Experience

Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd

• Canada
• Wine & Spirits
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Analytical Chemist

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Windsor, Ontario, Canada

• Technical Analyst

  • Mar 2012 - Feb 2022

  Windsor, Ontario Quality Department’s primary technical expert in analytical testing, supporting Manufacturing Process, Blending, and Packaging departments, as well as external customers. Responsible for product quality, process improvement, product innovation, method development and implementation, and accountable for all lab equipment management (troubleshooting and repair, calibration, certifications, and training) and procurement of all lab equipment and consumables. Key Accountabilities: Quality… Show more Quality Department’s primary technical expert in analytical testing, supporting Manufacturing Process, Blending, and Packaging departments, as well as external customers. Responsible for product quality, process improvement, product innovation, method development and implementation, and accountable for all lab equipment management (troubleshooting and repair, calibration, certifications, and training) and procurement of all lab equipment and consumables. Key Accountabilities: Quality assurance of distillates, blends, and packaging; Fermentation monitoring, waste water analysis, product release, shipping checks; Lab Equipment management and training; Purchasing Instrumentation specialization: Chromatography - GC, HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Spectroscopy - NIR, UV/Vis; Classical and rapid distillation; Density meter Expertise: Lab equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair; Method transfer and implementations; Data analysis and reporting; Interacting with various departments and levels of employment



Canadian Integrated Optics

• Research Associate

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

  Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Microfabrication process development, optimization, and characterization of next generation photovoltaic devices within a Class 1000 cleanroom facility at 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University.



Greenfield Global

• Canada
• Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Mar 2008 - Feb 2010

  Chatham, ON Chromatographic method development and optimization for analysis of carbohydrates and by-products. Commissioning, scale-up, routine operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pilot plant equipment.



The University of Western Ontario

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Norton Lab (Interface Science Western)

  • Sep 2006 - Mar 2008

  The University of Western Ontario, London ON Collaborative R&D of advanced spectroscopic probes, sensors & microfluidics by microfabrication in a Class 100 and Class 10,000 cleanroom facility at The University of Western Ontario