1. John Lauzon
563 Bourne Rd Plymouth, MA 02360
(781) 708-6171 lauzonjohn@yahoo.com
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OBJECTIVE
My Professional objective is to join an organization in a challenging leadership role, allowing me to leverage
my extensive management experience, creative problem solving and lean management skills with a growing
company to achieve optimum utilization of its resources and maximize profits.
2001 – TD American Red Cross Blood Services Massachusetts Region, Dedham, MA
08/2011 – TD Northeast Region Distribution Manager / Radiation Safety Officer
 Responsible for union department of 34 staff and four supervisors at two locations while directing the
processes of storage and distribution of blood products, irradiation, and temperature monitoring of all
regulated areas.
 Manage daily inventory of over 20,000 units while working cross functionally to meet the need of 200
customers across four states.
 Developed corrective action presentation which resulted in 100% problem reduction from FY14 to FY15
and was adopted for use system-wide for overall compliance.
 Spearheaded new process to bring in new customers which showed profit of $10K within a 4 month
period.
 Coordinated a volunteer work force to lower operational costs and increase revenue by $5,000 in a two
month period
 Radiation Safety Officer for both Massachusetts and Vermont locations; authored, audited and
maintained compliance with all Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations
 Developed and implemented new customer on-boarding process in order to ensure customer needs were
met while also maximizing current route schedules
 Identified and opened new collection site to ensure seamless pickup and delivery of products and
supplies
 Successfully provided operational support during deployment of new software system at 4 distribution
sites (Columbia, Puerto Rice, Rochester, and St. Paul)
02/2009 – 08/2011 Manufacturing Manager, Quarantine and Labeling
 Responsible for union department of 45 staff and four supervisors while overseeing the processes of
pheresis manufacturing, sample tube management, irradiation, quarantine, labeling, disposal
management, and freeze, wash, and deglycerolization of red blood cells.
 Established and organized weekly interdepartmental meetings to reduce products in quarantine
 Worked cross functionally to successfully implement strategic initiatives through change control
processes
 Maintained control of blood products by reducing work in progress inventory and ensuring accuracy of
electronic and physical inventories
 Designed and implemented a new bacterial detection process that resulted in increased productivity and
subsequent platelet apheresis sales
 Responsible for procedural development for the Freeze/Wash/Deglyc task including analyzing current
processes, problem data, CFR Regulations, customer needs and non-value add processes with the goal
of standardization
 Radiation Safety Officer for the Massachusetts Region; Procedure development and implementation to
ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations.

2. John Lauzon
563 Bourne Rd Plymouth, MA 02360
(781) 708-6171 lauzonjohn@yahoo.com
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04/2007 – 02/2009 Regulatory Manager, Hospital Services and Distribution
 Worked cooperatively with other managers to establish long range planning in order to achieve business
goals
 Served as a member of the Regulatory Committee which reviewed draft documents with Biomedical
Headquarters before release and implementation across the system
 Prepared department for audits with Food and Drug Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Act
standards, and internal Quality Assurance reviews and inspections.
 Ensured continued regulatory compliance by overseeing problems, quality control, corrective actions and
internal audits.
05/2006 – 04/2007 Operational Compliance/Quality Assurance Specialist
 Identified and assessed quality risks in processes and procedures according to regulations and guidelines
 Facilitated root cause analysis, develop corrective action plans, and monitored for effectiveness
 Identified opportunities for standardization and process improvements in order to improve quality
 Lead internal compliance audits, provided support for external audits, and composed audit reports
 Reviewed and approved regional procedures, change controls, validations and critical control points in
operational documents
 Represented the Quality Department on projects, work groups, and process improvement efforts both
within the department and within other areas of oversight
02/2002 – 05/2006 Production Supervisor, Quarantine and Labeling
 Responsible for a shift of 15 staff while overseeing the production of 470,000 blood products and
ensuring compliance with industry regulations and Red Cross standards including SQuIPP, CLIA and
CFR requirements
 Designed and supervised the renovation of a 4.7 million dollar production lab with staff safety and
efficiency of work flow as the primary goals
EDUCATION
05/2000 Saint Joseph’s College, Standish, ME – Bachelor of Arts: Biology, Minor: Chemistry
CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS
 Radiation Safety Officer
 Computer competent with Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and Internet Navigation
 Proficient in CFR/FDA, AABB and Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements
 Directing operations in a GMP environment
REFERENCES
Available upon request