Omar Jimenez Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Direct the activities of and mentor molecular laboratory team members to ensure day-to-dayoperations meet delivery metrics, comply with internal policies, procedures, and CLIA/CAP/FDAregulatory standards.
• Collaborate cross-site and cross-functionally on initiatives to develop and maintain policies andprocedures guiding molecular testing processes and supporting continuous improvements and operational excellence.
• Ensure achievement of Key Performance Indicators and generate dashboards/reports summarizingproductivity and process performance for presentation to senior management.
• Deploy problem-solving skills to assess and identify areas for process improvement and to solve forcomplex business challenges, including with the review and sign out of clinical test reports.
• Exercise judgment and decision making authority in determining methods, techniques, andevaluation criteria for obtaining business-critical results.
• Participate in internal and external collaborative partnerships and lead equipment and assayqualification and validation efforts for the introduction of new and updated products and workflowsin the molecular laboratory.

• Oversee all aspects of the F1CDx, F1LCDx and F1H labs to ensure compliance and adherence to our quality program
• Identifying training needs and assuring that each testing personal is competent to perform testing
• Assist in resolving technical problems and ensuring that corrective actions are taken when the testing deviates from standard protocol
• Ensure that all patient results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and device history records are complete
• Participate in cross-functional teams to coordinate process improvements, troubleshooting and workflow improvements

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed Technical Supervisors and provide support to ensure that day to day operations were compliant
• Collaborated with the QA and Regulatory teams to ensure all procedures met audit and accreditation standards
• Managed and coordinated the lab operations Foundation One CDx post market commitments
• Participated in cross-functional teams to increase our processing capacity to meet our projected growth for FoundationOne CDx
• Write and review planned temporary deviations, corrective action plans and design change controls

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed lab personnel to ensure day to day operations were in compliance with SOP and CLIA/CAP/FDA regulatory standards
• Participated in cross functional teams to coordinate trouble shooting, process improvements, and/or implement new workflows or product
• Maintain TAT objectives, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Managed and scheduled the analytical validation for Foundation Focus and Foundation One CDx

Cambridge, MA

• Preformed complex testing such as NGS library prep,
• hybridization and sequencing
• Processed samples using a 8-span and 96-head liquid handling platforms
• Preformed assay and reagent quality control
• Supported Supervisor in collecting and maintaining monthly metrics and inventory

Framingham, MA

• Prepare agarose and polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels as well as solutions and buffers
• Conduct 2-D gel electrophoresis to quantify and differentiate subparticles of high density lipoproteins
• Transfer electrophoresis gels onto nitrocellulose membranes
• Label nitrocellulose membranes with radioactive antibodies.
• Prepare radioactive membranes for scanning and data analysis

• Worked various benches within the department such as environmental, aerobic and anaerobic cultures
• Followed standard operating procedures for the testing and reporting of patient results
• Documented quality control and compliance policies according to CLIA and CAP
• Identified problems that may adversely affect patient results and documented all corrective action
• Developed procedures to improve workflow and turnaround time
• Trained current and new employees with new testing procedures

I conducted a research project designed to further demonstrate the co-localization of PrPSc to CD21/35 on Follicular Dendritic Cells using confocal microscopy. I Designed protocols, used harvesting methods to collect spleens, learned various cell staining protocols, and collected qualitative and quantitative data using confocal microscopy and.

Performed basic laboratory duties such as assisting graduate students in their research, preparing media and washing dishes