Responsible for compiling and analyzing data of all Transportation Services programs, with specific focus on Radford Transit in order to provide required reports for billing, service changes/improvement, productivity, contract negotiations, budget, and other requested data. Monitors and drafts contract financial data to ensure compliance with agency policies along with Federal and State procurement rules. Provides oversight of the data collections process and submission to ensure compliance with State and Federal requirements.

Assisted dispatchers at Community Transit in answering incoming calls, directing drivers in the field and providing front desk customer service. Performed daily billing reconciliation of transportation requisitions to Medicaid providers. Responsible for initiating a weekly report to internal accounting that translated to weekly billing to Medicaid transportation second party contractors.

Apply areas of expertise in immunological and microbiological techniques to state of the art sensor development. Micromechanical and optical fiber sensors are applied in the areas of environmental sensing and remediation, medical devices, homeland security and military defense. Develop and expand new approaches to current fiber optic technology and other emerging developmental efforts including novel coatings, specialized reagents, rapid decontamination validation, applied nanomaterials and toxicity determination.An active team member on many government funded contracts ranging from developing sensors for determining contamination in jet fuel to verifying effectiveness of antifungal additives in paint-based coatings. Was Acting Project Manager for a two year Phase II effort to develop moisture sensors to determine “sick building” syndrome and remediation approaches. Routinely prepare technical reports, manage program technical progress and address stumbling blocks in successfully completing program milestones.

Knowledge and proficiency in microbiological techniques including: Gram staining, colony isolation and identification, and fermentation reactions. Maintained patient cohorts and collected clinical samples for long term studies. Collected, identified and maintained over ten thousand bacterial clinical isolates. Responsible for all aspects of laboratory management including: maintaining supplies, accounts receivable and payable, maintain MSDSs, chemical inventory and storage as required by hospital safety and OSHA guidelines, maintain databases and prepare reports for grants and manuscript submissions, maintain laboratory protocols and train new employees. Proficient in sample analysis by the following techniques: Western blotting, SDS-PAGE, ELISA, protein assays, HPLC, and various forms of spectrometry. Performed data analysis using statistical and graphic tools, densitometric imaging, scanning and real time CCD imaging.

Performed lymphocyte separation and purification of patient blood samples. Designed and completed assays for B cell blastogenesis and functional analyses. Maintained tissue culture cell lines for short term experiments as well as long term testing. Separated NK and T cell sub-populations in order to examine cell-mediated interactions. Performed ELISA as well as various cytotoxic assays with and without radioactive materials.