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Gilbert, Arizona, United States

Greater Phoenix Area

Currently doing UX design for custom app.Managed project teams to drive results for multiple concurrent projects.Led Continuous Improvement Team to support complex and sensitive projects, monitor progress toward deliverables, provide regular status updates, document business processes.Trained and managed staff on Six Sigma principles, Agile/Scrum.

Gilbert, Arizona

Award-winning project to streamline business processes - Oct 2021

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Elected by residents to serve as PresidentSupported logistics for community eventsLed meetings according to Robert's Rules of Order

Kohler, Wisconsin

Drove cross-functional teams to rapidly resolve 600 quality issues per year, alerting upper management as necessary for major cost or production issues.Communicated corrective/preventive actions with diplomacy to internal and external customers.Analyzed and presented data reports on short notice to support quality investigations.Facilitated investigation.

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Taught 9th grade integrated science (Chemistry and Physics).Awarded $1000 WPS Innovative Educator Award to create a school Makerspace.2015 Bemis ExternAdvised National Honor Society, coordinating service projects.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Taught Chemistry and Advanced Chemistry to 150 students in grades 10-12.
• Developed bi-lingual curriculum, planned lessons, prepared laboratory experiments, supervised labs.
• Department Chair for a team of five science teachers with a total of 450 students.
• Coordinated school-wide science fair.

Maywood Environmental Park, Sheboygan, WI

• Taught pre-K to college students while guiding them through nature and physical challenges
• Collaboratively and individually planned authentic outdoor learning experiences
• Guided nature activities while ensuring safety of all participants

Port Washington, WI

• Taught Biology and Physical Science to students in grades 9-12.
• Developed lessons, labs, and assessments.
• Communicated daily progress and facilitated easy transition to returning teacher.

Kingston, WA

• Co-taught Biology and Chemistry to 150 students under supervision of mentor teacher
• Taught a mathematics focus group

Silverdale, Washington

• Coordinated teachers, students, and volunteers to raise and release salmon fry
• Collaborated with multiple organizations to delegate tasks, keep project on schedule
• Guided activities for field trips to Clear Creek Trail

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Developed and implemented procedure for product returns that reduced costs, expedited returns, and improved customer satisfaction
• Investigated reasons for returns and collaborated with QA to determine failure modes
• Provided technical assistance to colleagues, suppliers, and customers
• Interacted with customers to place orders
• Coordinated logistics for finished products and returns

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Supported production of thin film CIGS semiconductors
• Analyzed crystal structures using SEM, XRF
• Tested products, compiled data, wrote reports

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Managed 2 year environmental chemistry research project
• Analyzed data and presented research at two scientific conferences
• Award-winning poster presentation (American Association for Advancement of Science, 2005)
• Managed waste stream from three labs and maintained records to document compliance

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Researched sustainable pesticide alternatives for agriculture
• Collected and formatted data for analysis

Ma Teaching, Education, Teaching, Science And Math Education

Activities and Societies: Alternative Routes to Certification, ARC program, ARC 9AStudent taught at Kingston High School

B.S. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Biology, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Entomology research, Alpha Chi Sigma, Chemistry Club, Pride of Arizona, Colorguard