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New England

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Independently navigate coverage of a territory, executional goals, and volume targets. Develop and foster relationships with customers to gain trust, drive positive business practices and category results by presenting and selling in new programs. Analyze market dynamics using Microstrategy, effectively and appropriately use independent judgement in making significant business decisions with independent owners and chain store stakeholders. Report/record info using Salesforce and communicate effectively using multiple media platforms.

Completed the 2,192 mile Appalachian Trail, backpacking through 14 states and the majority of the Appalachian Mountain Range from Georgia to Maine.

Neenah, Wisconsin, United States

Acquired proprietary information from third-party companies as requested by R&D. Worked extensively in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SAP, Outlook, and SKYPE for Business to communicate with chemical manufacturers to compile data required to build profiles for desired substances, and to communicate with colleagues. Reviewed and updated onboarding processes and workflow documents to aid in future contract work training

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Receive, unpack, and catalog samples for delivery to specific departments for analysis. Inform Project Managers of any discrepancies between the Chain of Custody and the actual condition of samples upon receipt. Record any mistakes due to sampler error, shipping complications, or communication disconnects, ensuring that the EPA regulated hold times and shipping regulations are observed for each received project. Assist walk-in clients with paperwork and bottle selection according to their specific analytical needs. Manage backlog and set up samples for percent moisture analysis. Participated in a corporate Kaizen event to streamline the work-flow within the department. Achieved lower amounts of various wastes such as motion waste, and applied the LEAN management methods to increase efficiencies in other aspects of work.

Plover, Wisconsin

Assist customers by answering questions about various products, setting up orders and deliveries, solving problems for customers with technical questions, providing a positive experience through honesty and good customer service, retrieving products, and selling products. Attended multiple trainings through Best Buy including sales training which covers selling and customers service skills. Completed product specific vendor trainings for further product knowledge. Consistently exceeded sales budgets and customer satisfaction survey goals both individually, and as a team. Took on additional responsibilities during management transition.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Worked as a member of Professor Qiang Sun's research team studying Pierce's Disease in various grapevines as well as other plant diseases. Performed laboratory techniques such as specimen fixation, anti-body treatment, chemical preparations, sample dehydration, critical point drying, sputter coating, as well as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of various samples, capturing images with the SEM, and other basic laboratory administration and specimen organization. Worked as a member of a group led by Joe Gosskopf and Dr. Sun studying Pierce's Disease that was elected to represent Wisconsin undergraduate research in Washington D.C. Led a team researching another disease found in citrus plants, and initiated cataloging process of all existing SEM stub specimens while compiling a history of each sample.

Wisconsin

Educate interns on current and correct safety protocols and procedures, create and follow a variable schedule, keep accurate time-sheet and mileage logs, conduct inspections of job sites across the state of Wisconsin, report findings of inspections to Regional VP's and Corporate Safety Team, aid in production of jobs, answer questions from branch managers on safety/production related topics, cite interns for any violations per OSHA/internal standards, shut down job sites with egregious safety issues, ensure lead paint-related work is done as per EPA regulations

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Activities and Societies: I have worked with a professor independently on his field of research in biochemical/botanical processes.

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Varsity Lacrosse team, Varsity Wrestling team, Vanguard Marching band, Concert Band, Pre-Health Sciences Club,