Research Associate Iii
Thermo Electron
Development of single nucleotide mismatch DNA probe microarrays used for diagnosing mutations which are genetic markers for Cystic Fibrosis and a second product for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus both from PCR samplesSuccessfully integrating diverse platforms to fulfill customer requirements for automated microarray assays through software, assay development, development of production and QC equipment comprised of machine vision by Cognex and Keyence, automated pipettors by Zymark, Qiagen, Tecan, Hamilton and BioDot, thermal cycler by MJ Research, spectrometer by Thermo Electron, confocal florescence laser scanner by Tecan, motion control stage by New England Affiliated Technologies and microarray printers by BioDot Software and programming experience with SAS JUMP DOE, DOE Wisdom, JavaScript, Java, Media Cybernetics ArrayPro, QiaSoft, Tecan software, Biodot Axsys, AutoCAD, Visio, N.E.A.T. motion control, Quick Basic, Visual Basic, Minitab, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Word; Invention and development of a novel high throughput microarray spotting system utilizing capillary tubing which reduced production cycle time by sixty fold IQ, OQ, PQ, V&V document creation and execution in an FDA regulated cGMP and ISO 9001 companyPresident of the employee recognition Thermo Values Team, member of the E-Commerce development team, leader of a Practical Process Improvement Team responsible for document reductionResponsible for managing activities of the Intern Outreach Program