Experience

Manatee County Government, Work That Matters

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Chemist/Technical Director

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  Technical Director of Laboratory operations.Management of Taste and Odor program at the Manatee County Water Treatment Plant.Daily use of advanced instrumentation; GC/MS, GC-FID and LC/MS/MS to detect taste and odor compounds produced by algae, test for HAB realated toxins and DBP's (organics). Toxins also detected by ELISA for quick response.Oversee daily operations in NELAC certified lab; Wetchem, Microbiology, TOC/TN and IC analyzer. Technical Director of Laboratory operations.Management of Taste and Odor program at the Manatee County Water Treatment Plant.Daily use of advanced instrumentation; GC/MS, GC-FID and LC/MS/MS to detect taste and odor compounds produced by algae, test for HAB realated toxins and DBP's (organics). Toxins also detected by ELISA for quick response.Oversee daily operations in NELAC certified lab; Wetchem, Microbiology, TOC/TN and IC analyzer.



Ringling College of Art and Design

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Professor, Long Term

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  Adjunct Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaching one course of an Environmental Studies elective called Ecology of Water. This course oversees the basics of water and its environments as well as the relationship of man and water historically and in present days. Adjunct Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaching one course of an Environmental Studies elective called Ecology of Water. This course oversees the basics of water and its environments as well as the relationship of man and water historically and in present days.



SARASOTA CITY SOCCER CLUB

• United States
• Spectator Sports

• Director Of Operations

  • Jan 2017 - Present



Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

• United States
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Staff Biologist III

  • Oct 2002 - Oct 2011

  Five years of experience in the Benthic Ecology Department. Extensive field work related to seagrass surveying, juvenile fish population growth, sediment samples and water quality. Focused on invertebrate taxonomy; specifically marine and freshwater arthropod taxonomy.Four years of experience in the Phytoplankton Ecology Department working with Karenia brevis, Florida Red Tide. Main focus was to study phytoplankton population dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico using pigments of species. Extensive work with HPLC (Shimazdu VT-14) and interpretation of data.Oversight of laboratories QAQC practices and training of seasonal interns. Extensive field work collecting phytoplankton, filtering on board vessels and instrumentation maintenance.