Quality Control Maintenance

Dan Patten

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SUMMARY

NINE-YEAR CAREER IN AN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY . EXTENSIVE CHEMICAL

SAMPLING, ANALYSIS AND QUALITY CONTROL EXPERIENCE . QUALITY IMPROVEMENT APPROACHES

UTILIZING SPREADSHEET DATA TRACKING AND ANALYSIS . KEEN PROBLEM-SOLVING,

ANALYTICAL, STATISTICAL, MATHEMATICAL AND REPORT-WRITING SKILLS . SIX YEARS OF

PARTICIPATION IN CHEMICAL PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM . SELF-MOTIVATED, HIGH

ACHIEVING, EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY DRIVEN . CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH LITERACY

EMPLOYMENT

2012-PRESENT DATA COORDINATOR

BATTELLE, ANNISTON CHEMICAL DISPOSAL FACILITY

Quality Control of all analytical processes . Review and analysis of all daily

instrument data . Instrument and operator certification and surveillance .

Procedural reviews and editing . Report preparation . Control sample scheduling .

Statistical analysis . Development of spreadsheets for data tracking and trending

2006-2012 Monitoring Inspector

Battelle, Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility

Quality Control oversight of all Monitoring processes, to include: CEMS, solid

sorbent tube sampling, Modified GC (ACAMS - Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring

System), dilution systems, solid and liquid sampling techniques, etc. . Operator

certification . Monitoring procedure reviews, editing and revising . Surveillance

schedule management

2005-2006 GC Operator

Battelle, Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility

Assistant Team Lead . Trainer for entry level staff . Instrument maintenance .

Chemical agent analyses using GC/FPD, GC/FID and GC/MS . Multiple wet chemistry

analyses

2004-2005 Laboratory Technician

Battelle, Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility

Sample preparation . Sample analysis using SW-846 extraction methods, GC-FPD and

GC-MSD . Titrations, pH determination, wet chemistry analyses

2003-2004 Monitoring Technician

Battelle, Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility

Sample collection (solid sorbent, solid and liquid sample) . Sampling station setup

and maintenance . ACAMS analysis and maintenance

Education

University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematical Sciences, 2013

Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL Associate

in Science, Business Administration, 2012

King's Way Missionary Institute, McAllen, TX

Spanish Literacy Certificate, 2000

Technical Skills & other experience

Software Experience: Excel, Word, Access, Visual Basic, TORA, MiniTab,

Chemstation, Horizon LIMS

Outstanding Performance Awards in 2006, 2008 and 2011

Top Performer in QC in 2009, 2011 and 2012

Founding member of Lab Improvement Team (2006-2008)

Agilent training in GC and GC-MSD operation and maintenance

Volunteer youth and Spanish adult group leader at church

Volunteer coordinator and leader of missions trips to Argentina and Haiti

Volunteer youth soccer coach

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