Dakota Parkinson
Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician at Beyond Meat- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Experience
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Beyond Meat
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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400 - 500 Employee
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Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician
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Aug 2018 - Present
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University of Missouri Health Care
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Clinical Lab Assistant
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Apr 2017 - Aug 2018
• Conducted the final screenings for errors between histology technicians and pathologists while keeping an average error rate of .0003 mistakes that reach a physician within a volume of 2200 to 3000 slides weekly. • Initiated the learning and integration of histotechnician duties into daily tasks such as tissue embedding, entry level microtomy and fixation in conjunction with normal functions. • Designed a new error tracking system for lab wide usage in the endeavor of discovering baseline error rates, their sources, and the improvement of patient safety. • Reinforced daily lab operation via the maintenance of automatic stainers, cover-slippers, fixation machines, embedding tables; manual staining tables, chemical stocks and the intake of laboratory inventory. • Delivered stained specimens to pathologists within consistent cutoff times while maintaining the following slide controls: cleanliness, proper labeling, block to slide matching, and ease of use categorization. Show less
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University of Missouri-Columbia
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Cook
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Dec 2012 - May 2016
-Facilitated efficient dining facility operation via the preservation of the storefront’s full stock of consumable items, aesthetically pleasing appearance and high food quality -Managed and educated student employees in duties outside of typical operation with the goals of fostering their autonomy and enabling them to instruct others -Facilitated efficient dining facility operation via the preservation of the storefront’s full stock of consumable items, aesthetically pleasing appearance and high food quality -Managed and educated student employees in duties outside of typical operation with the goals of fostering their autonomy and enabling them to instruct others
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Education
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Nutrition and Exercise Physiology