Experience

DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation | Barcode Division

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Materials Chemist

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Thermal Transfer Ribbons Inks, Coatings, and Materials Development- Co-lead on development of new DNP product, MP MID- Raw material cost-down sourcing and implementation- Supply Chain Diversity: research and qualify new raw materials in our inks and coatings to diversify our supply chain- Project Management- ISO Internal Auditor- SDS Author- Compliance Documentation Thermal Transfer Ribbons Inks, Coatings, and Materials Development- Co-lead on development of new DNP product, MP MID- Raw material cost-down sourcing and implementation- Supply Chain Diversity: research and qualify new raw materials in our inks and coatings to diversify our supply chain- Project Management- ISO Internal Auditor- SDS Author- Compliance Documentation



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Chemistry Lab Instructor

  • Sep 2011 - May 2018

  General Chemistry 1 and 2 Lab Instructor, part-time. - Teach General Chemistry lab one evening a week, each semester’s section having up to 25 students.- Instruct Students on lab safety, chemistry principles, and laboratory procedures.- Supervise students during experiments.- Grade lab reports, independent projects, and finals. General Chemistry 1 and 2 Lab Instructor, part-time. - Teach General Chemistry lab one evening a week, each semester’s section having up to 25 students.- Instruct Students on lab safety, chemistry principles, and laboratory procedures.- Supervise students during experiments.- Grade lab reports, independent projects, and finals.



Solvay OLED Pittsburgh

• R&I Chemist I, Molecular Engineering

  • Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

  OLED Materials Research and DevelopmentResearch and Innovation- Focus on researching, synthesizing, and formulating new materials for solution-processed OLED HIL including monomers, polymers, dopants, and additives.- Use of Design of Experiment to help optimize the synthesis of a key polymer at our manufacturing facility in Lyon, France.- Tasked with discovering and developing new material sets to improve HIL performance. Researched and discovered a new class of materials that drastically improve HIL performance in novel ways, allowing for the acceleration of development of solution-processed HIL inks (patent pending).- Formulation research optimizing and evaluating new class of dopant materials via ink and thin-film characterization.Development- Tasked with developing and improving HIL ink and formulation processes for the nearest-to-market ink products.- Focus on using DOE techniques and approaches such as process maps and mixture designs.- Evaluating results of inks and films to further explore ways to improve the ink formulation and process.Safety and Administration- Trained in SDS Authorship using SAP software.- Active Safety Committee Member for 2014-2015.- Lead in Incident Investigations.- With the EHS manager, lead a team to overhaul the Solvay Pittsburgh Hazardous Waste Management system and policies.- Assisted in helping site become GHS-compliant by the June 2015 deadline. Trained in and responsible for the generation of GHS-compliant shipping labels.



PPG Industries

• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chemist I

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

  - Focused on research, process development, and scale-up activities for several different key OLED products. Responsibilities include intermediate and final product synthesis, purification, and analysis.- Statistical Design of Experiment approach to synthesis and workup optimization.- Familiar with electronic notebook and confidential record-keeping.- Generate monthly reports summarizing work and any key findings.- Assisted technicians and operators with process scale-up. - EHS team member, with responsibilities including organizing a monthly group meeting discussing safety-related topics, updating the group on EHS team findings, and managing the completion of monthly training topics for the group.- Managed the installation of several new facilities in the lab such as a ventilated waste disposal area, a sink, and coolant lines.- Completed Sigma-Logic Accelerator training, PPG’s internal Six-Sigma Green Belt, which focused on statistical theory, process control, and design of experiment.



Plextronics

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Synthetic Chemist I, Manufacturing

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2013

  - Responsible for the scale-up synthesis, process improvement, characterization, and inventory of critical OLED and OPV products for key customers, increasing yields by up to 50%, and increasing delivered quantities ten-fold.- Delivered a variety of additional multi-synthetic step materials at multiple scales up to 1kg for sales order fulfillment resulting in >$100,000 in revenue and for R&D support.- Trained in ink formulation.- Member of three product development teams driving products toward commercialization, and was a key contributor to three different Critical Review processes in those teams.- Took initiative in solving a number of key problems including purity concerns, analytical reliability, and yield-improvement for a number of different product lines.- Managed Plextronics’ Consumable Stockroom, taking initiative to consolidate suppliers to lower expenses.- Assisted in building a relationship with a critical material supplier, traveling to their facility to meet with team members and assist in Technology Transfer, resulting in a successful partnership with the supplier, with multiple orders placed and several batches received.- Member of Plextronics’ Safety Committee and First Responder trained in CPR, AED, and first aid.- Trained in ISO documentation and processes, authored over 10 documents.

• Lab Technician, Research

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

  - Planned and delivered over 8 multi-synthetic step target molecules for OLED research.- Purified and characterized each delivered final target and intermediate.- Managed the four-person team’s Material Database.- Assisted in the Technology Transfer Process for a potential product from the R&D group to the Manufacturing Group.



Barnes & Noble

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bookseller

  • Oct 2006 - Dec 2010

  -Retail experience focused on customer service, cashier, product inventory, product organization, and cleaning. -Retail experience focused on customer service, cashier, product inventory, product organization, and cleaning.



GameStop

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Game Advisor

  • Nov 2003 - Oct 2006

  -Retail experience focusing on customer service, sales, product education, inventory, organization, and cleaning. -Retail experience focusing on customer service, sales, product education, inventory, organization, and cleaning.