Experience

Qualex-Landmark™

• Canada
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  • Ensuring the office runs smoothly• Human Resources (interviewing, onboarding, documentation, and benefits)• Organizing team-building and wellness activities and initiatives• Reception and Executive Assistant duties• Supporting our team through purchasing, budgeting, travel arrangements, etc.• Training in Occupational First Aid• Worker Health & Safety Representative (WorkSafeBC)

• Office Administrator

  • Mar 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Ensuring the office runs smoothly• Organizing team-building and wellness activities and initiatives• Reception and Executive Assistant duties• Supporting our team through purchasing, travel arrangements, archiving, bookkeeping, property management, event planning, award applications, etc.• Coordinated our move into a new home office• Training in Occupational First Aid • Worker Health & Safety Representative (WorkSafeBC)



Kwantlen Polytechnic University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemistry Laboratory Instructor - Auxiliary / Contract

  • 2015 - 2015

  • Taught general, organic, and analytical laboratory techniques through pre-lab instruction and demonstrations• Titrations, qualitative analysis, gravimetric analysis, synthesis, thermochemistry, etc.• Ensured students' safety in the lab• Grading and tutoring • Taught general, organic, and analytical laboratory techniques through pre-lab instruction and demonstrations• Titrations, qualitative analysis, gravimetric analysis, synthesis, thermochemistry, etc.• Ensured students' safety in the lab• Grading and tutoring



New York Allergy and Sinus Centers

• Office Manager

  • 2011 - 2014

  • Supported company growth of 200% over a three-year timeframe• Human Resources for ~50 employees, including hiring, onboarding, training, benefits, scheduling, payroll, and performance reviews• Transitioned the company to an electronic health records system, meeting government specifications and earning the Meaningful Use incentive from Medicare for three consecutive years• Wrote 100+ patient handouts, standard operating procedures (SOPs), website content, employee handbook, etc.

• Laboratory Technician

  • 2008 - 2011

  • Accurately and aseptically mixed injectable, patient-specific allergen extract solutions for hundreds of patients receiving immunotherapy (IT)• Double-checked IT orders for appropriate allergens and concentrations • Established proper documentation and hygiene standards, as well as written SOPs• Developed an inventory control program to decrease purchasing by over 65%



Arizona Nutritional Supplements (ANS)

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research & Development Formulations Chemist

  • 2008 - 2008

  • Developed formulations for nutritional supplements of various forms (powders, capsules, tablets, etc.), including flavor profiles for sensory products • Wrote and reviewed technical documents for each of 100+ products for our largest client • Developed formulations for nutritional supplements of various forms (powders, capsules, tablets, etc.), including flavor profiles for sensory products • Wrote and reviewed technical documents for each of 100+ products for our largest client



Nexgen Pharma

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Quality Control Chemist & Supervisor

  • 2006 - 2008

  • Promoted to Lab Supervisor from entry-level technician position within two years • Analytical testing of all products and raw materials using HPLC, UV-Vis, FTIR, AA, TLC, titrations, dissolution, physical testing, microbiology• Incorporated USP testing into our lab practices; validated and modified existing SOPs• Purchasing, release of raw materials and products from QC, and out-of-specification investigations (OOS) • Promoted to Lab Supervisor from entry-level technician position within two years • Analytical testing of all products and raw materials using HPLC, UV-Vis, FTIR, AA, TLC, titrations, dissolution, physical testing, microbiology• Incorporated USP testing into our lab practices; validated and modified existing SOPs• Purchasing, release of raw materials and products from QC, and out-of-specification investigations (OOS)



The University of Arizona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • 2004 - 2005

  • Honors Thesis Project under Dr. Jeanne Pemberton• Synthesis of octadecylsilane stationary phases and their characterization by Raman and HPLC • Honors Thesis Project under Dr. Jeanne Pemberton• Synthesis of octadecylsilane stationary phases and their characterization by Raman and HPLC