SUMMARY

• Accomplished laboratorian who maintains a highly productive, efficient, safe and quality - driven environment at all times.
• Demonstrates professional work habits, interpersonal skills and provides excellent customer service.
• A laboratorian accustomed to performing high complexity analytical testing whose responsibilities include clerical duties, data entry, specimen processing, analysis and timely reporting.
• Supports and coordinates with personnel engaged in performing chemical and physical testing.
• Prepares quarterly compliance reports for all analytical testing as needed.
• Compiles operational reports to summarize overall analytical data, document operating conditions and informs managers or clients.
• Confers with experts to conduct analytical testing, interpret test results, recognize abnormal laboratory data and determine whether follow-up tests are needed.
• Possess a high school diploma, two undergraduate degrees in sciences and a graduate degree in business.
• Maintains laboratory procedures for receiving, prioritizing, processing and analyzing specimens, in a timely manner, to ensure appropriate quality metrics that meet or exceed turnaround time standards for samples.
• Thirty years of laboratory experience in many aspects of biological sciences.
• Responsible for reviewing, releasing and maintaining test results for accurateness.
• Has combined experience of 30 years in related QC/QA, much of it directly related to microbiology laboratory work in a laboratory setting.
• Analyzes samples and records results in a timely manner according to laboratory policy.
• Performs testing on samples in accordance with established laboratory procedures (SOP’s).
• Very familiar with FDA regulations concerning medical devices.
• Possess the ability to manage many tasks and in an organized fashion.
• Observes the laboratory’s quality assurance policies, substantiating the occurrence of quality assurance activities including maintenance performed on instruments and utilizing a calibration procedure, which is a documented, validated and controlled method.
• Has ability to communicate effectively with a variety of departments in regard to quality testing parameters.
• Possess intermediate computer skills, with experience in Microsoft word, Excel and PowerPoint programs.
• Listens to, and follows, written and verbal instructions.
• Has ability to adapt, to learn new procedures, to maintain a scientific and objective approach.
• Will always be available to work weekend shifts when needed.
• Strives to maintain a professional work place attitude.
• Is self-motivated, highly responsible and possess a good team work spirit.
• Have excellent verbal and written skills in the English language.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Specialist / Microbiology

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Monitors and analyses microbial cultures and specimens using advanced computer software and a range of esoteric identification methods.
• Collects, aggregates, and summarizes quality outcome data for the purposes of reporting requirements, quality improvement activities, data management, and infection control as indicated.
• Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Analyzes patient, control and proficiency testing specimens and records results in a timely manner.
• Provides support for laboratory staff with the process of verification (expressed as “Are you testing it right?”) and validation (“Are you testing the right thing?”) for all new laboratory assays.
• Displays knowledge of healthcare compliance, audit methodologies, principles and techniques.
• Ensures equipment maintenance and service support including review of maintenance logs.

Confidential

Laboratory Specialist / Microbiology

Responsibilities:

• Managed projects including organizing the team, structure of the work plan, timeline for completion. Structured microbiological methodologies, analyzed data, summarized the findings, applied them to project and compiled the implications for the client.
• Performed complete analyses within the scope of the project from the simple to the complex. Development of microbiological profiling procedures for testing air quality in clean rooms. Supervised and coordinated activities of personnel engaged in performing environmental and physical tests required for quality control of sterile environments.
• Identified potential pathogens through the use of growth characteristics under various conditions, utilization of carbohydrates and other substrates, enzymatic activity, immunoassays, and PCR genetic probes.

Laboratory Manager / Technical Supervisor

Confidential, Lenexa, Kansas

Responsibilities:

• Led the planning and achievement of goals and objectives consistent with the company mission and philosophy.
• Developed a system of staff communication that ensured proper implementation of necessary testing plans and comprehensive quality assurance.
• Consistently complied with applicable laws, regulations and ensured facility adhered to good practices.
• Interpreted and communicated new or revised policies to staff.
• Established and oversaw implementation of an effective budgeting and accounting system that improved efficiency and reduced costs.
• Represented and interpreted the functions and services to other institutions, the public, government agencies and other organizations.
• Oversaw and verified that proper procedures were followed in all analytical testing.
• Developed and achieved financial and growth goals.
• Led the facility management staff in producing a business plan that focused on all aspects of facility operations, including setting priorities and job assignments.
• Routinely collaborated with department supervisors to correct problems and improve services.
• Supervised and managed the daily activities of a team consisting of information technology, analytical laboratory and support staff, billing staff, sales force, and couriers.