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Craig William
Taylor

About Craig William Taylor

Vacaville, California

An engineer and manager with nearly 15 years of relevant experience, Craig William Taylor currently serves as Senior Data Systems Engineer at Genentech, Inc. in Vacaville, California. A lifelong resident of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento metropolitan region, Craig William Taylor began to lay the scholastic foundations for his career at El Dorado High School in Placerville. During this period, Craig William Taylor rose to the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, a testament to his leadership and community service. After graduation from Placerville High School, Craig William Taylor enrolled at Sierra College in Rocklin, where he pursued studies in chemistry and engineering. Upon receipt of his Associate of Science degree from Sierra College in June 1994, Craig William Taylor chose to continue his education at the University of California, Davis, matriculating in the College of Engineering. From September 1994 to June 1996, Craig William Taylor built his acumen in chemical engineering at the UC Davis College of Engineering, ultimately graduating with his Bachelor of Science degree.

After graduation, Craig William Taylor secured a position as Systems Application Engineer with Roberts Technical Services in Pleasant Hill, spending the next two years handling responsibilities related to Plant Information (PI) server and client software troubleshooting, as well as plant reports and the help desk. In September 1998, Craig William Taylor joined Genentech, Inc. as a Database Specialist and Engineer, managing various aspects of the company’s infrastructure. Midway through this period, Craig William Taylor entered the UC Davis Graduate School of Management to pursue advanced topics in computer systems and earn his Master of Business Administration. After four years as PI Administrator for California ISO, a not-for-profit public benefit corporation in Folsom, Craig William Taylor returned to Genentech, Inc. Craig William Taylor now serves as Senior Data Systems Engineer at Genentech and holds membership in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).


Craig William Taylor's Companies

  		•  Genentech, Inc. 2005 - Vacaville CA
    Sr. Data Systems Engineer
    - Gathered requirements, designed and built an automated system used to collect, monitor and report processes parameters, performance indicators and quality attributes from biopharmaceutical manufacturing process steps - Integrated Sartorius SCADA software into Cell Culture Lab for controlling/ monitoring 36 bioreactors - Maintained department software toolset used to extracted and report data from historian/relational databases - Assisted staff in collecting data from corporate databases for reporting and statistical analysis - Led Data Technical Team chartered to standardize company approaches to data analysis/process monitoring - Evaluated and recommended commercial software used to monitor and report manufacturing process activity
  		• California ISO 2001 - 2005 - Folsom, California
    PI Administrator
    - Developed and implemented metrics to analyze generator performance - Designed displays and calculations allowing Operations staff to monitor the Western US power grid - Developed ISO enterprise guidelines to assist users with data retrieval and presentation - Presented papers at 7 major user conferences with audiences of more than 125 people - Maintained 24x7 system reliability with 100% system uptime for 2004 - Led the Plant Information (PI) system installation during the Ranger EMS project implementation
  		• Genentech, Inc. 1998 - 2001 - Vacaville CA
    Database Specialist/Engineer
    - Led the effort to create and maintain an infrastructure to provide plant data to user groups - Designed and installed an Oracle database to gather and distribute batch data - Created a user web site to aid in the distribution of plant knowledge - Led a project team in rolling out an employee recognition program for Genentech’s production site - Administered a Windows domain in support of providing secure access to PI Data - Taught multiple classes on the PI client tools providing users the ability to retrieve PI information - Performed two complex Control Qualification (CQ) tests for validated computer systems
  		• The Roberts Companies 1996 - 1998 - Martinez, California
    Systems Application Engineer
    - Trouble shot problems that arose on the PI server and PI client software. - Maintained plant reports and manual input sheets used daily to efficiently run the refinery. - Served as the first point of contact, “Help Desk,” for the users of PI at the refinery.

Craig William Taylor's Presentations

  • Flexible Toolset for Process Monitoring and Analysis, IBC 4th International Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing and Development (BMD) Summit, San Francisco, California
    December, 2009
    Decisions to manufacture clinical and marketed material with short campaigns in the same plant have highlighted the need for and benefit of process monitoring tools that are both flexible and produce analysis ready data. Process monitoring tools have been designed to support seamless transition between campaigns and new processes. In addition, they provide analysis ready data shifting staff efforts from data organization to data analysis. This poster will explore a process monitoring toolset and its design guiding principles. The poster will also review how the toolset facilitates routine analyses.