Experience

Vertellus

• Commercial and Industrial Equipment Rental

• Research And Development Scientist

  • 2021 - Present

  Developing new products for commercial production across various production sites from lab synthesis to full scale commercial production. Developing new products for commercial production across various production sites from lab synthesis to full scale commercial production.



Ashland

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Area Chemist

  • 2011 - 2020

  Support the manufacture of polymers, monomers, intermediates, and surfactants used in pharmaceutical, personal care, industrial and food applications. Also supported Wastewater Treatment, Utilities, Safety, Environmental departments, and External Toll Manufacturing. + My continuous improvement efforts save Ashland 3+ million dollars annually and reduced customer complaints by half where implemented. + I led a team to implement online instrumentation across different manufacturing locations. + Audit Support as Technical and Quality Systems Expert under FDA, Excipact, EFFCI, cGMP, CFR, and ISO 9001 guidelines. + Created and validated Analytical Laboratory Methods. + Acted as customer support in response to complaints. + Reviewed, approved, or wrote Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). + Led, or worked on teams conducting, risk-based analyses such as Quality Risk Assessments (QRA) and Process Safety Management (PSM), resulting in proactive preventative actions. + Worked with operations to investigate process disruptions, measure impact, and develop resolutions using such tools as Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Quality Risk Assessment (QRA), and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA). Activities were executed in a manner resulting in focused use of resources and issue resolution in the shortest time possible. + Supported Pilot Plant operations. Activities included developing process scale-up, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Design of Experiments (DOE). + Quality Assurance representative for Management of Change (MOC) and Validation of Process Changes resulted in Quality Assurance's regulatory requirements being met. + Supported the Environmental department in reactive waste disposal, by stabilizing reactive waste and developing processes to reduce the reactivity of waste streams, resulting in reduced disposal costs. + Supported commercial operations 24/7 in quality and technical capacities. Show less



Piedmont Distillers, Inc. , Madison, NC

• Contract Chemist

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2010

  Built a quality control lab, developed SOPs for determining the ethanol levels in a variety of distilled liquors, and trained lab technicians. Built a quality control lab, developed SOPs for determining the ethanol levels in a variety of distilled liquors, and trained lab technicians.



Wingate University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry

  • 2009 - 2010

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry, taught General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, taught General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory.



Appalachian State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Professor of Chemistry

  • 2008 - 2009

  Visiting Professor of Chemistry, taught General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory and Organic Laboratory. Visiting Professor of Chemistry, taught General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory and Organic Laboratory.