Experience

Nikon Instruments

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Regional Sales Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  • Sales Manager for the Northwest US, Northern California, and Western Canada monitoring and building sales pipeline to meet targets.• Build, mentor, and coach a team of successful representatives to foster a positive growth focused environment.

• Advanced Biosystems Specialist

  • Dec 2016 - Apr 2019

  • Advanced systems sales and applications specialist for Nikon Instruments confocal and super resolution imaging systems for the Southeast US.• Worked with and directed a team to territory sales goals and growth of imaging systems.• Configure complex microscope and scientific hardware for specific customer experimental needs, not limited to multi-dimensional acquisition, real-time analysis, adaptive imaging acquisition parameters, and high resolution, high data throughput applications.



Incucyte® - Live-Cell Analysis Systems

• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Sales Representative

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Sales and applications representative for Essen BioScience and the IncuCyte ZOOM for the Southeast US: AR, TN, NC, LA, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL. • The IncuCyte ZOOM is a kinetic imaging system placed inside a standard incubator for live cell imaging. Phase contrast and green/red fluorescence time-lapse imaging is recorded. Automated image analysis is then performed for applications including proliferation, cytotoxicity, angiogenesis, neurite growth, migration/invasion, chemotaxis, and spheroids. • Responsibilities include prospecting and qualification of sales leads, presenting research application seminars, software and analysis training, applications support, and client management. Show less



Hunt Optics Imaging

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Confocal, Imaging & Microscopy Specialist

  • Feb 2012 - Mar 2015

  • Sales Representative for Microscopy, Imaging and Confocal Solutions from Olympus based microscopes including advanced imaging software and hardware products for the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Southern Kentucky. • Prospecting, identification and qualification of new sales leads in addition to training, on-going support, troubleshooting, and maintenance for existing customers. • Products, applications, and support include: Multi-channel Fluorescence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy (2-photon, spinning disk, laser scanning), TIRF, FRET, Ratiometric Imaging, FRAP, Luminescence, live cell incubation and long term time-lapse microscopy, electron-multiplied CCD and sCMOS cameras, and Image Analysis. Clinical applications include Pathology, Digital Imaging, Whole Side Imaging and Digital Slide Scanners, and Telepathology. • Configure unique microscope and scientific hardware implementations in concert with application engineers and third party suppliers to provide customers with unique solutions for niche applications. • Review scientific grant applications and awards probing for new potential clients and microscopy research sales leads. • Continuing training on cutting edge scientific microscopy hardware and image data analysis software. Show less



University of Louisville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2012

  • Research and development of fabrication techniques for the controlled, local thermal annealing of polymeric thin films for the fabrication of oriented, suspended, functional polymeric nanofibers and subsequent analysis of fiber properties and applications for devices. • Research and development of self-assembled, polymeric bead-on-a-string nano-mechanical devices for sensing of picoNewton forces under optical microscopy. • Research, development, and fabrication of dielectrophoretic diannular nanoneedles for intracellular trapping and characterization of organelles. • Projects involved the construction of house-made controlled scientific hardware and interfacing with custom automated computer software. Show less



University of Massachusetts Amherst

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2009

  • Dissertation: Fiber Formation from the Melting of Free-standing Polystyrene, Ultra-thin Films: A Technique for the Investigation of Thin Film Dynamics, Confinement Effects and Fiber-based Sensing • Research pertaining to the synthesis and characterization of metal-ligand functionalized triblock copolymers. • Synthesis of water soluble metal-ligand functionalized triblock copolymers. • Synthesis of ligand-functionalized triblock copolymers with LCST behavior in water. Characterization to probe phase and micelle behavior. • Study the dynamics of thin film stability and confinement effects in the melting of free-standing polystyrene thin films and subsequent fiber formation and drawing. Show less