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Rochester, Ny, Us

Rochester, New York Area

Currently leading the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical, medical, and other related products manufactured by Columbia Care.• Spearheaded the initial research and development of 15+ unique product formats and 80+ unique SKUs, and the manufacture of nearly 1,000,000 units of formulated products shipped to retail stores during my tenure.• Developed formulations, specified and procured excipients, sourced and qualified manufacturing and packaging equipment, documented SOPs and batch records, and coordinated product release testing.• Specified, delivered, qualified, operated, and maintained the following equipment: GlobePharma Tablet Press; Ross Ribbon Blender; Quadro Comil, Ross Double-Motion Jacketed Mixer, IKA Liquid Mixers, Selmi Chocolate Tempering and Molding Line, FBM Chocolate Panner, Savage Bros Candy Kettle and Mixer, CandyWorx Depositor.• Products developed and delivered include tablets, capsules, powders, topicals, suppositories, tinctures, gummies, hard candies, mints, chocolates, and instant beverages.• Selected to Columbia Care’s Consistent Stars high-potential employee program.

Rochester, New York Area

I worked with the Cultivation team to produce high quality biomass for API extraction and purification. Daily responsibilities included watering plants, mixing fertilizer, vegetative propagation, repotting, pruning, harvesting, examining and measuring plants, and recording and adjusting environmental conditions. Assisted Cultivation Manager with designing and performing experiments aimed at increasing yields and decreasing labor and material costs.

Heart Research Follow-Up Program: Developed MATLAB programs to aid in the analysis of ECG recordings to study heart rate and QT variability as a marker for cardiac arrhythmias among patients with various underlying conditions. These programs were used to scan, identify, and clip specific snapshots of clinically significant data within the ECG recording. I also performed the analysis of these ECG recording snapshots and compiled a dataset that resulted in the publication of significant findings in the Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical journal.

Department of Biomedical Engineering (DeLouise Lab): Worked in the Integrated Nanosystems Center using spin coating and photolithography equipment to develop procedures for spinning and patterning SU-8 photoresist on to silicon wafers to create casting molds used for making PDMS Microbubble Chips that are used for single cell sorting and antigen specific detection. The objective of this project was to reduce time and costs associated with other manufacturing methods, such as deep reactive-ion etching, while also improving casting mold lifespan.

Quantitative Physiology

Heart Research Follow-Up Program

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry