was handling projects from start to finish based on customer's
specification request list. This included concept, engineering and design;
and ultimately supervision of assembly and test run, including startup at
customer's location.

EDUCATION
Mechanical-Technical Institute, Czechoslovakia
4 years, Graduated
Czech University of Technology, Prague Czechoslovakia
Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
5 years, Graduated
J&J University
Green Belt, J&J Process Excellence - Technical, November 2007
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
AutoCAD Certificate,

INTERESTS/SPECIAL SKILLS

Fluent in Czech and Slovak languages

Commercial Airplane Pilot. 'Licensed by FAA - USA'
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