Garry V.

Laznicka
800 Avondale Rd. #6B
Wallingford, PA 19086
Residence: 610-872-1272
Office: 215-273-8343
E-mail: gl984e0c@westpost.net
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION

Moved beyond conventional tendencies, beyond waiting for answers or d

irections from above. Eagerly drive forward integrated areas of purpose.
Extensive project management, mechanical engineering, design, and equ
ipment development experience in the packaging and processing equipment, pharmac
eutical and paper industries. Including analysis of the mechanical systems, prot
otype development of special machinery and mechanisms. Machine design utilizing
CAD system in the conceptual and detail design, project management and integrati
on of custom machinery and commercially available equipment.
Possessing in depth operational knowledge of pharmaceutical processes
, qualification, validation, CGMPs, production SOPs, and FDA's requirements. Fur
ther, custom automation equipment, packaging and processing equipment, engineeri
ng documentation's and blueprints, operations of such.
Submitted and implemented numbers of equipment improvements to increa
se output and safety, reduce waste and changeover enhancements. Managed multi mi
llion dollar projects in packaging, equipment development and processing. Applie
d 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 caplets/tablets Gel dippin
g expansion project in off site's plant. Recipient of the McNeil's Engineering E
xcellence Award and Engineering Development Award for innovation, and developmen
t. Recipient of number of Encore Awards for Engineering.
Six Sigma (DMAIIC) training completed and principles applied to assig
ned projects. Demonstrated capability to manage and implement difficult tasks wi
th minimal supervision. Project management and supervisory staffs experience fro
m concept through completion.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE

McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceutical, 'Johnson & Johnson Co.', Fort Washin
gton, PA.
Project Engineering/Project Management Staff; National Engineering, 03/1
992 to date. Positions held within the organization: Staff Engineer, Project Man
ager, Senior Project Engineer, EDMS/CAD Engineering Supervisor. Managing and imp
lementing multi-million-dollars projects for Solid Dose, Processing and Liquid P
ackaging centers. As part of Process Engineering group, support of Gel Dipping a
nd Liquid Processing, as well as McNeil's proprietary packaging projects. Previo
usly, staff member of the Development Engineering (R&D) Group, having responsibi
lity for the design and development of new products, equipment and cost reductio
n programs. Responsible for concept design through prototype development, equipm
ent debugs and starts ups in manufacturing. Managed activities of a design group
in implementation of compliance and documentation updates for three plants. Sup
port 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 document
ation and execution; created capital appropriation requests for project funding.
Implemented the following projects, among others: Safety Compliance i
n Gel dipping, R&D and Gel-dip Processing in their day-to-day activities, Rebuil
d and Improve Performance of (15) fifteen Packaging Lines, with efficiency and o
utput improvement of 15%. Developed, Multiple Level Sleeve Unwind Station, Autom
atic Dip-pan Wash Station, Gel dipping Drive Upgrade, resulting waste reduction
translating to $800M annual savings. Prototype Blister Tooling, which reduced cu
stomer complains. Pouch Lines Speed Up, from 600P/M to 1000P/M, Vial Packaging L
ine Integration and Installation, New Generation Pouch Feed Track, per my patent
ed idea, High Speed Pouch Opening, Gel dipping Machine Speed Up, increased speed
by 25% this from concept to prototype development with clinical batch verificat
ion. 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 product
ion machinery upgrades to improve performance, life expectancy and ease of maint
enance. Worked on the design of machinery used for processing of paper and paper
products. Examples are: cutting, unwinding, wrapping, transporting and packagin
g 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 d
esign 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 Stretche
r, Felt Stretcher, etc.
Portion Packaging, Inc., Trevose, PA.
Machinery Design Engineer, in Development & Technology Department, 07/1987 to 0
3/1989. Responsible for engineering and design of fully automated packaging syst
em, which works in conjunction with thermoforming press. Also development of new
generation (high speed) filling machine. Duties required: conceptual and defini
tive engineering and design, supervision of designers and draftsman and coordina
tion 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, eng
ineering and supervision of development and production of small size finishing m
achinery for web offset printing presses. Fully responsible for all aspect of en
gineering, 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 r
equest list. This included concept, engineering and design; and ultimately super
vision 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'