LIZ DOROTHY BAES
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CHILDREN:None
DATE OF BIRTH:14 January 1958
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry,
University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Graduated May 1978
Master Herbalist
Global College of Natural Medicine
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Graduated September 2012
PROFESSIONAL STATUS: Licensed Chemist (License No. 0007117-97)
Philippines Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
Board Certified Master Herbalist (Certificate No. 30836)
American Naturopathic Medical Certification Board (ANMCB)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Medical Herbalism and General Nutrition
Infant Nutrition and Manufacturing
Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation; Method Development and Validation; Method Transfers
Laboratory Compliance – Laboratory Management Systems; Qualification of Laboratories; Proficiency Testing; Collaborative Studies
Regulatory Compliance – Infant Formula Manufacturing; Product Development and Innovation; Commissioning Manufacturing Plants and Laboratories; Sensory Evaluation; Stability Programs and Testing
Quality Systems; Product and Technology Transfers; Project Management; Statistical Analysis; Training and Team Building
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2012-present Master Herbalist practice
Board Certified by ANMCB in March 2013
2006-2010 AssociateDirector
Analytical/Technical Services
Global Nutrition Quality Operations
Wyeth Regional Manufacturing Singapore Pte Ltd
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
11. Collaborative Study with People’s Republic of China (PRC) on analytical methods for macro nutrients, vitamins, minerals, micro nutrients, trace elements and residues. Collaborative Study involved Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Harbin Dairy Laboratories with all Wyeth plants which supplied China – Askeaton (Ireland), Philippines, Singapore and Shanghai/Suzhou.
12. Method Harmonization Project across five (5) Wyeth labs (Ireland, Mexico, China, Singapore, Philippines) and four (4) third party laboratories (Covance USA, Covance Singapore, AsureQuality New Zealand, AsureQuality Singapore, Ordesa Spain) to ensure compliance to specifications of the Code of Federal Regulations for Infant Formula.
13. Final validation of pilot new methods and subsequent analytical transfer to plant laboratories.
14. Proficiency Testing to ensure compliance to internal Wyeth standards as well as relative to “international standards” in dairy testing, in general, and infant formula, in particular.
15. Annual Product Review (actual trends of laboratory results across different sites versus formulations) to ensure consistent global compliance to specifications of nutrients of infant formula.
16. Global Control Program – to ensure compliance of laboratory checks on all testing on a daily basis.
17. Qualification of Contract Labs – AsureQuality (New Zealand), AsureQuality (Singapore), Covance (Singapore), and Ordesa (Barcelona, Spain).
18. Commissioned the analytical laboratory of the new Wyeth plant in Suzhou China.
2004-2006 Senior Nutrition Project Manager
Projects Management
Global Operations
Wyeth Nutrition USA
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
11. Technical Transfers of different products from pilot plant to different manufacturing plants or third party contract manufacturers – ensure compliance to master formulation and process parameters and specific regulatory requirements of finished product per country/market, as needed – eg., Philippines to Arla, Denmark; Askeaton to Mexico; Askeaton to Fonterra New Zealand; Philippines to Shanghai
12. Worked closely with senior management/global business strategy operations and marketing groups to ensure availability of products to the market to meet scheduled product launches.
13. Led investigations and troubleshooting problems during subsequent commercial runs, if any, on product transfers to ensure compliance to master formulation and defined process parameters as well as regulatory requirements of infant formula.
2000-2004 Manager
New Products and Process Development
Wyeth Philippines Inc.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
11. Worked closely with Wyeth Nutrition central R&D group who developed new products based on nutrition research. Involved in pilot plant scaling up of R&D projects and subsequent pilot commercial runs in the Philippines operating plant.
12. Reviewed master formulations of all products in the Philippines to ensure compliance of specifications and actual results to regulatory requirements.
13. Finalized master formulations of pilot plant MFs to ensure compliance to local market requirements before manufacturing plant scale up.
14. Launched new products in the Philippines (S-26 Gold, Promil Gold, Progress Gold, Bonakid, Promil Kid, S-26 Lactose Free) – as the R&D lead in the manufacturing plant.
15. Innovation of manufacturing procedures to ensure compliance to GMP requirements both from Corporate HQ and from Regulatory and ensured completed registration before product is scheduled to launch.
16. Developed sensory panel testing and trained and built sensory panel members as well as established consumer acceptance testing for new products.
17. Trained QA/QC and production personnel on dairy manufacturing processes; basic chemistry on fats, carbohydrate and proteins; raw materials processing and specifications and potential contamination; and nutrient requirements at different stages of the child – infancy, toddler, kid.
1994-1999 Manager
Quality Assurance Chemistry Laboratory
Wyeth Philippines Inc.
1990-1994 Laboratory Management Systems (LMS)Specialist
Corporate Technical Services Division
San Miguel Corporation, Philippines
1986-1989 Senior Chemist
Wright Chemical Corporation, Drew Division,
Ashland Chemicals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1980-1986 Senior Laboratory Technician
Research Analytical Laboratory
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1978-1980 Instructor
Department of Chemistry
University of the Philippines at Los Banos
