Resume

 

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Project Portfolio

Detailed Resume

Summary

  • MBA graduate from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
  • Nine years as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical, environmental, and industrial chemical industries
  • Three years as a project manager supporting companies from start-ups to large established international companies
  • Four years managing and supervising professional scientific staff

Education

MBA

  • Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH 2009 – 2011
    • Weatherhead Marketing Club; Vice-President
    • Case Entrepreneurs; Leadership Team

BS Biology

  • University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington, TX 1996 – 2000
    • Biological Society
    • Science Constituency Council

Continuing Education

  • Tarrant County College; Hust, TX 2001 – 2002

Certifications

  • Six Sigma Green Belt; Weatherhead School of Management, December 2010
  • Predictive Index; PI Worldwide, June 2008
  • Excelling as a First-Time Manager or Supervisor; SkillPath seminar, August 2007
  • Empower 2 Essentials; Waters, May 2006
  • Techniques of Ion Trap GC/MS; Varian, Inc., February 2002

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant

May 2011 – August 2011
  • Primary and secondary market research exploring new market opportunities in welding industry
  • Surveyed company purchasing and vendor selection practices and identified company needs and issues

The Entrepreneurs EDGE:  Independence, OH

Independent Consultant:  May 2010 – August 2010
  • Independent consultant collaborating with Parker Hannifin
  • Conducted primary market research for a newly developed analytical technology

MPI Research, Inc. (formerly Exygen Research):  State College, PA

Project Leader, Analytical:  July 2005 – December 2008
  • Study Director and Principal Investigator serving as the single point of control for studies
  • Conducted cGMP & GLP studies in accordance with FDA & EPA Code of Federal Regulations
  • Managed a team of scientific professionals
  • Worked with other teams of scientists to achieve project requirements
  • Collaborated with sponsors to draft protocols and final reports
  • Trained junior level scientists in laboratory techniques and in the operation of specialized analytical instrumentation
  • Developed and validated analytical chemistry methods

Pharmchem, Inc.:  Haltom City, TX

GC/MS Technician II:  April 2003 – October 2004
  • Extraction of specimens for forensic toxicology analyses
  • Operation of HP/Agilent GC & GC/MS systems
  • Troubleshooting and routine maintenance of GC & GC/MS systems
  • Data reduction
  • Method development using liquid-liquid and SPE techniques
  • Process improvement to streamline and reduce the cost of analyses.

Armstrong Forensic Laboratory:  Arlington, TX

Chemist:  August 2000 – April 2003
  • GC, GC/MS, XRD analyst
  • Sample analysis of various matrices:  Fire Debris, Drug paraphernalia, Air sampling media, Soil and Ground & Surface water, Municipal/Industrial wastewater and waste streams
  • GC and GC/MS method development

Technical Proficiencies

  • HP/Agilent 5890 & 6890 GC systems
  • Agilent 5972 & 5973 MSD systems
  • Varian 3400 CX, 3800, CP 3800 GC systems
  • Varian  Saturn 2000, Saturn 2200, & Saturn 3 mass spectrometer systems
  • FID, NPD, ECD, PID, quadrupole mass spectrometer, and ion trap mass spectrometer detectors
  • CTC Analytics CombiPal headspace autosampler
  • HP ChemStation, Varian Saturn GC/MS Workstation, Water’s Empower software packages
  • Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) and liquid-liquid extraction techniques
  • FDA Good Laboratory Practices (21 CFR Part 58)
  • FDA current Good Manufacturing Practices (21 CFR Par 211)
  • EPA FIFRA and TSCA regulations

Professional Associations

  • American Chemical Society, member
  • American Society of Mass Spectrometry, member
  • TiE, Ohio Chapter, Member