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Rochester, Ny, Us

Chattanooga Tennessee

Columbia City, Indiana

- Specialized in providing scientific and regulatory consulting services for antimicrobial products from inception to commercialization- Company lead for MoCRA compliance services- Chemistry and microbiology testing strategy, placement, and management- FDA MoCRA and OTC facility registration and product listings- SDS authoring- Cleaning Product Right to Know Act (CPRKA or SB-258) compliance- Monitor regulatory changes and inspection trends- Audit product labels prior to federal and state submissions- Author materials for SRC blogs and website- Competitive surveillance

Columbia City, Indiana

- Specialized in providing scientific and regulatory consulting services for antimicrobial products from inception to commercialization- Chemistry and microbiology testing strategy, placement, and management- FDA OTC facility registration and product listings- SDS authoring- Cleaning Product Right to Know Act (CPRKA or SB-258) compliance- Monitor regulatory changes and inspection trends- Audit product labels prior to federal and state submissions- Competitive surveillance

Rochester, New York Area

Provided scientific, technical, marketing and business consulting primarily to the chemicals industry. Developed customer-specific information including but not limited to: regulatory compliance documentation including GHS-compliant Safety Data Sheets and SB-258 California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act information, technical presentations, sales and marketing materials, and Standard Operating Procedures.

Allendale, New Jersey

Responsible for setting strategic and tactical direction for the Life Science Ingredients - Microbial Control global microbiology and analytical laboratories (Allendale, Basel, Tokyo and Nanjing). Harmonized best practices and coordinated workflow between laboratories. Managed international cost centers totally over $5M in regular costs and over $0.5M in CAPEX.Effectively managed six direct reports and seven indirect reports.Strong collaboration with Regulatory, Applications Technology, Sales & Marketing for base business support and new product development globally

Allendale, New Jersey

Responsible for operations of the microbiology and analytical chemistry labs; Initiated and managed the $1.1M expansion of the microbiology labs. Project finished on time and on budgetEffectively managed eight direct reports leading to several promotions and recognitions of departmental staffIncreased departmental productivity by more than 50% in two yearsDeveloped LEAD program for Lonza - novel product stewardship program for Lonza with the US EPATechnical lead and principal stakeholder for development of LSTS - Lonza Life Science Tools and Services - a new testing services business for Lonza

Allendale, New Jersey

Conducted microbiological efficacy studies for new products/applications. Coordinated with third-party GLP laboratories for product EPA registrations. Lonza technical lead for joint Ecolab-Lonza project to evaluate principal deficiencies in UDT. Work published in peer-reviewed journal.Technical lead for Hygiene testing (Use-dilution test, Germicidal spray test, ISOGRID)

Princeton, New Jersey

Supervised laboratory and technicians. Managed multiple projects simultaneously. Prepared technical reports. Planned, coordinated and conducted customer field trials for prototype products. Provided technical service and field troubleshooting to the food processing and environmental markets. Presented to internal and external customers and governmental agencies. Assisted Regulatory Affairs with sanitizer/disinfectant registrations (Federal and State), including conducting and/or coordinating efficacy testing for both EPA and FDA. Acted as liaison between marketing and R&D. Developed sales training materials. Restored relations with customers preventing loss of over $2 million in annual sales.Led internal and external sales training and active participant in promotional campaign.Managed new product from conception through product launch.Rapidly promoted to Senior Microbiologist after nine months as Microbiologist.

Princeton, Nj

Developed assay methods. Conducted microbiological efficacy studies for new products/applications. Performed standard plate counts for bacteria, yeast and fungi. Identified bacterial species. Coordinated with vendor laboratories for product EPA registrations. Prepared media and reagents. Operated and maintained laboratory equipment.Coordinated and worked on new application and EPA registration activities leading to successful product commercialization resulting in $750,000 in annual sales.Reduced laboratory supply costs by 29%.

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Developed and validated analytical methods for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical raw, in-process and finished materials. Corrected HPLC software and hardware problems. Wrote and edited SOPs, protocols, specifications and test methods.

Dallas, Texas

Graduate Studies - Microbiology

Ba, Biological Sciences

Marketing Strategy