•Oversee, manage, and actively participate in the handling, formulation, synthesis and supply of energetic material utilized by production and manufacturing. •Keep and maintain explosive inventories and records including any required BATFE logs, inventories and additional shipping and processing documents.•Manage R&D projects for new product development to meet customer needs or improve quality, safety, or manufacturing capabilities.•Develop and review SOPs of equipment and processes involved in the manufacturing of energetic materials.•Cross functional collaboration between the operations, facilities, engineering, contracts, and test departments as technical lead to plan, organize, and manage resources to bring about successful completion of company goals and objectives. •Research new suppliers, equipment, and chemicals for improvement of operational capabilities while keeping cost-effectiveness in mind.•Communicate with the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to request, transfer, or perform audits on government furnished property.

• Research and preparation of refined catalyst products for FCC (Fluid Catalyzed Cracking) by weighing specified amounts of components, treating and creating solutions to be spray dried into a final product.• Preparation of components and final product consists of peptization, milling, use of COWELS (high sheer mixers), pH meters and particle size analyzer (Helos BR-Quixel).• Conduct multiple experiments on final product and compile data in Microsoft Excel and/or PowerPoint to later communicate data and results with project leaders.• Physical and chemical testing, XRF, XRD, HPLC, FT-IR and other techniques, submissions of refined catalysts through Analytik Online.• Ammonium base exchanges for Insitu Catalyst to reduce the sodium content by exchanging sodium ions for ammonium ions followed by filtration and oven drying. • Shipping of hazardous/nonhazardous materials and samples by completing required paperwork and providing shipping department with appropriate Safety Data Sheets (SDS).• Follow guidelines and SOPs to ensure safe work practices and proper procedures when conducting experiments for R&D projects.• Attend team meetings and discuss data and ideas, as well as sitting in on conferences with R&D and Business groups for product discussions.

•Plasma collection through pheresis procedure, including donor set up, monitoring of donor, and donor disconnect. •Use of PCS-2 plasmapheresis for plasma separation from donor blood.•Perform calibrations and maintenance as per SOP for PCS-2 machines. •Analytical thinking used daily to troubleshoot equipment failures and generate incident documentation and remove and/or replace equipment from service. •Maintain clean and efficient work environment and ensure sufficient operating supplies are available while following Health Safety & Environmental (HSE) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policies and

• Served as rifleman through three phases of OEF in Afghanistan where duties included security, patrolling area of operations, conducting raids, and gathering intel and communicating them to supervisors. • Supervised three individuals as a Team Leader in combat operations.• Training and operations as a rifleman lead to experience and skills with weapons, handling explosives, hand-to-hand combat, survival techniques, and basic life saving techniques. • Experience in Combat Operation Center as a journalist where I summarized combat operations at the Regiment level.