Experience

Guardant Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Continuous Improvement Process Engineer

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023



Guardant Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager, Biospecimen Management

  • Dec 2020 - Oct 2021



UCSF Dermatopathology and Oral Pathology Service

• Administrative Director

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area

• Histotechnologist Supervisor - Grossing and Accessioning Units

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area ● Manage administrative staff and technicians in a high volume laboratory performing accessioning and processing of tissue. ● Collaborate with manager and directors to resolve issues, devise strategies and implement long term solutions. ● Overhauled the physical layout and entire workflow of the accessioning unit resulting in increased productivity, decreased error rates and elimination of overtime. ● Revised existing procedures resulting in decreased case transposition errors and… Show more ● Manage administrative staff and technicians in a high volume laboratory performing accessioning and processing of tissue. ● Collaborate with manager and directors to resolve issues, devise strategies and implement long term solutions. ● Overhauled the physical layout and entire workflow of the accessioning unit resulting in increased productivity, decreased error rates and elimination of overtime. ● Revised existing procedures resulting in decreased case transposition errors and increased efficiency in slide sorting and case setup. ● Responsible for screening, hiring and training administrative and technical staff.

• Histotechnologist Lead - Grossing Unit

  • Dec 2012 - Apr 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area ● Led a team of four technicians in the grossing of tissue specimens. Provided direction to technicians dealing with difficult or unusual specimens. ● Developed new protocols resulting in reduced transposition errors at grossing and ensuring meeting of tissue processor deadlines. ● Under the guidance of attending oral pathologist, integrated oral pathology specimen processing into laboratory workflow. ● Trained newly hired technicians in the preparation of tissue specimens.

• Hospital Laboratory Technician

  • May 2010 - Dec 2012

  ● Sectioned skin biopsies and excisions for examination in a high volume laboratory. ● Consulted directly with pathologists in order to process unusual specimens optimally. ● Maintained a clean and organized work environment and disposed of hazardous waste materials. ● Transcribed gross tissue cutting diagrams into Intellipath system.