Chemist/Operations Research Analyst
Silver Spring, Md
Analytical methods development and scientific computing. My FDA career can be divided into two parts - 1990 - 2004 followed by 2004 to retirement in 2018. The early years were as a bench chemist, what I was trained for. The latter part is as a scientific computing expert, what I had learned on the job self taught in the former portion of my FDA career, but turned into a nightmare with the IT consolidation of 2004 and "enterprising" of everything. At FDA at least and very probably more places science and IT have no place together. This should have created a demand for people with my skills to bridge the gap but only made things worse. Big mistake, dead end!(1/1990-9/2004) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Large Volume Injection Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC),UV-Vis spectrophotometery, UV detection, Fluorescence detection, photodiode array, flame ionization, thermal conductivity. Indirect food additives. Food packaging, microwave susceptors, epoxy can coatings, breast implants, plastisols, lid/cap gaskets. Bisphenol-A (BPA), Diglycidylether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA, BADGE), nonylphenol. Publications. Additional training Fisk Institute Infrared Spectroscopy.(10/2004-10/2018) Agency-wide scientific workstation, laboratory data systems configuration management. Kixtart scripting, shell scripting, HTML. Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS), Internet Information Server (IIS), Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP/SEPM), GFI Vipre antivirus.Windows desktop W2K, XP, 7, 8, 10 and server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008-R2, 2012. Active directory (AD). Server Administration, patch management, security, contracts.Webmaster and team lead (2004-2008), FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) intranet. Computer and web-based training. Cold fusion web-based applications. Windows media server and encoder.Scientific computing contracts, COR certified.
