• Created an Excel spreadsheet to track the status of the work in the QC Lab.• Setup companies first Stability Testing Program with Stability Chamber and Stability Test Logbook.• Supervisory role of interviewing, training, assigning and tracking the work of three biologists.• Repaired and Calibrated an HPLC that hadn’t been in operation for two to three years.• Operated the Biolumix System for detecting pathogens; Yeast & Mold, Salmonella, E-Coli, and Staphylococcus Aureus.• Cleaned, Repaired the pH Meter and Conductivity meter, cleaned and organized the laboratory.• Wrote SOP’s and participated in FDA and NSF audits as lead laboratory analyst.• Wrote Certificates Of Analysis and sent samples out for third party laboratory testing.

Chemist position in a new Pharmaceutical laboratory for the development of medicinal cannabis oils.• Operated, maintained and developed various solid phase extraction methods for CO2 extractions using the “SFE Pic Lab 400” and “Extrakt Lab” to collect Cannabis Oils and Terpenes.• Transferred and setup a modified HPLC method into the Perkin Elmer Flexar UHPLC for the analysis of Cannabis plants and plant extracts using TotalChrom Software.• Operated a Rotovap and Centrifuge for the concentration of CO2 Cannabis extracts.• Wrote SOP’s for the laboratory operation and many production worksheets.

S&N Labs, 2021 E. 4th St. Suite 112, Santa Ana, Ca. 92705 Temporary Chemist assignment in an Industrial and Legal Investigation Lab through Kelly Scientific Services• UV Spectroscopy of various samples using Beckman DU800• Researched, developed and wrote a HPLC method for baseline separation of 9 Cannabinoids using the Ultimate 3000 UHPLC, and the Finnigan Surveyor UHPLC with Chromeleon Software and PH buffers.• HPLC analysis using Ultimate 3000 UHPLC and Finnigan Surveyor UHPLC for sample investigations• TMA and DSC analysis using instruments provided by TA Instruments.• Setup and performed Soxhlet Extractions on various specimens

Six Month Temp assignment as Quality Control Chemist through Superior Technical Resources, to substitute for a person on Maternity Leave.• GC analysis of industrial gases using HP 5890 FID and TCD detectors with Chemstation.• Industrial Gas analysis using Horiba, Siemens, Delta F, Tiger Optics, and Aqua Volt Process instruments for O2,CH4,C3H8,CO,CO2,H2O and NH3.

Started as a HPLC Technician promoted to R&D Department Analyst, and then to QA Analyst in the QC, QA and R&D Departments.• Testing/troubleshooting HPLC columns using Agilent HPLC, Agilent UHPLC and Chemstation.• Batch Testing using GC FID for purity and HPLC for analyte recovery of "SPE" sorbent material.• Instrumental in Documentation and Records for the IS0 9001/2003 Lab Certification.• Batch Testing for Turbidity, Residue, and Percent Recovery of specialized SPE sorbents.• Elemental Analysis using LECO and Costech for C,S,N

Worked as a Temporary Chemist in the research laboratory through Aerotek Scientific for Ph.D Chemistry supervisor Stephen Lyon. Duties included: • Set-Up, Calibration, Instrument Repair and statistical analysis of Ion Chromatograph by Dionex.• Performed various wet chemistry tests on water samples such as Suspended Solids. • Supervised and trained biologists to assist me in the lab.