John Everett White Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Responsible for managing a large team including, but not limited to Team Leads, Shift Leads, Technicians and Scientists to ensure departmental goals and objectives are met for Sanger Sequencing, Oligo Synthesis and Next Generation Plasmid EZ service lines.Hiring, onboarding, and off-boarding activities of team members in conjunction with HR. Work with team members on performance management initiatives and activities including, but not limited to goal setting, on-going performance feedback, and performance evaluations. Be key in mentoring, coaching, and developing team members to promote a high performing, results oriented and engaged work culture reflecting the Azenta brand.Responsible for monitoring and ensuring departmental quality goals, as well as other KPIs, are being met by Waltham Sanger Sequencing, Oligo Synthesis, and Next Generation Sequencing Plasmid EZ service lines.Lead efforts to ensure maintenance of efficient operations by planning, implementing, and evaluating process improvements. Responsible for monitoring capacity and advocating for additional resources.Serve as a partner for Sales to provide in-field or on-site support for Sanger Sequencing, Oligo Synthesis and Next Generation Sequencing Plasmid EZ customers.Understand customer needs with empathy and know that everything they do is making a difference through Greater Boston's vast and cutting edge research industry. Hold team accountable in adhering to laboratory SOPs (i.e audits) to ensure quality and safety while communicating often with our customers via email for troubleshooting quality issues alongside Genomics Technical Services.Lead proactively, with a results oriented, people and customer focused mindset, able to meet tight deadlines, and strive in fast-paced work environments. Understand the big picture and lead a team to achieve departmental objectives.Lead weekly local Management meetings and establish agenda for Team meetings and applicable updates.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Responsible for Shift Leader tasks; including facilitating and prioritizing nightly workflows, delegating nightly tasks to team members, assisting with sample receipt and processing, creating key sequencing reagents, and monitoring site specific communications with technical services• Checking inventory and replenishing consumable sequencing supplies, including tracking and documenting key reagents. Support quality assurance analysis performed by technicians on team.• Ability to perform routine maintenance, monthly maintenance, and qualifications of key equipment. • Assist with maintenance and preparation for Internal and External Audits. • Work with human resource contacts to develop, execute and implement CAPA. • Manage direct reports including setting schedules, performing 1 to 1 meetings and performance evaluations. Work with reports to create professional developmental plans focusing on individualized goal setting and direct business contributions.• Analyze and review weekly quality metrics for the Genetic Analysis lab, investigate root causes for downstream processing issues, and report these findings, as well as site specific updates, to national management leadership.• Led the introduction and scale up of Next Gen. Sequencing Plasmid EZ business line for Waltham lab• Ensure adherence to SOPs and the Azenta Life Sciences brand within our team. • Cross-trained and assisted with oversight of Oligo Synthesis Lab operations from Waltham site to support remote management • Assist with extra responsibilities when site Leadership is away from the office.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

As a LTI, there is focus on adhering to safety protocols. Strictly following SOP's and the site trainer's direction in sample handling, project processing, and procedural documentation. Sorting of incoming samples. Preparing DNA sequencing templates, including sample preparation, Rolling Circle Amplification and PCR purification while communicating with customers by email in a friendly and professional manner when service specifics need addressing. Lab-ware cleaning and bio-hazard waste collection and packaging. Purifying sequencing templates and loading samples onto sequencing machines. Troubleshooting sequencer errors as they arise. As a LTII, I often train lab technicians on new protocols, staying up to date with SOPs as they are introduced to the lab. Responsible for working independently to facilitate work flow completion in laboratory during second shift weekend hours to meet particular requests and deadlines for VIP customers while communicating with and completing technical support's troubleshooting of customer results. Routine calibration of lab instruments. Participate in quality assurance testing, including designing and carrying out quality control experiments. Data analysis of quality assurance tests. Take part in quarterly safety audits and act as a quality assurance liaison for the Cambridge site.As an LTIII, I am responsible for all the duties of an LTI and II. Participating in a Lean/6Sigma Cohort representing the Cambridge site for process development focus. Contributing to process development data taking for Sanger Sequencing and developing visual work flows for Purification, documentation and reagent protocols.

Walpole, Massachusett

Utilized specialized machinery to grind and sharpen various cutlery while addressing routine machine maintenance. Coordinated weekly route inventory and delivered newly sharpened cutlery to clients. Acted as a liaison to the route’s shops, restaurants, and hotels in the Boston's Back Bay and South End.

Sharon, Massachusetts

Seasonal employment involving the maintenance of the private course for members 6 days a week. Took on independent and team projects of varying difficulty including clean ups, detailed and precise mowing, and small construction and course renovation projects.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Drove zamboni and maintained ice surface for Hart Center ice arena. Designated gameday driver for majority of Fall 2016 D1 Men’s and Women’s NCAA hockey games. Operations assistant for collegiate athletic events (hockey, lacrosse, and baseball).

Norwood, Massachusetts

Assisted customers in locating and properly fitting hockey, baseball, and lacrosse equipment while maintaining friendly conversation and providing expert opinion and knowledge. Restocked and organized merchandise independently on a routine basis.

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics

Activities and Societies: Vice President, Society of Physics Students- Holy Cross Chapter

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society