Christopher Hanson Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provide complete and appropriate solutions for every customer in order to boost top-line revenue growth, customer acquisition levels and profitability• Maintain communication and equipment by on site troubleshooting, reporting, and tracking issues• Develop sales opportunities by researching and identifying potential accounts• Team sell with other colleagues covering various other product lines to propose a complete and thorough solution to the customers needs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Oakdale, Minnesota

• Performed routine and non-routine activities associated with performing tests utilizing various types of instrumentations, test area, or quality systems, including preparing samples, running instruments, and/or administering quality programs• Participated in various tasks including method development and data systems management• Assisted and leads with method transfers and validations within operational area with supervision and support from group leaders, principal staff, and/or senior staff • Engaged in equipment and facility maintenance; investigate and facilitate the solving of any equipment or facility problems

Maple Grove, Mn

Maple Grove, Mn

Performed and assisted in the Research, Development, and validation of analytical methods, external method transfers, and internal transfer of methods in support of the Quality Control Group. Completed instrumental analysis including HPLC, UPLC, UV-Vis, and USP Apparatus 1 & 2.

Minneapolis, Mn

Carried out analysis on Medtronic devices using validated methods to determine product specification criteria. Ran instrument analysis on products including UPLC, GPC, Apparatus 7 dissolution, and Karl Fischer. Completed laboratory techniques such as extractions, dissolution, standard preparation, and solution preparation.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Perform various methods, specifications, and procedures on 3M Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems including patches, formulation adhesives, and raw material clearance. Complete instrumental analysis on materials including FT-IR, HPLC, GC, and UV-Vis. Procedural analysis including Formulation Adhesive Extraction, Release Rate Extraction, Peel Adhesion, and Chemical Standard Solution Preparation. Conduct all procedures under strict cGMP regulation according to FDA guidelines.

Mendota Heights, Mn

Perform quality control chemical and instrumental analysis in order to validate chemical characteristics of pharmaceutical drugs via FDA, USP and FCC compliance. Work within accordance with GMP and maintain a lean 5S laboratory.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Identifying potential clients and make initial cold contact. Generating marketing leads for both direct follow-up and technical follow-up by others. Maintaining current client base including periodic visits to identify client needs, inform applicable technical staff of any requirements for follow-up on technical issues. Assist marketing director with trade show set up, and work with technical personnel on proposals. Coordinate client sample container drop off and pick-ups.

Created a positive relationship with customers to help find products that best fit their individual needs. Interacted with customers to sell products and accessories, promote installation of products from the store along with promoting in-store financing options, as well as help with customer service.

Motivated Student Callers to solicit funds across campus. Organized, prepared, and executed training of new and current student callers. Overtook administrative duties such as planning events, organizing caller software and maintaining high alumni and faculty relations. Personally raised over $65,000 and managed a team over four and a half years to raise $3.5 million.

Assisted with research on non-linear platinum/zinc OLED's and photophysical studies. Performed synthesis routes to obtain target chemicals of research. Partnered with Post-Doctoral Research Partner to perform chemical reactions and synthesize chemicals in order to collect and document data about targeted compounds. Helped discover different routes and procedures to create targeted chemicals of interest. Organized bi-monthly meetings about safety, research projects, and ways to improve experimental procedures and difficulties faced in the laboratory.