1. RICHARD H. KRAMER, JR.
862 Worthington Mill Rd.
Wrightstown, PA 18940
Cell: 215-470-6912 Home: 215-497-0174
E-mail: kramerrh@comcast.net
Summary
Seasoned technical director and project leader with expertise in product development,
organizational improvement, and strategic planning in diverse development environments. An
enthusiastic, hands-on leader with the proven ability to create an engineering center-of-
excellence in R&D organizations. Highly versatile, with transportable technical experience in
electronic, mechanical, and biomedical engineering from life-science, automation, industrial and
aerospace industries. Comfortable in a variety of technical management roles.
Core Competencies
Managerial Creativity: Initiated and introduced a project management office that managed
major strategic projects with consistency, priority, and urgency and optimized a rapid
development environment. Successfully restructured and transitioned department organization,
priorities and delivery process to align with post-merger corporate mission and culture. Leader
of departments, programs and projects with up to 75 technical staff and up to 4 million dollar
plus budgets. Adept at creating a fertile environment for creativity and innovation, extracting
the best from organizations and individuals. A risk-management advocate.
Product Design and Development: Designed and implemented startup’s product development
program. Led and contributed to the creative development of lab & industrial automation
products, instruments for the life sciences industry, process machinery, and test equipment for
the pharmaceutical and aerospace industries.
Quality Systems Programs: Responsible for establishing, developing and maintaining quality
systems including SOP, ECR/ECO, test plans, quality plans, validation plans, customer service
policy, service and support agreements, incoming inspection and supplier quality programs.
Engineering R&D: Planned and developed innovative engineering programs and research
activities that ensured the success of strategic scientific and business objectives. Developed
conceptual proposals and budgets for new initiatives.
Project Management: Led engineering teams involved in design, development, and validation
of innovative instruments and automated systems, including seven that were granted
achievement awards for positioning the company to a strategic lead on future commercial
technologies. Project leader on dozens of projects involving both hardware and software.
Mentored staff in project management skills.
Strategic Planning: Examined major technology investments to ensure that optimal financial
and technical decisions were made, resulting in substantial productivity improvements.
Managed technical recruiting, staff development, capital equipment procurement, resource
forecasting, and budget development.
2. Richard H. Kramer, Jr.
Professional Experience
Sinew Technologies and Solutions, Inc., Furlong, PA (2007 - Present)
Director of Engineering
Project development, engineering and management for a consulting firm with contracts
supporting laboratory-based R&D organizations. Electronic controls concept & design for
automation and motion-control. Failure studies and reports. Outsource management of related
design, fabrication, and installation services. Developed proposals, costs, timelines, test-plans,
and change-control documents.
InnovaSystems, Inc., Moorestown, NJ (2004 - 2007)
Manager of Quality Assurance
Multifaceted position. Managed all quality activities for a small manufacturer of laboratory
automation systems. Included organizational planning, supplier management, project
management, customer service and new product engineering. Established processes and controls
for order through shipment and support. Developed test plans, user literature, validation
protocols, and project history file. Lead technical contributor to new product development and
to customer service. Assisted president with day-to-day operations of the company.
Charge Injection Technologies, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (2001 - 2003)
Manager of Product Development
Managed engineering for all phases of product lifecycle for this startup manufacturer of
electrostatic spray equipment. Established the product development program, and maintained
concurrent engineering process between research and product development. Managed
outsourcing, vendor qualification, quality assurance, material database, PDM, calibrations and
product improvement functions. Contributed as engineering expert to research program and
project planning. Designed and managed the construction of novel research apparatus,
experiment controllers and data acquisition systems. Assisted with laboratory experiments and
analysis of results. Developed and managed the total R&D budget.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ (1984 - 2000)
Director of Instrumentation Development (1995 - 2000)
Managed engineers and technicians involved in instrument and automation design and
development programs of R&D departments. Included automated storage and retrieval, sample
preparation, and integration of automated systems in GLP/GMP and ISO 9000 environment.
Developed the annual budget, staffing plan and strategic goals for a department of up to 80 staff/
contractors, $4MM budget, and a 14,000 sq ft state-of-the-art engineering R&D facility.
Managed commercially innovative products through patent application and out-licensing.
Established department processes, procedures, standards and best practices for project
management, office management, risk management, documentation, and performance metrics.
Associate Director of Instrumentation Development (1990 - 1995)
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3. Richard H. Kramer, Jr.
Supervised growing department of fifteen engineers and technicians involved in electronic,
biomedical, and mechanical engineering design and development for laboratory instrumentation.
Contributed greatly to engineering concept and technology selection, while developing annual
budget, staffing plan and strategic goals for the department.
Various Lead Engineering Positions (1984 - 1990)
Supervised engineers and technicians in electronic and biomedical development of laboratory
instrumentation. Contributed to budgeting, staffing and strategic planning activities with
department head.
Chemcut Corp. (Div., Schering AG), State College, PA (1978 – 1984)
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Directed R&D efforts of five engineers in product engineering department involved in design of
electrical and electronic controls and instruments for automation of industrial production
equipment.
General Electric Co., VF Space Center, King of Prussia, PA (1974 – 1977)
Design and Development Engineer
Designed analog, digital and RF ground support test equipment for spacecraft development and
testing.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Lotus Notes, Autocad, Solidworks, LabView,
Corel Draw, Basic, Fortran
Professional Affiliations
Member, Instrument, Systems and Automation Society
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Member, Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
Publications and Presentations
“Getting Smart with Automation” (presentation), 1995 International Symposium for Laboratory
Automation and Robotics, Boston, MA (on invitation)
Coauthor of “Radioanalysis of Rb-82 Generator Eluates,” Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Intl.
Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation (1987)
Education
Master of Engineering, Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College,
PA (1979)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
(1974)
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