Experience

Ohio Lumex Co., Inc.

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Technical Services (Previously QA/QC Manager and Research Scientist)

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  RESEARCH SCIENTIST- Manage research projects to develop new products and analytical methods- Manage teams of engineers and chemists to achieve research objectives. This includes managing a budget, scheduling research activities, identifying project dependencies, operating within contract, policy, and legal constraints, maintaining procurement processes, and delivering periodic reports to upper management and funding agencies- Identify risks and develop risk mitigation strategies- Research focused on measuring gaseous analytes in various gas matrices. Examples include: sorbent trap technologies for the capture of Hg, HCl, HBr, Se, As, NH3, SO3, and Siloxanes, applications with GC-IMS, and development of sorbent trap sampling equipment- Collaborate with industry and academic research partners on development of novel measurement methods- Present research findings and new products at industry conferences, ASTM meetings, and through various company communications- Write and submit grant proposals to federal agencies supporting SBIR researchQA/QC MANAGER- Optimize laboratory processes- Maintain company compliance with NELAP standards- Perform root cause analysis when problems arise, implement solutions to prevent recurrence- Write standard operating procedures, policies, and manuals for laboratory activities- Perform regular audits of laboratory activities- Review and approve laboratory analysis reports- Provide customer support Show less

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2015

  - Manage teams of engineers and chemists to achieve field project objectives - Responsible for developing a project schedule, identifying project dependencies, completing a job hazard analysis, checking equipment integrity and performing necessary repairs, reviewing measurement data, and delivering a project report to the customer- Identify risks and develop risk mitigation strategies- Worked with customers to develop pollution control testing strategies in order to comply with EPA MATS regulations.- Analyzed HCl, HBr, NH3, and SO3 sorbent traps via ion chromatography- Analyzed Hg sorbent traps via atomic absorption spectrometry- Installed portable continuous emissions monitors for Hg at customer sites Show less



BrightScope

• Austria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Analyst

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

  - Extracted financial data from federal filings to generate ratings for 401k retirement packages. - Database management. - Extracted financial data from federal filings to generate ratings for 401k retirement packages. - Database management.



Kent State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - May 2012

  - Designed data processing and analytical software to model complex many-bodied problems such as nucleation theory and Lennard-Jones crystals in thermal gradients- Implemented linked-list cell algorithms and other processing economizers to efficiently model the interactions of several thousand atoms

• Graduate Recitation Instructor

  • Aug 2010 - May 2012

  - Taught various introductory physics courses to undergraduate students- Responsible for creating lectures, assignments, and exams adhering to university standards


Starbucks
• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee
• Supervisor/Barista

  • Jul 2005 - Jun 2010

TOPS
• South Korea
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Volunteer Teacher

  • Feb 2009 - May 2009