David Hay

Background

About David Hay

Thirty eight years of synthetic organic chemistry experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries as both a medicinal and process chemist. My contributions to the field of organic chemistry and pharmaceutical research have resulted in 28 U.S. Patents, 13 publications, 13 external presentations and 1 national award from the American Chemical Society. My scientific contributions as a medicinal chemist resulted in the discovery of two potential new drugs that have undergone human clinical trials, one for the treatment of schizophrenia, and the other for the treatment of hyperglycemia. As a process chemist I have designed and/or developed numerous synthetic routes that have been scaled up to kilo quantities in the lab, hundred kilo quantities in the pilot plant, and multi ton quantities in the plant. I have provided on site chemistry support for plant start ups in both the United States and India. Managed both discovery and clinical teams as a Pharmaceutical Project Manager and am familiar with every functional area of the drug discovery process from bench top to product launch. Experienced in the administration, maintenance and new user training of a Varian Mercury 400 Plus NMR. Provide NMR support for all sites worldwide. Specialties:Management of a group of chemists and a chemical engineer over multiple sites in the US and UKProject ManagementCost AnalysisIndependent oversight of projectsMulti-disciplinary team environmentsOutsourcing experienceChemical Process Research and DevelopmentMulti ton per day continuous flowBatch reactions up to gallon Large scale batch and continuous flow distillationPlant start upPilot plant expertiseDesign of ExperimentsHigh Pressure Hydrogenation (3500 psi)CalorimetryMedicinal ChemistryNMR administrationProficient in the use of software platforms including Minitab, Vnmrj 4.2, Red Hat OS 5.4, Spec View 2 and 3, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Power Point, Perkin Elmer Signals™ Notebook, Empower, and SAP.