Blessed and honored to work at CCSO, last forensic rodeo for me. Great place to land at the sunset of my career

Moving on to next chapter

Responsible for overall technical and operational function of the forensic laboratory serving the city and county of San Francisco. Supervising 6 Unit Supervisors and 22 Analytical Scientists. Maintaining operational budget of 4 million dollars as well as overseeing numerous grants totaling greater than $400K. Working in conjunction with both police investigations as well as the district attorney's office and federal prosecutors to ensure that the services needed are available. Also working with these agencies to improve communication by coordinating and actively participating in on going strategy meetings as well as providing training. Actively engaged in the planning and design of a new $300 million dollar laboratory facility. Additional duties include serving as the laboratory quality assurance manager in order to prepare for ISO 17025 accreditation.

Supervised 8 criminalists conducting evidence analysis. Manage case loads and assignments, prioritize requests for analysis, prepare/apply for grants, conduct casework, review policies and procedures to ensure compliance with accepted standards, train new analysts, provide testimony in court

Bench analyst narcotics and firearms and tool marks identification, impression evidence (shoe print). Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction. Trajectory Analysis

Upon completing a formalized and accredited training program in forensic firearms and tool marks training, performed bench level analysis, authored summary reports on analytical findings and testified in court as to those findings. Participated in training law students, investigators and other customers on the use and application of forensic disciplines with respect to their areas of involvement.

Support pharmaceutical production runs through quality monitoring of process. Provided batch calculations and ensured that formulations were to the prescribed standard. Established and implemented calibration process for all sensitive equipment used during runs. The final product was the raw material (conjugated and esterified estrogens) for Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Monitored those production runs at Solvay Pharm for adherence to QA standard a well as GMP/GLP.

Research Technician in a PI laboratory, area of research involved antibiotic resistance factor transfer via plasmid between E. Coli and Bacteriodes f. Duties included; PAGE Sequencing, P-32/S-35 labeling for both southern and western blots and primer synthesis.