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Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

- Identify scope of the project utilizing critical thinking. - Coordinate vendor scheduling, oversight, and set up training with end users. - Actively manage five to ten projects with an allocated budget of $15K - $250K each. - Collaborate with the Facilities Department to ensure equipment requirements are met. - Manage weekly meetings to coordinate commissioning activities for capital renovation projects.- Request capital and manage the onboarding of new $100K validation equipment to increase delivery speed to end users and clients.- Develop and execute technical validation documents including but not limited to: Commissioning Protocols, System Impact Assessment, Validation Plan, User Requirement Specifications, Installation, Operation, and Performance Qualifications, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Data Integrity Assessment, and Validation Summary Report. - Documents have been written for a variety of equipment and instruments including controlled temperature units, HPLCs, centrifuges, automated next generation sequencing, biological sample digestion, and other general laboratory instrumentation and software.

Mcpherson, Kansas, United States

Capital Projects Rotation - Project Engineer/Manager - Jan. 2021 - Oct. 2021- Utilized Agile Project Management Style to manage Commission Activities and performed Machinability Runs on new $36M Aseptic Filling Line.- Led team of five permanent members to execute Machinability Runs prior to IOQ phase.- Coordinated with supporting business functions of Biological Quality, Chemical Quality, Validations, Operations, Engineering, Technical Services, and EH&S.- Wrote technical Engineering Reports following completion. - Completed financial tracking and project updates via Captial Portfolio Management software on a $360K project.Integrated Manufacuring Excellence (ImEx) Rotation - ImEx Engineer, June 2020 - Jan. 2021- Utilized 5S and Lean manufacturing process to redesign equipment preparatory rooms to become more efficient reducing overall setup and cleaning times. - Developed process of tracking completion of required sanitation of Aseptic Areas. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams of Operations, Finance, Safety, Quality, and Environmental, Health & Safety

Lincoln, Ne

Work directly with the UNL - Athletic department to analyze data from all UNL’s athletic teams. Research aims to help prevent injury, practice more effectively, and improve techniques.

Norfolk, Ne

Collaborate with Senior Manufacturing Engineers to improve overall site’s OEE. Work cross-functionally with Production, Planning, Tooling, Finance, and Quality. Learned skills in RCA formulation, cost-saving projects, validations, process capability and overall process improvement.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Work hand-in-hand with Student Athletes in a multitude of subjects. Create reviews for challenging concepts to aid students to better understand the material. Continuously adapt my tutoring style to best help the student.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Interviewed incoming male freshmen attending UNL in order to decide out of hundreds of applicants, whose skill sets and talents may improve the organization listed above. This job has required me to improve on my skills of communication, organization, time management, and my process of decision-making.

Norfolk, Ne

Managed Norfolk’s Water Park and other city pool using basic Chemistry, knowledge of electrical systems and water pressure, along with problem-solving skills. Average daily patron attendance was around 1,000. This job required skills of oral communication, organization, conflict-resolution, and teamwork. Job required CPR/First Aid Certification, along with a Pool Operator License.

Norfolk, Nebraska

Norfolk, Nebraska