Responsible for accurate and expedient color correction of school photos using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, printer color management, seasonal photographer evaluation, and design and creation of end products such as church directories and composite image prints.

After my wife was diagnosed with a cancer of unknown origin, I put my research scientist skills to use and learned as much as I could about oncology as fast as I could. We assembled a team of doctors in CO, MN, WI, and FL and did everything possible to save her life. During this time I did my best to not only support and advocate for my wife, but to also raise our daughter.

Responsible for all financial and legal decisions and obligations for my wife's highly successful small business. Consignment, wholesale, online, retail and festival work.

Laboratory Coordinator for the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering and manager of Mines' Thin Section Laboratory. Contracted teaching professor for GEGN101: Earth and Environmental Systems.Expertise in geologic and material science sample preparation for a variety of analytical techniques.Raised nearly $400,000 for new equipment, renovating the lab into a world-class sample preparation facility that has become the preferred lab in North America for top industry and academic agencies.Constructed a net neutral laboratory financial model within state guidelines to allow for greater flexibility in student sample preparation costs while staying fair to industry competitors.Conducted student equipment and sample preparation training programs.Oversaw undergraduate summer research projects that included a complete overhaul and expansion of thin section production SOPs. Our tireless efforts towards thin section perfection have resulted in the largest repository of thin section sample prep guidelines for geologic samples that I'm aware of.Responsible for all lab safety protocols, finances, purchasing, training, and SOP creation.Supervised a staff of part-time employees, graduate students, and undergraduate students.Part of a team tasked with designing the layout and technical requirements for the analytical facilities in the soon-to-be constructed USGS Subsurface Frontiers building.Developed online thin section teaching resources that included virtual microscope and 3D rock scanning during the COVID-19 pandemic.Member of the Department Research and Education Infrastructure Team.

Sample preparation and analysis, data reduction and interpretation, mineral definition writing (SIP development), and report creation.