Andy Guzman Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Overland Park, KS

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a global health services and products company, brings scaled solutions that help customers thrive in a changing world. We improve the cost-effectiveness of healthcare through solutions that improve the efficiency of the supply chain; optimize the process and performance of healthcare; provide clinically proven, daily use.

Provided maintenance and service for GC/MS and IC analytical systems for customers in an 8-state area. Response time was of the essence. Utilized real-time SAP systems for parts ordering and reconciliation, travel planning and logistics, and timely field service reports.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Developed an IC/MS method that completed full analyses in ⅓ of the time.
• Developed a fully quantitative IC/MS method to provide additional data to customers.
• Assisted in the development of unique techniques to prepare and extract samples from complex sample matrices.
• Assisted in the creation of a Raman IR spectral database for a commercial client.
• Served as a QA officer and performed IC/MS and LC-MS/MS analysis, troubleshooting, and maintenance during six (6) separate field deployments to the Middle East.
• Lead Analyst (LA) on two deployments serving as direct liaison between MRIGlobal and government customer(s). LA coordinates all sample analysis, prioritization, and database tracking of incoming/outgoing samples.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Assisted in identifying, outsourcing and auditing contract laboratories.
• Organized and conducted Spanish classes for practical and business usage.
• Provided qualitative identification of adhesives, plastics, and coatings via FT-IR analysis.
• Performed failure and contamination analysis on plastic products, transparent films, and coatings.
• Developed method for high power photomicrography to capture high resolution digital images of surface interactions between contact surfaces and/or surface coating materials.

Olathe, KS

• Was an integral assistant in the transition of laboratory operations towards full ASCLD/LAB Accreditation.
• Performed GC/MS and FT-IR analyses of evidence according to ASCLD/LAB accreditation procedures for the identification of controlled substances.
• Conducted various traditional wet chemical techniques, such as microcrystalline, thin layer chromatography, and liquid solvent exchange.
• Provided expert witness testimony in the district and federal court systems for 17 years.
• Investigated and processed crime scenes for physical evidence and insured evidence integrity for subsequent forensic analyses.
• Translated documents from Spanish to English and served as an interpreter for non-English speaking individuals.

Topeka, Kansas Area

• Performed headspace gas chromatography analysis of biological fluids for the presence of ethanol in criminal cases according to GLP.
• Provided expert witness testimony for two years in district courts across the State of Kansas.
• Wrote, revised, and reviewed laboratory reports.
• Performed SME review of GC and GC/MS analytical data.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General And Chemistry, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Omega, Pre-Medical Club, Intramural football, photography, undergraduate research assistant, tutor.

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