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Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Responsible for structuring and establishing the first Powder Coating lab, supporting production and R&D, yearly revenue of $1 M. • Perform trials to identify the pigments, flakes, and chemicals needed to satisfy custom color matches and customer requirements. • Manage custom requests submitted from 40,000+ customer base, meeting and surpassing their color and application expectations. • Evaluate formulated colors for criteria set by company and customers. Guide lines include Color ID, Hardness, Gloss, Texture, and UV Resistance.• Trusted with formulation, maintenance, and post-chemical manipulation of custom and existing portfolio of 1000+ products.• Responsible for research and development of new products and improvement of existing products.• Maintain and organize 150+ raw materials and samples. • Work across departments to launch new products.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Progressively trained and advanced through the lab process: Accessioning, Aliquoting, and Extractions, within a 6-month period. Maintained 100% “chain of custody” guidelines from receipt through sample preparation for further testing, capacity to process 60,000 tests daily.Extracted 30,000+ RNAs daily for SARS CoV-2 and Flu-A/B testing with Evo and King Fisher Flex while maximizing the yield and quality and minimizing the degradation of the sample. Held to tight timelines to hit Targeted 24-hour Turnaround (TAT) Time Average for COVID-19 Testing.

Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States

Received and prepared raw and final products for further analytical testing for the largest pet food company in the world with estimated revenue of $18 billion.

Performed quality checks, identified defects, evaluated issues, provided solutions, and recommended improvements for a product line that produced 25,000 vehicles per day.Rendered escalated analysis, requested by GM leadership, for a hood defect, which required comprehensive analysis through all 5 levels of paint. Gathered, translated, and reported metrics daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly to management team in a timely manner. Supported $2.8 billion project by providing preventative insights on costly repaints.Led project that researched, collected, and tested 15 different gloves that would improve quality and safety for production line that protected their hands but still allowed defects to be physically detected.Tracked individual's sanding techniques for 30 teammates to provide suggested improvements.Assisted in "booth balance" to ensure proper air and water flow are maintained to comply with safety and environmental regulations.Maintain sludge pit quality by administrating chemicals in observance of OSHA guidelines. Introduced a defect catalog that documented 100+ defects with photos, characteristics, and solutions for all phases of the paint process. Initiated project to maintain and monitor the electro-deposition coating, or Elpo tanks, which is essential to sealing the metal for corrosion protection.Trained incoming defect analysts at Volvo and Corvette manufacturing locations.

Certification, Black Belt Six Sigma

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry And Pre-Chemical Engineering