Coordinates daily laboratory activities to keep a growing team, safe, motivated, and productive. Leads internal and external meetings representing the company with multiple stake holders. Builds software tools to expand and customize a Salesforce based Laboratory Information Management systems. Leads Quality initiatives for incident response, inspection preparedness, and routine monitoring.

Worked as part of a very small team to translate novel technology into ultra sensitive clinical tests for autoimmune and infectious diseases. Led the team to identify and implement a Laboratory Information System. Used automation experience and training to help scale and standardize PCR based assays. Lead manufacturing team to standardize, produce, and ship custom reagent kits to partners and customers.

Worked in a small team to build the world's largest bank of induced pluripotent stem cells. Led small group projects to explore new equipment and process optimizations. Worked with multiple stakeholders to generate and modify quality system documents to improve and clarify production procedures.

Cytograft Tissue Engineering built novel therapeutic products based around a human cell synthesized biomaterial. I optimized the production of novel tissue engineered constructs, monitored the products through rigorous mechanical testing, and maintained a quality system for all developed procedures.

Worked as a research assistant building microfluidic models for blood flow in the microcirculation.

Research Experience for Undergrads sponsored by the Nation Science Foundation at International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University.Created computational models for the behavior of charged biological inks during nano-fabrication with a nano fountain probe and submitted an academic paper on results.

Worked as a summer research assistant creating mathematical and computational models of blood flow with Matlab and Comsol Multiphysics Femlab.