Experience

SHINE Technologies

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Quality Assurance Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Catalent Pharma Solutions

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemistry Laboratory Supervisor

  • Nov 1998 - Mar 2020

  Performed analysis of pharmaceutical products utilizing Agilent GC, HPLC, UV, Perkin Elmer FT-IR, Horiba Laser Diffraction particle size analyzer, HIAC light obscuration particulate analyzer, Mettler autotitrator, KF autotitrator, densitometer, Brookfield viscometer, and wet chemistry. Responsible for maintenance of Agilent HPLC's. Responsible for validation of analytical instrumentation which includes preparation of protocols and summary reports. Responsible for New Product Development testing which includes method transfers. Responsible for performing stability testing, finished product testing and in process testing of pharmaceutical products. Subject matter expert in HPLC analysis. Show less



Cardinal Health

• chemist

  • 1998 - Mar 2020

  Performed analysis of pharmaceutical products utilizing Agilent GC, HPLC, UV, Perkin Elmer FT-IR, Horiba Laser Diffraction particle size analyzer, HIAC light obscuration particulate analyzer, Mettler autotitrator, KF autotitrator, densitometer, Brookfield viscometer, and wet chemistry. Responsible for maintenance of Agilent HPLC's. Responsible for validation of analytical instrumentation which includes preparation of protocols and summary reports. Responsible for New Product Development testing which includes method transfers. Responsible for performing stability testing, finished product testing and in process testing of pharmaceutical products. Show less



Valspar

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Technician

  • 1998 - 1998

  Performed viscosity, pH, particle analysis and colorimetric analysis on coating products. Supervised production personell that performed corrections to the paint batches. Performed viscosity, pH, particle analysis and colorimetric analysis on coating products. Supervised production personell that performed corrections to the paint batches.



North Safety Products

• Laboratory Technician

  • May 1995 - Nov 1996

  Microbiology Laboratory and Chemistry Laboratory Technician Performed analysis of pharmaceutical products. Proficient in the operation of HPLC, UV, FT-IR, GC, melting point apparatus, dissolutions, wet chemistry and writing Standard Operating Procedures. Performed validation testing of USP methods. Prepared media, performed growth promotion testing and membrane filtration of pharmaceutical finished products including bioburden testing and gram staining. Performed environmental monitoring of production rooms. Show less



Automatic Liquid Packaging

• Chemist

  • May 1993 - May 1995

  Performed analysis of pharmaceutical products utilizing Agilent GC, HPLC, UV, Perkin Elmer FT-IR, Horiba particle size analyzer, Mettler autotitrator, Mettler KF autotitrator, Brookfield viscometer, Mettler densitometer and wet chemistry. Responsible for maintenance of Agilent HPLC's. Performed method transfers and validation of new equipment which includes preparation of Summary Reports. Performed R & D testing in support of New Product Development. Performed analysis of pharmaceutical products utilizing Agilent GC, HPLC, UV, Perkin Elmer FT-IR, Horiba particle size analyzer, Mettler autotitrator, Mettler KF autotitrator, Brookfield viscometer, Mettler densitometer and wet chemistry. Responsible for maintenance of Agilent HPLC's. Performed method transfers and validation of new equipment which includes preparation of Summary Reports. Performed R & D testing in support of New Product Development.



ZF Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Crew Leader for the Chemistry Lab

  • 1990 - 1992

  Performed analysis on raw material and in-process samples of air bag propellant products. Utilized Dionex Ion Chromatography, Instron Tensile Strength, Nicolet FTIR, UV, Parr Bomb, Horiba Particle Analyzer, and BET Surface Area Analyzer. Responsible for scheduling, training of laboratory technicians, review of all laboratory reports, ordering of supplies and writing Standard Operating Procedures. Performed analysis on raw material and in-process samples of air bag propellant products. Utilized Dionex Ion Chromatography, Instron Tensile Strength, Nicolet FTIR, UV, Parr Bomb, Horiba Particle Analyzer, and BET Surface Area Analyzer. Responsible for scheduling, training of laboratory technicians, review of all laboratory reports, ordering of supplies and writing Standard Operating Procedures.



ICI FIBERITE

• Tempe, Arizona

• Laboratory Tech

  • 1989 - 1990

  Performed in-process and finished product testing of composites which included fiber area analysis, resin content, melt index and moisture content. Performed in-process and finished product testing of composites which included fiber area analysis, resin content, melt index and moisture content.



Talley Defense Systems

• Mesa, Arizona

• Laboratory Technician

  • 1987 - 1989

  Research and Development Laboratory Technician Performed research and development testing of solid rocket propellants which included burn rate analysis, particle analysis, tensile strength, density, Parr Bomb and differential scanning calorimetry. Performed research and development mixing of solid rocket propellants. Research and Development Laboratory Technician Performed research and development testing of solid rocket propellants which included burn rate analysis, particle analysis, tensile strength, density, Parr Bomb and differential scanning calorimetry. Performed research and development mixing of solid rocket propellants.