Experience

Vanderburgh Humane Society

• United States
• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Spay/neuter and Vaccine Clinic Manager

  • May 2019 - Dec 2020

  Evansville, Indiana

• Clinic Receptionist

  • Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

  Evansville, Indiana Area Schedule Spay/Neuter surgery appointments to balance the VHS, community at large, Animal Control, and other rescue organizations needs. Data management of medical records for clients at both the spay/neuter and vaccine clinics. Admissions and release of animals for surgery. Invoicing and bill payment for high volume organizations and individual clients. Troubleshooting client concerns. Assist with manager role in abstention.



Berry Global, Inc.

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supply Chain Manager

  • Oct 2014 - May 2018

  Evansville, Indiana Area Troubleshot and prevented supply issues that could impede flow of product to customers for 7 production facilities. Designed capacity models to enable both short and long range views of potential capacity opportunities. Facilitated project teams to balance capacity and prevent constraints. Managed scheduling priorities when multiple sales team members have conflicting needs.



Sazerac Company

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Production Planner

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2014

  Owensboro, KY Oversaw production and attainment of finished goods inventory levels while maximizing customer service levels and minimizing costs. Led production planning functions to ensure customer service levels while minimizing carrying costs. Managed off-site co-pack production of promotional products. Responsible for starting up a second co-packer provider to improve capacity and reduce expense. Maintained inventory levels for imported finished goods. Scheduled production for 12 bottling… Show more Oversaw production and attainment of finished goods inventory levels while maximizing customer service levels and minimizing costs. Led production planning functions to ensure customer service levels while minimizing carrying costs. Managed off-site co-pack production of promotional products. Responsible for starting up a second co-packer provider to improve capacity and reduce expense. Maintained inventory levels for imported finished goods. Scheduled production for 12 bottling lines in a 24/7 production operation producing 50,000 cases per day with a product mix of 1300 products. Trained others on the use of AS400 MRP/MPS system. Show less



Abbott

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Planning Specialist - Inventory/Production Planner

  • 1997 - 2011

  Abbott Park, IL Responsible for setting the production and inventory load for various biological products. Established the production plan by forming contingency plans with minimal inventory investment while maintaining factory efficiencies and customer service levels above 97%. Spear-headed multi-functional teams of including Quality, Manufacturing Scheduling, Technical Support, and Regulatory Affairs members. Excelled by understanding the science intricacies as well as the factory through-put… Show more Responsible for setting the production and inventory load for various biological products. Established the production plan by forming contingency plans with minimal inventory investment while maintaining factory efficiencies and customer service levels above 97%. Spear-headed multi-functional teams of including Quality, Manufacturing Scheduling, Technical Support, and Regulatory Affairs members. Excelled by understanding the science intricacies as well as the factory through-put of the products and remaining adaptable. Utilized MRP/MPS planning system and Excel spreadsheets to schedule and plan production and inventory.

• Commodities Technical Product Manager

  • 1995 - 1997

  Abbott Park, IL Maintained specifications for commodity part that was utilized in by the entire assay product line, Matrix Cells. They are the reservoir and matrix on which the final assay reaction takes place. This position broadened troubleshooting skills and added experience interfacing with vendors. Supported a unique area of manufacturing running the automated assembly machines. Designed experiments to resolve sources of non-conformances. Supervised scientists performing studies.… Show more Maintained specifications for commodity part that was utilized in by the entire assay product line, Matrix Cells. They are the reservoir and matrix on which the final assay reaction takes place. This position broadened troubleshooting skills and added experience interfacing with vendors. Supported a unique area of manufacturing running the automated assembly machines. Designed experiments to resolve sources of non-conformances. Supervised scientists performing studies. Analyzed the test results, devised the resolution. Implemented the document changes to institute the changes, and tracked performance to confirm resolution.

• Diagnostic Assay Technical Support and Development

  • 1990 - 1995

  Abbott Park, IL Performed troubleshooting and improvements for on-market immunoassays to increase reliability and decrease costs. Included scientific experiments to determine feasibility of improvements and performing required documentation changes for implementation. Communicated directly with external customers to resolve issues occurring in clinical labs around the country. Provided the validation of scale up processes and authored documents for new product launches. Travelled to clinical… Show more Performed troubleshooting and improvements for on-market immunoassays to increase reliability and decrease costs. Included scientific experiments to determine feasibility of improvements and performing required documentation changes for implementation. Communicated directly with external customers to resolve issues occurring in clinical labs around the country. Provided the validation of scale up processes and authored documents for new product launches. Travelled to clinical sites to initiate instruments and set up for assay studies. Worked on a team to develop Total Customer Satisfaction program for the division and taught the Root Cause Analysis portion.

• Research & Development Technician

  • 1986 - 1990

  Abbott Park, IL Utilized scientific principles to optimize antibody selection and purification, diluent formulations, and assay timing parameters for automated immunoassays for market launch. Tested proposed new assays against competitors’ products. Documented scientific experiments and presented progress in peer review meetings.



Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • 1985 - 1986

  Chicago, IL Served as a Research Technician in a core R&D lab. Under the direction of the primary investigator, performed tissue preparations and hybridoma cell culture studies. Studied results through microscopy and chromatography.