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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

•Designed, built, and managed a CAP Accredited Toxicology Laboratory.•Responsible for all day-to-day operations related to Instrumentation, EMR & LIS interfaces, Personnel, Supply Chain, Physical Plant, Safety and Logistics.•Grew to $1.2MM in revenue in the first 24 months with a 60% margin.•Provided clinical interpretation and counsel to clinicians regarding laboratory results.

Franklin, Tn

•Designed, built, and managed a CAP Accredited Clinical Laboratory in Nashville, TN.•Managed a staff of 55 (managers, supervisors, scientists and technicians) performing Clinical Chemistry, Immunoassay, Toxicology, Hematology and Pharmacogenetics.•Managed $60MM budget and all activities and operations related to the lab (CAPEX, OPEX, IT, HR, Billing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Physical Plant, Compliance, and Safety).•Trained physicians and nurse practitioners on clinical assays, drug metabolism, and provided clinical interpretation and counsel to clinicians regarding laboratory results.•LIMS implementation and administration, Managed Data Interfaces with instruments, EMR and Reference Labs.•Led multiple teams simultaneously on an array of projects (instrument evaluation and selection, electronic data interfaces, construction projects).•Responsible for final review and release of chemistry, immunoassay, and LCMS toxicology results.•Validated, maintained, and operated Olympus 800 & 2400 and Roche Cobas Chemistry Analyzers, Tecan Liquid Handlers, Life Technologies Quant Studio, performed calibrations, QC, PT, and patient specimens.•Performed Sample Prep, prepared QC, standards and chemistry for LCMS testing.

•Client facing role building relationships with C-Suite and Senior Leadership in Fortune 500 companies.•Policy advisor to multinational corporations regarding clinical and employee screening matters.•Created and managed all aspects of employee screening and clinical testing programs for Fortune 500 clients (ExxonMobil, Shell, Delta, Norfolk Southern Railroad, Amtrak, Marriott, Walmart).•Prepared and presented responses and pricing for RFIs and RFPs. Assisted clients with developing RFIs and RFPs.•Managed healthfairs, mass screening events, software rollouts, and mass training events.•Led multiple teams to solve a range of clinical, logistics, and policy challenges (Quantiferon+, Malaria Prophylaxis Monitoring, Remote Specimen Collections).•Trained client staff on specimen collection, forensic protocols, biologic specimen logistics.Developed regulatory intelligence, best practices, and strategies to drive customer compliance within the energy and transportation industries.•Created tools to strengthen collaboration between the Lab, Compliance, Customer Service, IT, Accounting and Legal departments to coordinate service delivery.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

•Managed a staff of 14 Forensic Toxicology Support Representatives.•Functioned as liaison between clients and scientific and analytical staff performing toxicology testing on biological specimens as well as pill & powder identification.•Responsible for all client training regarding forensic specimen collection protocols, chain-of-custody protocol, document recovery and retention, affidavit attestations, and reporting.•Supported Medical Examiners, clinical, government, and corporate accounts.•LIMS Administrator for Forensic Toxicology SAMHSA Laboratory.

Mlt, Medical Laboratory Technology

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