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• Structural and operational design, equipment procurement, financials, staffing and training. • Coordinator of architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, civil and process engineering partners. • Management of 20,000 lbs/day extraction, distillation, crystallization and remediation operations. • Development of standard operating procedures. • Marketing coordinator and liason to distribution and cultivation partnerships.

• Management of 36,000 SF hybrid greenhouse and 9,000 SF cGMP processing facility. • Management of hemp program. • Cultivation development in hemp varietals from seeds and clones. • Development and management of pollen program. • Certification coordinator for state certification of genetics. • Liason to vendors and analytical laboratory partners.

• Structural: Cultivation, processing, and retail design. Technology procurement and implementation.• Operations: Project management. Business plan, accounting, and protocol development. Analytical testing and ERP implementation. Staffing and remote management.• Regulatory: Cannabis and hemp licensing. cGMP, cGAP, cGLP, ISO and certifications.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Management of cannabis and hemp processing facilities nationwide. • Process and operational design for extraction, distillation, crystallization and cannabinoid/pesticide separation. • Staffing and training of qualified employees for all facets of production. • Supervising research and development projects for formulation and THC remediation. • Processing, manufacturing, and analytical equipment procurement and implementation.

Miami, Florida, Us

• Designed, outfitted and installed four cannabis processing and analytical laboratories in Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico operating under unique regulatory guidelines.• Internalized full analytical processes to all locations capable of testing for potency, terpenes, residual solvents, microbiogicals, mycotoxins, pesticides, and heavy metals.• Expertise with processes involving: alcohol and supercritical CO2 extraction, High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Inductively-coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP- MS), Triple-quadrupole Mass Spectroscopy (LCMS), rotary evaporation, wiped-film and short path distillation.• Developed and executed standard operating procedures on all aspects of processing including decarboxylation, extraction, winterization, analytical testing, formulation and packaging.• Created pharmaceutical-grade formulations of vaporizer cartridges, sublingual drops, capsules, suppositories and topicals.• Maintained the highest standardization in concentration across medicinal product forms in all competing markets.• Established strong relationships with members of the Department of Health and vendors on all facets of operations with distribution-level pricing on key components.• Designed and conducted all research and development projects for cultivation and logistics.• Recruited, trained, and managed valuable personnel in all areas of cannabis processing.• Educated and assisted in marketing to legislators, doctors, investors, and patients through dozens of professional speaking engagements and television appearances and hundreds of tours.• Developed in-house certificate of analysis reporting system integrating chain of custody and validation of data for labeling.• Assisted in the development of variances aimed at adapting to dynamic regulatory and market changes.

Paris, France, Fr

• Developed, integrated, and optimized complex immunological assays into fully-automated systems.• Co-founded Sanofi's bioinformatics initiative designed to consolidate, organize, and discover trends in data from all experiments conducted under respective studies.• Assembled and maintained automation lines utilizing modules from Beckman Coulter, Bio-tek, Bio Rad, MSD, etc, for high-throughput production and digital processing of biological assays.• Programmed user interfaces for scientists to easily interact with automated assays.• Developed hemagglutination image analysis software to acquire, process, and determine titers for hemagglutination-inhibition assays.• Designed, assembled and programmed multi-plate image analysis system for Sanofi's Global Clinical Immunology department.• Resident expert in hemagglutination-inhibition assays and its derivatives.• Proficient in in-vitro immunological research utilizing flow cytometry, Elispot, ELISA, BioPlex, cell culture, staining, and processing of cells.• Managed over two million dollars worth of cell inventory, storage, and allocation.• Programmed cell inventory system incorporating donor's phenotypic data, vial locations, viability, and billing information.• Assisted in logistics, screening, and blood processing of collaborative work with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Br

• International business management and development experience.• Established over 20 strategic partnerships in manufacturing, distribution, and research of various biomedical products.• Established 12 research centers throughout the country for application evaluation and validation for FDA compliancy.• Managed sales of over $300,000.• Managing a team of software engineers responsible for transitioning system into different applications and multiple language support.• Expertly handles negotiations between suppliers and manufacturing in Brazil aiming to increase profit margins and sustainability of product lines.• Mediates communication between centers in Brazil and the United States.• Handles logistics of import and export of supplies across multiple continents.• Analyses project growth and demand to ensure highest level of profitability and exposure.

Gainesville, Florida, Us

• Studied the molecule carnitine and all its involvement and processes in the body.• Analyzed the effect of parameters such as age, gender, carnitine supplementation, hormones, diabetes, and metabolic state from both rat and piglet data to support hypothesis that carnitine does not respond the same in all organs.• Assayed tissue samples obtained from piglet and rat surgeries to determine how acylcarnitines function in the piglet model.• Assessed the growth and body composition of HIV patients at Shands Medical Center via anthropometric measurements such as cholesterol level and amount of triglycerides through 24-hour diet recalls.• Investigated the mechanisms of the Ketogenic Diet from over 150 patients being treated with Ketogenic Therapy at Shands Medical Center.• Analyzed and compared data from the HCRV database and various animals associated with carnitine compartmentalization in the body.• Assisted in the compilation of databases containing human, piglet, and rat data to be used for research and individual theses.

Altamonte Springs, Florida, Us

• Exposure to open-heart surgeries ranging from lobectomies to mitral valve replacements.• Developed custom patient consultation scheduling system.

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