Quality Control Assurance
Resume:
London Pearce
Rainbow City, AL 35906
***********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL
Masters in Public Administration, July 2007
• Concentration Criminal Justice
Jacksonville State University – Jacksonville, AL
Bachelor of Science, April 2001
• Concentration Forensic Science Minor Chemistry (30 semester hours)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Gadsden, AL
Financial Representative November 2012 Present
• Interview clients to determine clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status,
or financial objectives.
• Develop financial plans based on analysis of clients' financial status, and discuss financial
options with clients.
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Jacksonville/Huntsville, AL
Forensic Scientist Quality Control Manager November 2002 November 2012
• Monitor performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
• Oversee workers including supervisors, inspectors, and laboratory workers engaged in testing
activities.
• Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments.
• Create and implement inspection and testing criteria or procedures.
• Identify quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.
• Instruct staff in quality control and safety procedures.
• Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
• Lead auditor of internal audits performed on the laboratories associated with the Alabama
Department of Forensic Sciences
• Perform Health and Safety functions to assure the laboratory is in compliance with accreditation
standards and standard operating procedures.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly, and annual safety checks of the Jacksonville laboratory.
• Very familiar with the OSHA 1910 regulations regarding personal protective equipment (PPE),
general workplace safety/hazards, and field health and safety
• DEA clandestine laboratory safety certified dealing with OSHA standards.
• Assure the laboratory personnel are in compliance with OSHA standards in the laboratory and
in the field.
• Very familiar with accreditation standards associated with ISO 17025.
• Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions
when needed.
• Perform analyses on instrumentation such as the FT IR, Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer,
and microscopes.
• Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.
• Calibrate, validate, or maintain laboratory equipment.
• Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item
specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
• Identify and troubleshoot equipment problems.
• Perform drug analyses on evidence submitted by federal, state, and municipal agencies in
Northeast Alabama.
• Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity.
• Keep records and prepare reports detailing findings, investigative methods, and laboratory
techniques.
• Take photographs of evidence.
• Reconstruct crime scenes to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.
• Examine and analyze blood stain patterns at crime scenes.
• Interpret laboratory findings or test results to identify and classify substances, materials, or
other evidence collected at crime scenes.
• Prepare written reports to findings at crime scenes.
• Testify in state and federal court regarding crime scene investigation and drug analyses.
• Certified law enforcement officer for the state of Alabama.
• Certified instructor at the Northeast Alabama Law Enforcement Academy at Ft. McClellan, AL.
Gadsden Police Department Gadsden, AL
Evidence Technician July 2001 November 2002
• Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity.
• Keep records and prepare reports detailing findings, investigative methods, and laboratory
techniques.
• Use chemicals or other substances to examine latent fingerprint evidence and compare
developed prints to those of known persons in databases.
• Take photographs of evidence.
• Collect impressions of dust from surfaces to obtain and identify fingerprints.
• Examine and analyze blood stain patterns at crime scenes.
• Prepare written reports on crime scene investigations and testify in court.
Additional Skills
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office programs.
• Work in compliance with OSHA standards as related to laboratory safety.
• Experience in laboratory safety procedures and understanding of related regulations.
• Excellent ability to work as a member of a team.
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