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Saurabh Sharma

NIR Application Specialist
Nijmegen
Saurabh Sharma

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Summary

Spectroscopy Specialist with a background and experience in chemistry, project leadership, and an excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Bringing forth more than 10 years of valuable experience working with a wide range of industries for offering solutions and alterations to improve the quality of products with a drive for serving as a dedicated and energetic team member.

Overview

10
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Nutreco

NIR Application Specialist
04.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Project Manager - Bruker NIR Network, developed NIR platform and network for global customers.
  • In less than a year, a completely validated NIR platform was developed. It has calibration lines for more than 70 products.
  • Simultaneously, we also created an online platform to connect and support external clients.
  • Part of the team to check new analytical techniques that can be adopted to enhance our quality checking. We as a team decided to go for XRF.
  • Quickly learned new skills (XRF) and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Project Manager - XRF, developed applications for various products to roll out to global users and develop a network.

Bruker

NIR Application Specialist
07.2015 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • I was very actively involved with the sales team to give seminars, presentations, and pre-sales demonstration of NIR and Handheld Raman instruments. I also
    supported our sales team in the selection of suitable configuration of instrument as per application need.
  • I was closely connected with clients to solve their technical doubts during the demonstration of the instrument. I was also associated with end-users for
    training, troubleshooting, and providing them with advanced application-technical support during their application development.
  • I was responsible for the regular technical training of agents, distributors, and the sales team.
  • I developed calibrations and methods for existing customers of various industries like Pharmaceuticals, Food and Feed, Dairy, Oil, Chocolate, Chemicals, Fragrance, and a lot more.
  • For new software and hardware, I assessed user feedback and led initiatives for product adjustments to grow the user base and overall user satisfaction.

PerkinElmer

Product and Application Specialist
07.2012 - 07.2015

Job overview

  • My pre-sales activities involved technical discussion, presentations, and instrument demonstration for probable customers.
  • I was also involved with end-users for application support & method development on spectroscopy and chromatography.
  • We regularly organized technical training for the sales team and customers.
  • Day-to-day analysis of samples from diverse fields on FTIR/NIR, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, GC, and GCMS.
  • Selection of suitable configuration of instrument as per application need.

Education

Swiss School of Business And Management
Geneva

MBA from Executive MBA
06.2023

University Overview

School of Science
Ahmedabad, India

Master of Science from Organic Chemistry
05-2012

University Overview

S. P University
Anand, India

Bachelor of Science from Chemistry
05-2010

University Overview

Skills

  • Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy Projects
  • XRF
  • Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV/VIS)
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Fast Learner
  • Problem-Solving Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Product Demonstrations and Presentations

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Research Papers:
• Study on FT-MIR spectra of ghee(anhydrous milk fat) British Food Journal
• Comparison of transmittance and reflectance mode of FT -MIR and FT- NIR spectroscopy in application to clarified milk fat (ghee) – Indian Journal of Dairy Sciences.
• Development of method for detection and quantification of foreign oils and fats in ghee (heat clarified milk fat) using FT NIR spectroscopy coupled with chemometric – IJDS
• Study of Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectra of ghee (anhydrous milk fat) – International Journal of Dairy Technology.


Trainings:
• Basic Analytical training: PerkinElmer’s Centre of Excellence, Mumbai & Hyderabad. 2012
• Basic NIR Training: Bruker Ettlingen, Germany. 2016
• Intermediate NIR Training: Bruker Thailand. 2017
• Advanced NIR Training Ettlingen, Germany. 2018

Certification

  • Root Cause Analysis: Getting to the Root of Business Problems
  • Process Improvement Foundations
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Hobbies

Hobbies
  • Yoga
  • Cooking

Timeline

NIR Application Specialist
Nutreco
04.2020 - Current
NIR Application Specialist
Bruker
07.2015 - 03.2020
Product and Application Specialist
PerkinElmer
07.2012 - 07.2015
Swiss School of Business And Management
MBA from Executive MBA
School of Science
Master of Science from Organic Chemistry
S. P University
Bachelor of Science from Chemistry
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Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins
Saurabh SharmaNIR Application Specialist