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• Analyse manufacturing processes, applying lean manufacturing and six sigma principles to improve efficiency, reduce waste, improve product flow, and make the work environment safer.
• Lead teams of associates on continuous process improvement projects.
• Assist in plant moves, machinery relocation
• Analyse potential projects to calculate internal rate of return, net present value, and profitability index.
• Create and audit work instructions for ISO 9000 quality management certification.

• Worked alongside Dr. Jeffery MacDonald in the metabolomics lab
• Developed a bleed-feed model bioreactor that using an HPLC pump to provide variable substrates to liver cells while under observation in a NMR machine
• Designed and developed a gas-lift bioreactor used to create biofuel using microorganism or fungi metabolomics

Chapel Hill, NC

• Managed a $104,000 social budget
• Budgeted, planned, and organized all fraternity events
• Member of the Phi Delta Theta executive board

Chapel Hill, NC

• Applied for and won the Fire Marshal national award
• Applied for and received honorable mention for the Best Philanthropy Event award (Eve Carson 5k)
• Helped to develop a scholarship lottery system that gave monetary awards to those above 3.5 GPA or with a 0.5 point improvement in GPA

Valdese, NC

• Led weekly CPI teams of hourly workers from various work areas that analyzed different problem areas of manufacturing and improved the process or product flow
• Created and help give weekly CPI progress reports to management including the COO
• Preformed time studies and cost analyses on manufacturing processes
• Compiled Project Flow Charts for various manufacturing processes
• Analyzed and wrote work instructions for ISO 9000 quality management certification

Atlantic Beach, NC

• Served as waiter for lunches, dinners, and special functions at the country club
• Learned many lessons about the importance of etiquette and service in my experience at the club

Hickory, NC

-Provided quality customer service while demonstrating relationship sales techniques by finding solutions or products that matched customer needs-Maintain accurate inventory lists-Managed rotation of seasonal stock and long-term storage for off-season warehouse storage

Hickory, NC

As a scout I passed all requirements to receive the Eagle Scout Award. This Included organizing and leading 50+ scouts and adults from several different troops on an Eagle Scout Project to maintain the most popular trail at the local park.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: UNC BME club, Phi Delta Theta FraternityI majored in Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill. This engineering.

Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: United States International Young Physicist Tournament- Second Place, National Economics Challenge- Regional.