Sandra Sleezer Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Manage and provide instruction to the Brooklyn Park based technical specialists. Partner with and manage the internal relationships with research & development, chemistry, and 3rd party researchers in the creation of protocols and sales data to support MGK’s products. Support the management of a company-wide product inquiry response (PIR). Respond to or delegate responses to technical phone calls from pest control companies, distributors, livestock and poultry producers and vector markets. Troubleshoot product failures and provide analytical support for investigations and communications related to MGK’s branded product complaints. Support and assist the data analysis specialist or other reportees in coordinating and conducting of field studies with pest management companies, and livestock and poultry producers. Collaborate with marketing and communications on blogs and technical writing. Collaborate with stakeholders to draw conclusions and make a business case based on evidence. Collaborate with the technical services team and sales representatives to support the technical needs of animal health producers, distributors and professional pest control companiesSupport MGK’s continuous improvement efforts by aligning departmental goals with company goalsAchieve assigned annual goals and objectives. Attend and participate in regional and national sales and technical meetings. Create or support creation of internal and external presentations that comply with the MGK brand standards. Complete other duties as assigned by the technical director.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Responsibilities: Internal support such as assisting with development of new insect control protocols, assisting with label writing for new products, writing educational articles for publication in industry targeted magazines and newsletters, working with marketing and other departments to ensure accuracy and relevance to published MGK materials, working as a part of the technical service team to enhance our internal training programs, coordinating and publishing a technical focused newsletter from MGK and other tasks as needed. External support including answering customer questions about products, how to use them, and troubleshooting any problems they may be having, assisting with implementation of field trial experiments in collaboration with other companies, completing documentation for experimental trials with the applicable regulating agencies, and other tasks as needed.

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Responsibilities: Assisting with set up and initiation of molecular genotyping lab for peach breeding program for use in marker assisted breeding during last year of employment. Assisting with horticulture field research plot activities, including peach, grape, and blackberry pruning, training, weeding, and crossing; conducting blackberry postharvest evaluations; conducting directed blackberry virus testing through ELISA and dot blot techniques; collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data sets with SAS and JMP programs; maintaining royalty payment tracking and a patent license database using Access and Excel; entering data into and assisting with the use of the Pedimap program for fruit breeding purposes; collecting patent data as well as preparing patent specification documentation for several cultivars of peach, blackberry, and grape; assisting graduate students with research; and assisting with various fruit breeding program duties as assigned.

M.S., Entomology

B.S., Entomology