Experience

Activated Research Company

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Sales Engineer

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  ♦ Lead technical presentations on chromatography innovations to international teams with diverse backgrounds. ♦ Expand business within existing accounts through value-added support and product expertise. ♦ Establish relationships with distributors as the subject matter expert of the product line. ♦ Generate marketing material to target specific value propositions for industries of interest. ♦ Investigate business development for new and existing innovations. ♦ Lead technical presentations on chromatography innovations to international teams with diverse backgrounds. ♦ Expand business within existing accounts through value-added support and product expertise. ♦ Establish relationships with distributors as the subject matter expert of the product line. ♦ Generate marketing material to target specific value propositions for industries of interest. ♦ Investigate business development for new and existing innovations.



Honeywell

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Design Engineer

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

  ♦ Coordinated projects with specialists, engineers, and drafters to meet deadlines with financial penalties. ♦ Participated in global customer meetings to review PFDs, PIDs, and equipment designs. ♦ Process optimization to minimize distillation energy usage, reduce cooling water usage, and analyze capital versus operating cost of pumps. ♦ Documented the project designs to assist in automation and record decision making. ♦ Designed multiple full chemical processes for complexes totaling >$100MM in capital. ♦ Took coursework on petrochemical and refining processes. Show less



Sironix Renewables

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead R&D Engineer

  • May 2017 - Jun 2019

  ♦ Complete design for new flow reactor systems, including custom furnace, temperature controllers, heat exchanger, and gas feed. Purchased all parts, built, and used for testing of solid-acid catalyst. ♦ Techno-economic analysis for newly developed surfactant with sensitivity analysis and PI&D drawings. ♦ Aided in submission of numerous SBIR grants totaling $1.4 million and provisional patents. ♦ Discussed business model and strategically planned experiments to further the company direction and to work towards commercialization of product. ♦ Developed new equipment setups and methods for characterization of surfactants. ♦ Tracked and organized order receipts, gas supplies, chemicals, expenses, and reports. ♦ Maintained and repaired gas chromatograph, two batch reactors, and temperature controllers. Show less



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Assistant

  • Nov 2014 - May 2017

  ♦ Worked as an individual on product testing and proof of concept using gas chromatography, 2D gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry.♦ Planned and prioritized multiple projects concurrently with minimal supervision. ♦ My contributions led to two first author publications.♦ Completed daily data analysis, weekly reports, and monthly presentations.

• Community Advisor

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  ♦ Supervised and met with 40 first-year students living in the residence hall. ♦ Helped students navigate through roommate conflicts, difficulties with classes, and adapting to starting college.♦ On-duty supervisor of residence hall during nights and weekends.♦ Participated in numerous diversity training and self-development workshops.

• Product Development Intern

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  ♦ Tested new two stage reactor system for calibration free GC analysis. ♦ Application testing to demonstrate product works in conditions relevant to consumers. ♦ Troubleshooted with inventors for implementation with GC using iterative feedback. ♦ Tested new two stage reactor system for calibration free GC analysis. ♦ Application testing to demonstrate product works in conditions relevant to consumers. ♦ Troubleshooted with inventors for implementation with GC using iterative feedback.