Experience

Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Manage all aspects of the technical program at LEBWCO. Lead a team of 14, which includes full-time, part-time, per diem employees, and interns. Responsible for adapting new procedures in an ever-changing industry, writing SOPs, and training staff. Create and manage AOC, processing, CEBT, laboratory, and recovery schedules accounting for up to 200 time slots to be covered per month. Hire new employees as needed as well as manage disciplinary actions when appropriate. Troubleshoot issues that arise with new systems, microscopes, technology, personnel conflicts, etc. Interfacing with new clients, surgeons and collaborating with other eye banks. Lead contact for research conducted through universities such as Ohio State and West Virginia.

• Research and Innovation Consultant, CEBT

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

  Research new procedures, techniques and equipment to keep LEBWCO on the cutting-edge of eye banking. I coordinate cornea and whole globe recoveries, talk donor families through the tissue donation process and complete all family paperwork, evaluate tissue for transplant and perform all aspects of medically releasing tissue for transplant. I also share the clinical processing responsibilities at the eye bank which currently includes DSAEK and DMEK.

• Ocular Tissue Recovery Technician

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2013

  Recover corneas and sclera from human tissue donors under sterile conditions for transplant and research. Also recover human blood for serologies, perform body review and high risk assessment.



Wright State University

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2009 - 2011

  Taught freshmen biology labs in food biology and intro to ecology for 3 quarters. I also taught and set up the lab for Organismal Physiology for Dr. Cipollini, Dr. Goldstein, and Dr. Runkle for 4 quarters. I also spent one quarter aiding in teaching and lab for concepts in biology for middle childhood education majors. Taught freshmen biology labs in food biology and intro to ecology for 3 quarters. I also taught and set up the lab for Organismal Physiology for Dr. Cipollini, Dr. Goldstein, and Dr. Runkle for 4 quarters. I also spent one quarter aiding in teaching and lab for concepts in biology for middle childhood education majors.