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Fishers, In, Us

Zionsville, Indiana

- Analytical Instrument Support & Maintenance: Provided hands-on technical support, calibration, preventivemaintenance, and skilled troubleshooting for a wide array of analytical chemistry instruments, including HPLC, LC,and NMR (brands: Waters, Agilent).- Instrument Oversight & Training: Directed and coordinated instrument-specific expertise areas, such asHPLC, for training, support, and preventive maintenance programs, ensuring adherence to GLP (Good LaboratoryPractice) compliance standards.- Vendor Collaboration & Coordination: Established and maintained partnerships with external vendors(Hamilton, Agilent, Bionex, HighRes, Douglas Scientific, LGC, Dynamic Devices, Waters, Beckman) to facilitateinstrument support, service, and procurement.- Work Management & Issue Tracking: Utilized work management software to document issue resolution, trackinstrument history, and maintain seamless communication with internal stakeholders.- Technical Problem-Solving: Applied mechanical, electrical, and software expertise to diagnose and resolvetechnical issues across multiple instrument platforms, leveraging traditional support skills for effective resolution.- Documentation & Compliance: Maintained service records, asset management logs, and safety inspectiondocumentation, ensuring compliance with GLP requirements.- Commissioning & Validation: Assisted in the installation, commissioning, and validation of new equipment,ensuring readiness for operational use.- OEM Coordination & Site Compliance: Supported OEM vendor activities and ensured adherence to site andsafety requirements for equipment setup and maintenance.- Professional Environment: Adapted to a business casual, flexible work environment focused on maintaining awork-life balance.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Perform as a Field Service Engineer with responsibility to maintain, repair, and perform preventive maintenance services on the Clone Pix, Qpix, and CloneSelect Imager product lines of the BioTherapeutics Division. Also trained and certified to service the M Series, Series II and SpectraMax L analytical plate reader product lines. Am certified to operate Thermo Fisher robot arms including the CRS, Orbiter, Spinnaker, and Valet.

Zionsville, In

Performed as an in house field service engineer for Dow AgroSciences. Main responsibility was the triage, repair and preventive maintenance of all onsite equipment. This equipment included freeze dryers, vacuum pumps, air purifiers, Liconic plate hotels, Beckman Biomeks, HPLCs, with many more pieces of equipment that ranged in manufacturer and function. Outside of equipment repair was responsible for escorting outside vendors, closing workorders, accounting materials and money spent repairing the equipment onsite.

Maintain, operate, and troubleshoot the systems which help to produce diabetes testing supplies.

Aid customers with technical and troubleshooting knowledge on computer systems.

Performed as a competent, helpful technician repairing and maintaining hospital equipmentEquipment: Blood warmers, lasers, ultrasound units, endoscopy light source, blanket warmers, paraffin warmer, oxygen blenders, hydrocollators, hypothermia warmer, IV pumps, feeding pumps, bladder scanner.Fall, 2009 to Spring 2010 - Departmental Tutor, Engineering Technology, IUPUIAssisted students with dc circuits, digital electronics, C+ programming courses

Provide excellent customer service. Provide valid and knowledgeable nutrition information at customer's request. Support overall restaurant operations with attention to detail.

Open, close and maintain organization of the store while assisting customers with product knowledge.

I was in an internship program to shadow a Parenteral Maintenance Technician.

Performed calibrations on all the instrumentation and analytical equipment needed to support freeze dry operations. Obtained working knowledge of this instrumentation.Equipment: Flow gauges, pressure gauges, thermistors, two-wire and three-wire technology, closed loop circuitry, and ladder logic systems.

Bachelor Of Science, Biomedical Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: VICA Competition Judge, Member of Indiana Biomedical Society Biomedical Engineering Technology

Associate Of Science Degree, Biomedical Engineering Technology

Related Courses: Intro to Radiography Systems, Biomedical Engineering Tech, Medical Electronics, Microprocessors BMET Microprocessor.