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Sacramento, California, United States

Provide excellent customer service while troubleshooting, repairing, installing and maintaining analytical chemistry instrumentation in a timely manner at a multitude of customer facilities and laboratories.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:▪ Responsible for planning, organizing and executing tasks in an ever changing environment.▪ Successfully maintained inventory and conducted administrative reporting accurately and in accordance with company policy.▪ Active member of the regional service team utilizing and contributing to collective knowledge of field service to aid colleagues in difficult repairs and troubleshooting situations.

Uc Davis

Provide targeted LC-MS analysis of Bile Acid, Steroid and Oxylipin assays utilizing 6500 QTrap and 4000 QTrap mass spectrometry systems including data analysis in a timely and accurate manner. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:▪ Responsible for the operation, calibration and maintenance of LC-MS systems to achieve precise and accurate analyses of multiple matrices.▪ Successfully planned, coordinated and completed numerous client studies including large sample projects such as the Golden I (roughly 2700 samples) and Golden II (1300 samples) as well as method development projects.Safety Officer providing training for laboratory personnel and continued monitoring of safety equipment throughout the laboratory.

Sacramento, California Area

PRODUCT SCIENTIST, CHEMISTRY Technical manager of QA laboratory. Responsible for technical operations and the provisioning of resources needed to ensure the required quality of laboratory operations.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Responsible for the operation, calibration and maintenance of laboratory instrumentation enabling precise and accurate analyses on raw materials and finished products to ensure compliance with BDG standards, USDA regulations and ISO 17025:2005 standards.• Active participation in management review process and internal audits enabling the initiation and completion of Corrective Action Reports and Preventive Action Reports to address nonconformities.• Successfully coordinated workflow activities for Chemistry Laboratory Technicians and Laboratory Assistants to support accurate testing to meet the demands of BDG.• Contributed to monthly environmental monitoring of production facilities.• Performed other duties to support Laboratory Manager including the organization and facilitation of Monthly Safety Meetings and Food Safety Training, record management and optimization of laboratory procedures.

Cambridge, Ma.

Direct all aspects of establishing clinical laboratory offering Mass Spectrometry and ELISA assays. Responsible for managing Mass Spectrometry laboratory operations for both CLIA and research purposes.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:§ Credited for authorship and management of all CLIA standard operation procedures pertaining to the MassSpectrometry System.§ Commended for excellent work as Mass Spectrometry Technical Supervisor for the CLIA Laboratory, and foreffectively conducting validation experiments for all CLIA MS tests.§ Successfully facilitated training for all MS technicians in CLIA facility and RUO laboratory.§ Recognized for outstanding leadership in performing and managing assay development projects, as well ascollaborating with business development and sales team towards commercialization.§ Successfully developed multiple Mass Spec methods for clinically relevant protein biomarkers based on Sales andBusiness Development strategies.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Responsible for daily maintenance of laboratory facilities and equipment including Mass Spectrometer instrumentation, as well as various administrative functions including permit applications, inventory management, and supply orders. Sampled media including serum, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, and synovial fluid. Used pinpoint to create methods for Mass Spectrometry and to analyze acquired data.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:§ Developed mastery of targeted workflows for TSQ Vantage and QExactive Mass Spectrometers. § Successfully performed optimization experiments for all MSIA Assays developed.§ Played a key role in instrument installation at collaborator laboratories.§ Chosen to attend relevant conferences as representative of BRIMS.§ Credited for authorship of six papers relating to the field of proteomics.

Responsible for identification and separation of specimens into skin and non-skin groups. Dictated the gross descriptions of specimens including weight, size, shape, color, and texture. Inked and sectioned specimens according to protocol. Completed tally reports for each day to be submitted to Client Services and Histology. Handled and disposed hazardous chemicals, waste, scalpels, and blades. Performed requisite daily and monthly quality control.

Responsible for conducting Hematoxylin-Eosin slide staining and receiving, preparing, and delivering special stains to the appropriate pathologist. Performed daily quality control procedure for cassette block boxes.

Bachelor Of Arts, Biology, General

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