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San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Establish and grow department from 1 to 5 with broad range of skills and capabilities to identify, quantify and improve processes throughout the company and all subsidiaries. Department supports 4 distinct businesses across 7 sites nationwide and focuses on all value streams within the business including quote-to-cash and post-delivery customer interactions.Key Accomplishments Include:• Established all aspects of the Process Excellence department including team strategy, priorities, mission, objectives, and communication plan/mechanisms.• Launched “Find A Better Way Day” highlighting key improvement projects across the company representing >$2M in impact to the company.• Developed and implemented integrated corporate communication mechanisms and KPIs to gauge performance, promote accountability and identify opportunities for improvement.• Developed, tracked and executed integrated project plan to vertically integrate recently acquired company into TriLink BioTechnologies.• Developed and recorded introductory module to Process Excellence and Lean/Six Sigma.

Austin, Texas, United States

Increased responsibility from Supervisor of Bioassay manufacturing team to Senior Manager of all Reagent manufacturing. Areas under my purview included:• Highly-technical upstream organic and inorganic chemistry manufacturing • Production and stewardship of calibrator and control reagents for Luminex xMAP® medical device instruments• Custom nucleic acid and protein-based Bioassay product lines encompassing Immunodiagnostic, Public Health and Food Safety applications• Formulation and dispense of fine reagents from small to very large scales as well as final labeling and packaging of all reagent products, including RUO, US-IVD, CE-IVD and USDA licensed products • Various levels of environmentally controlled production areas including ISO level cleanrooms Key Accomplishments Include:• Catalyzed lean transformation through developing training and implementing 5S and Kanban systems.• Created and maintained service level agreements between multiple departments.• Established and owned departmental KPIs, scorecard and reporting tools.• Led and participated in numerous global business and quality harmonization projects including regular executive leadership reporting.• Integrated Reagent/Consumable and Bioassay Manufacturing teams.• Integrated new product portfolio into operation from business acquisition.

Austin, Texas, United States

Increased responsibility from Production Assistant to Manufacturing Supervisor. Gained experience with and oversaw day-to-day operations in multiple technical manufacturing areas including:• Nucleic Acid Synthesis, Isolation, Purification, and Analysis• Clean Room validation and operation• PCR• DNA Sequencing• RUO, CE-IVD and USDA licensed productsAdditional notable experience includes:• Lean Transformation – worked at one of Industry Week’s Best Plants in North America • High-Performance Work Teams / Self-Directed Work Teams• Technical Transfer of >$300M established product line • New Product Introduction and Transfer• Forecast hours, review budgets and represent manufacturing in S&OP / SIOP meetings

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, And Mexican-American/Chicano Studies