Experience

Eurofins BioDiagnostics Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Unit Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  River Falls, WI Responsible for: Profit & Loss Managing all operations, sales, and service aspects of Wisconsin location Seed and Agrigenomics testing services consisting of DNA, ELISA and Herbicide Bioassay, Analytical Chemistry, Electrophoresis, and Standard Seed Testing laboratories. Overseeing optimization of workflow, safety, quality management system, and facilities to improve efficiency of existing and new services within the company using Lean principles.

• Director of Operations

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  River Falls, WI Responsible for: Managing all operational aspects of Wisconsin location of Seed and Agrigenomics consisting of DNA, ELISA and Herbicide Bioassay, Analytical Chemistry, Electrophoresis, and Standard Seed Testing laboratories. Ensuring accurate and timely reporting of results to customers. Consulting with customers including interpretation and use of results. Overseeing optimization of workflow, safety, quality management system, and facilities to improve efficiency… Show more Responsible for: Managing all operational aspects of Wisconsin location of Seed and Agrigenomics consisting of DNA, ELISA and Herbicide Bioassay, Analytical Chemistry, Electrophoresis, and Standard Seed Testing laboratories. Ensuring accurate and timely reporting of results to customers. Consulting with customers including interpretation and use of results. Overseeing optimization of workflow, safety, quality management system, and facilities to improve efficiency of existing and new services within the company. Preparing and managing budgets.

• ELISA & Herbicide Bioassay Lab Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2017

  Responsible for: Overseeing test results reporting and consulting with customers regarding general trait testing inquiries, interpretation and use of results, and root cause determination of trait failures. Managing all personnel working in the trait purity labs. Actively participating in the Eurofins BioDiagnostics, Inc. Leadership Team to improve management, efficiency, and quality of services within the company. Developing budgets and marketing material for trait… Show more Responsible for: Overseeing test results reporting and consulting with customers regarding general trait testing inquiries, interpretation and use of results, and root cause determination of trait failures. Managing all personnel working in the trait purity labs. Actively participating in the Eurofins BioDiagnostics, Inc. Leadership Team to improve management, efficiency, and quality of services within the company. Developing budgets and marketing material for trait purity testing labs. Supervising all technical aspects of trait purity testing by ELISA and Herbicide bioassay, quantitative ELISA for protein expression, and adventitious presence testing by ELISA or LFS. Overseeing optimization, development, and validation of current and new methods to improve efficiency and services within the company. Consulting with customers to determine root cause of trait issues.

• ELISA & Herbicide Bioassay Lab Supervisor

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2013

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Responsible for supervising all technical aspects of trait purity testing by ELISA and Herbicide bioassay, quantitative ELISA for protein expression, and adventitious presence testing by ELISA or LFS. Manage all personnel working in the lab. Report all results to customers and communicate with them regarding the interpretation and use of results. Oversee the optimization, development and validation of analytical methods to improve efficiency and services within the company.

• ELISA & Analytical Chemistry Analyst

  • Sep 2004 - Jul 2008

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Responsible for coordinating and perform qualitative and quantitative ELISA testing on agronomic crops, conducting seed treatment loading rate analysis and fatty acid profiling using gas chromatography, analyzing data, creating customer reports, and effectively communicate results to customers.

• Electrophoresis Analyst

  • Nov 2003 - Aug 2004

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Responsible for conducting starch gel electrophoresis testing and analysis including sample preparation, solution and buffer preparation, pouring, loading, running, slicing and staining of gels, analyzing and recording of sample results, and maintaining equipment.



US Army Corps of Engineers

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field and Laboratory Technician-Waterways Experimentation Station

  • 1995 - 1999

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Responsible for collecting limnological field data, performing geochemical analyses of water and sediment samples, performing flow and residence time studies, organizing inventory, creating and updating inventory location directory, and designing and improving analytical techniques.