My technical ability is one of my greatest assets, as I can grasp new procedures quickly and perform them with accuracy. I pride myself in creating reliable and repeatable data with a sense of urgency. I am known to be an excellent team member who is always there for support and working to improve communication. I have the desire to work in the vivarium, at the bench, or wherever I can make the most positive impact for the company.• Extensive experience as a Preclinical Researcher working in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry. • Strong technical abilities and knowledge working with a variety of research models and samples analysis utilizing a wide range of lab equipment. • Team player who excels at building trusting relationships across teams and who thrives in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and multitask concurrent projects.• Exceptional communicator who can convey information verbally and in writing.• Analytical thinker with the capability to refine and streamline processes to produce reliable and reproducible data, with a sense of urgency. • A professional whose honesty and integrity provide effective leadership and relationships with both colleagues and external collaborators. • Dependable, responsible contributor, committed to excellence and success. • Energetic performer consistently cited for having a sunny disposition, and upbeat, positive attitude• Major contributor in the design, construction, and management of a 3000 sqft Vivarium, followed by an additional 3000 sqft expansion 2 years later. • Generated protocols, data, and summaries for scientific publications, scientific meetings, and Investigational New Drug (IND) submissions. • Generated In Vivo data that helped support progressing two Novel Compound Entities (NCE’s) into human clinical trials and even approved to market (Labalvi). • Assisted Team in successfully obtaining Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accreditation for Vivarium.• Served as IACUC representative, Company Values Team Leader, Public Awareness Leader, Activities Committee member, Alkermes in Action Team Leader, and many other volunteer roles where I thought I could help build a stronger teams outside of my own.