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Street Address Buttonwood Drive
Westmont, Il, Street Address
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Career Objective: To obtain a professional position that will utilize my skills, drive, work ethic and enthusiasm to allow my career to expand into more challenging fields.
Summary of Qualifications
Past experiences include positions in R&D, QC, Process Engineering, Production Management and Regulatory Affairs.
Industries include consumer goods, food additives, metal finishing, cooling water, specialty chemicals, engine lubricants and silicone release liners.
Experience running HPLC (Agilent and Waters), GC/MS, IC, UV/VIS, FTIR, AA, Soxtec, Karl Fischer and DSC.
Additional experience in method development (HPLC), SOP authoring and revision, and MSDS authoring
Professional Experience
Rochester Midland Manager of Chemical Production/QA 06/11 11/16
Montgomery, IL
Promoted to Manager of Chemical Production/QA 10/2015. Increased monthly on-time product delivery percentage from 76% to 93%. Increased daily batches packaged from 7 to 10.
Promoted to Production Supervisor/QA 8/2014. Increased production by 30%.
Testing experience includes use of Accumet AB 25 and AB 15+ pH meters, Oakton conductivity meters, Mettler-Toledo RM40 and ABBE Mark II refractometers, Hach DR2700 and DR2010 analyses, Computrac MAX-1000 moisture analyses, Brookfield LVF viscosity measurements and general wet chemistry titrations.
Responsibilities include planning production and packaging jobs, tracking daily output and batch adjustments, updating specifications, ensuring GHS packaging requirements are fulfilled, testing incoming raw materials for active ingredients and creating C of A s for finished products.
Worked with R&D to improve upon production methods and correcting specifications for finished products.
Certified as an internal ISO 9001:2008 auditor and played a large role in helping the company attain ISO certification in 2013 and implement cGMP documentation.
Authored ISO documents, worked with QSM on CPARs and assisted QSM and VP of Corporate Quality to author ISO procedures and integrate them into our facility.
Monitored outgoing waste stream and ensured compliance with the local water reclamation plant and EPA. Licensed Class K operator.
Safety Team Leader 2011-2016. HAZWOPPER (40hr) certified.
Citgo Analytical Chemist 11/10-05/11
Lemont, Il
Analysis of wastewater samples for cyanide and phenols by distillation and UV detection.
Tested for ammonia, sulfide, fluoride and pH by ion selective probes.
Analyzed samples by AA for chromium, sodium, and iron.
Performed tests for BOD, CBOD, COD, nitrates, nitrites, sulfates, and wastewater organisms.
Responsible for collecting plant effluent and effluent grab samples.
Additional AA testing and wet chemistry tests were done on a daily schedule.
Griffith Labs Analytical Chemist 02/09-05/09
Alsip, Il
Duties included QC testing and documentation of in-process and finished food products as well as GC/MS and HPLC testing for new R&D formulations.
Arlington Plating Company Analytical Chemist and Process Engineer 02/08-11/08
Palatine, Il
Duties included monitoring of chemical usage on magnesium and selective plating lines in addition to streamlining the production processes and assisting the QC lab with proper HPLC usage and care which also entailed developing methods for new monitoring programs. Additional AA testing and wet chemistry tests were done on a daily schedule.
Dober Chemical R&D Analytical Chemist 05/06-02/08
Woodridge, Il
Duties included daily testing of cooling water, specialty chemicals and engine lubricants via HPLC, IC, and general wet chemistry techniques
Creation of innovative chemical delivery systems.
Previous duties included testing and recording results for QC and authoring and maintaining the MSDS database and shipping labels.
BP Document Specialist 10/05-05/06
Naperville, Il
Duties included authoring and maintaining MSDS database.
Loparex, Inc. R&D Chemist, West Team 03/02-09/05
Willowbrook, Il
Duties included testing silicone and specialty paper samples via HPLC, AA, DSC, FTIR, creating new formulations, and helping take new products to market.
Provided chemical support to sales, customers, and upper management.
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology 01/03-12/07
Chicago, Il
Master of Chemistry in Analytical Chemistry
GPA (3.4/4.0)
Elmhurst College 09/99-05/02
Elmhurst, Il
Bachelor of Science
Major: Chemistry with ACS approval and Secondary Education
(GPA in major 3.9/4.0), Graduated Cum Laude
American Chemical Society president 2000-2002
2000-2001 Undergraduate Analytical Student of the Year
Rudolph Priepke Excellence in Chemistry Award 2002
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