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American Fork, Utah, United States

Orem, UT

Orem, UT

Formulation of new products for health and wellness. Overseeing production of new products on production scale.Preparation of lab scale batches of products.Flavoring a variety of products from emulsion based gels to powder drink mixesCreating novel delivery methodsPresenting information on products to co-workers and distributors

Dugway, Utah

Subject matter expert in the area of organic synthesis. Teacher/trainer for military groups in the area of CWA, HME and drug chemistry.Develop synthetic routes to compounds of interest.Develop new course material/training briefs/practical exercises.

Rancho Cordova, CA

Process research and development. Prepare and execute large scale synthetic routes for the manufacture of drug products and API.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Analysis of unknown compounds for the presence of controlled substances or poisons. Crime scene analysis and documentation. Instrument validation, calibration and maintenance. Serology.

Managed outsourcing efforts with CROs in China including managing meetings, designing compounds to be synthesized, designing synthetic pathways, and prioritizing synthetic efforts- Maintained analytical instrumentation (Agilent HPLC, Waters HPLC and LCMS) Extensive use analytical instrumentation to aid in the identification of small molecules..

- Designed and synthesized compounds to inhibit novel kinase targets- In the last six months synthesized nearly one hundred compounds, including several multi gram syntheses for MTD and xenographt studies.- Completed process optimization and scale-up for IND enabling studies.- Worked with two separate scaffolds which bind to the hinge region of the enzyme.

Was a major contributor towards the process for AG13736 (a potential cancer drug entering phase 3 development) and PF-194223 (a PPAR inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes entering phase 1 development), also worked with the biotransformation team towards a new manufacturing route for atorvastatin (Lipitor) involving novel enzymatic reactions.- Oversaw and.

Synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocycles for use as intercalators to study nucleic acid small molecule interactions. - Used techniques such as NMR, HPLC, GC, mass spec., IR, UV-Vis, and Fluorescence spectroscopy. Taught organic chemistry lab and lecture courses to undergraduate students for 5 semesters