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Wilson, North Carolina, United States

Wilson, North Carolina

Richmond, Virginia Area

Maintained and repaired PerkinElmer and multi-vendor Chromatographic instruments at customer sitesAssisted local sales team to secure new instrument, consumable, or parts ordersMaintained up to date electronic and repair documentation for dispatchManaged company assets to include company vehicle, tools, test equipment, and inventoryMaintained inventory levels with accurate documentationAttended training courses to maintain and repair multiple vendor HPLCs: Agilent 1100/1200, PerkinElmer series 200/Flexar, Waters AcquityProvided technical support of customer laboratory IT environments populated with instrumentation connected to a workstation and networkInventoried computers in the laboratory environment capturing information regarding ownership, hardware, software, connected instrument, data, and network connectivityRan automated scripts to gather system informationEngaged with vendor resources, system experts, and system owners to assess software compatibility with corporate standardAnalyzed the data gathered and develop a remediation plan for each system with the objective of migrating to the corporate standard or mitigating riskExecuted the remediation plan which can involve a software upgrade, hardware upgrade, software replacement, decommissioning, and/or risk mitigation stepsBuilt workstations with corporate image and installed required software for system upgradePerformed imaging of workstations for retentionTransferred legacy data from WinXP workstation to upgraded Win7 workstation

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

Developed data retention strategy for standalone laboratory instruments to be used in NuGenesis upgrade to v8Administrated and supported various data acquisition software used for Biological, Chemical, and Supplier quality control testingProvided IT technical leadership to Laboratory Quality Systems Validation group for qualifications of new instrumentsConverted various models of Agilent HPLC and GC instruments from ChemStation CDS to Empower 2 CDSMaintained 28 Waters LACE acquisition servers and associated infrastructure used for Chemical Quality production testingDesigned model for the historical review of the ChemStation data through VMWare during retention period

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

Performed various analytical wet chemistry techniques used for quality controlTrained and certified new chemists in analytical procedures and instrumentsPrepared and managed standard solutions used for analytical wet testingImplemented Rocky Mount Chemical Quality lab’s first networked chromatography data systemDeveloped, configured and maintained Oracle database backups and storageImplemented and supported NuGenesis SDMS for Biological, Chemical, and Supplier Quality departments to help meet 21 CFR Part 11 requirementsMigrated legacy chromatography management systems to virtual serversDeveloped and maintained administrative standard operating procedures for laboratory systemsWorked as IT lead for various validation projects

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Worked with team members to implement Oracle Financials for company with 5000+ employeesMigrated COBOL legacy data into Oracle FinancialsDeveloped staging tables for loading client flat file data for conversionCreated PL/SQL packages for employee salaries for various Oracle Financial tablesRegistered and tested project team member’s concurrent programs used in Oracle ApplicationsCreated various SQL Plus reports for project team decisions during implementation

B.S., Industrial Technology - Information And Computing Technology Concentration

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor SocietyMinored in Biology. GPA 3.97

High School Diploma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Honor Society, School Martial ArtsGeneral Education