Quality Control Manager

NATHAN F. DUFORD

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Salisbury, MA 01952

Cell: (603) 817 - 8350

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

I have eight years' experience in the Biotechnology field and I am skilled

in areas of quality control, process development and laboratory upkeep and

operation.

Relevant Skills

. Proficient with the operation and concepts of Lab-Scale Bioreactors, Cell

Counting and Plating, Media & Buffer Preparation and Centrifugation.

. Have a skill-set beneficial for general bio analytical testing and

assays; e.g. bio burden testing, cell banking, SDS PAGE, ELISA, PCR, etc.

. Proficient in use of Windows OS, MS Office, GraphPad Prism and BioCommand

Plus.

EDUCATION

B.A., Biology, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine 1997

New England Biolabs Molecular Biology Summer Workshop, Smith College

June 2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS. Ipswich, MA 2011 - Present (PT)

Production Associate

. Responsible for the setup, maintenance and harvesting of lab scale

bioreactors ranging from 250mL to 15L in a process development

capacity.

. Competent at cell separation via centrifugation with large-scale

SharplesTM batch centrifuge and various scales of Beckman centrifuges.

. Proficient at Media and Buffer preparation for Fermentation use.

. Responsible for all plasmid stability plating, colony counting and

cell count data accumulation.

. Maintains laboratory workspace and performs general upkeep.

. Aids in occasional packaging and labeling of competent cell products.

LONZA Biologics. Portsmouth, NH 1998 - 2003

Quality Control Analyst Level 3

. Routinely tested for Bio Burden, Endotoxins, Coli form, Microbial

identification, Media qualification, Biological Indicators, Final

Product sterility and unknown contaminants, for investigative purposes

of environmental monitoring, water sampling, gas sampling and swab

sampling. Environmental monitoring including air and surface. Reading

EM, in-process, and final product plates and reporting results. Point

person for cell banking.

. Regularly performed glutamine / glutamate testing, pH, conductivity,

SDS PAGE, ELISAs, protein concentration determination, total organic

count testing, gel electrophoresis.

. Responsible for the training and periodic evaluation of new analyst

hires.

. "Above and Beyond" award at Lonza Biologics - granted via nomination

by peers and management.

IDEXX LABS. Westbrook, ME 1997 - 1998

Quality Analyst

. Performed water purity testing, as well as product testing on animal

diagnostic kits, for the purposes of quality control.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

WINNER'S CIRCLE (family owned restaurant), Salisbury, MA 1994 - Present

(PT)

Manager

. Responsible for overseeing nightly bar and restaurant functions,

staffing, and adhering to state and local regulations.

REFERENCES

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