Gerard Cocuzza

Background

About Gerard Cocuzza

I am a Licensed Professional Engineer with considerable engineering leadership and technical expertise with extensive experience in facilities, manufacturing, packaging, and lab environment in the pharmaceutical industry; coupled with an in-depth understanding of cGMP’s. Considering senior leadership opportunities to direct an Engineering and Maintenance organization and Capital Project team. I am a hands-on engineer with proven performance of being able to recognize equipment/process inefficiencies, then develop and implement innovative projects that significantly enhance reliability and throughput in an expeditious manner. Utilize my project management and coordination skills to drive Engineering Teams to consistently deliver a multitude of capital projects on-time and on-budget. I possess strong construction experience, and intense facilities, utilities, and safety knowledge with an expansive, diverse proficiency of domestic and foreign packaging and manufacturing machinery, including primary and secondary packaging materials/formats. Specialize in transforming and maintaining facilities/equipment into a fully compliant cGMP state. Very successful track record in building /managing project engineering and maintenance teams, and recognized as an exceptional, transformational leader with a commitment to participative/servant management, team building and people development. Possess the ability to influence peers & senior management, and develop internal and external networks. Established as the "go-to" person with intense conviction to rally the troops and get the job done under any challenging, adverse conditions; placing the highest value on personal integrity, honesty and respect for all individuals.