Experience

Cook MyoSite

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Process Engineering Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

• Process Engineering Team Lead

  • Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

• Technical Services Engineer

  • Feb 2018 - Oct 2018

• Production Planning Specialist

  • Jul 2017 - Feb 2018

  Coordinates manufacturing amongst other departments. Handles all manufacturing investigations and CAPA implementations. Ensures manufacturing efficiency and limits manufacturing down time.

• Cell Culture Production Supervisor

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  Supervised aseptic manufacturing within an ISO-7 cleanroom environment. Ensured that all standard operating procedures were followed during manufacturing.

• Cell Culture Production Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Manufactured autologous muscle derived cells for clinical processing within an ISO-7 cleanroom environment. Utilized aseptic technique to ensure sterility of the product.

• Cell Culture Production Assistant

  • May 2013 - Jun 2014

  Assisted in clinical manufacturing through monitoring cell cultures, obtaining cell counts for formulation, and room/equipment sanitizations.



Wal-Mart

• New Castle, PA

• Sales Associate

  • Feb 2012 - May 2013

  Stock shelves in the meat department. Stock shelves in the meat department.



The Regional Science Consortium

• Erie, Pennsylvania Area

• Water Quality Intern

  • May 2011 - Oct 2011

  Internship in which I was heading a project involving the plating for E. coli and Enterococcus from water samples taken on the Presque Isle State Park beaches. The project is also testing the use of qPCR and IMS-ATP as detection devices in water quality. Assisted on an EPA grant testing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in water samples. Duties: Collected water samples, plated for E. coli and Enterococcus, created media for plating, sterilization of equipment, ran qPCR, quantified DNA for… Show more Internship in which I was heading a project involving the plating for E. coli and Enterococcus from water samples taken on the Presque Isle State Park beaches. The project is also testing the use of qPCR and IMS-ATP as detection devices in water quality. Assisted on an EPA grant testing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in water samples. Duties: Collected water samples, plated for E. coli and Enterococcus, created media for plating, sterilization of equipment, ran qPCR, quantified DNA for standards,exctration of bacterial DNA. Show less Internship in which I was heading a project involving the plating for E. coli and Enterococcus from water samples taken on the Presque Isle State Park beaches. The project is also testing the use of qPCR and IMS-ATP as detection devices in water quality. Assisted on an EPA grant testing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in water samples. Duties: Collected water samples, plated for E. coli and Enterococcus, created media for plating, sterilization of equipment, ran qPCR, quantified DNA for… Show more Internship in which I was heading a project involving the plating for E. coli and Enterococcus from water samples taken on the Presque Isle State Park beaches. The project is also testing the use of qPCR and IMS-ATP as detection devices in water quality. Assisted on an EPA grant testing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in water samples. Duties: Collected water samples, plated for E. coli and Enterococcus, created media for plating, sterilization of equipment, ran qPCR, quantified DNA for standards,exctration of bacterial DNA. Show less



The Regional Science Consortium/United State Geological Survey

• Erie, Pennsylvania Area

• Water Quality Intern/USGS Contractor

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Summer internship in which I conducted water quality research on Presque Isle Beaches involving E. coli levels in relationship to wave height and turbidity. Duties: Collected water, plated for E.coli, created media, sterilized equipment, tested turbidity of water. Summer internship in which I conducted water quality research on Presque Isle Beaches involving E. coli levels in relationship to wave height and turbidity. Duties: Collected water, plated for E.coli, created media, sterilized equipment, tested turbidity of water.



Penn State Erie

• Erie, Pennsylvania Area

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Feb 2008 - Jul 2009

  Was involved in a research project in a developmental biology lab using Zebrafish as a study organism. Developed a protocol for raising Zebrafish with a higher success rate in order to allow for transgenic lines to be established. Duties: Maintained fish tanks, researched current protocols, created paramecium cultures, maintained transgenic lines. Was involved in a research project in a developmental biology lab using Zebrafish as a study organism. Developed a protocol for raising Zebrafish with a higher success rate in order to allow for transgenic lines to be established. Duties: Maintained fish tanks, researched current protocols, created paramecium cultures, maintained transgenic lines.