Manager Technician
Resume:
JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ
*** ******* ** #*, ********* MA 02139, Tel.617-***-****
******@****.***
OBJECTIVE: To join a winning team as a hardworking, dedicated, honest and
loyal member who will make a significant contribution to the research and
the company.
EDUCATION:
Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic
1999
Bachelor of Arts, Marketing
CERTIFICATIONS:
Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT)
2006
Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT)
2006
EXPERIENCE:
Climbstaff (contract) at TOXIKON, Bedford, MA.
April 2013 - Aug 2013
Research Technician
. Working mainly with large animals (Rats, Dogs, Rabbits).
. Assist with clinical health checks and sponsors with different
experiments.
. Blood collection, drugs administration and flushing ( IV, IM, IP, CP,
Gavage, Cephalic Vain )
. Assist with PK and TK studies.
. In charge necropsy weighing and trim organs collected.
Aerotek (contract) at EMD Serono, Billerica, MA.
July 2011 - Feb 2012
Senior Animal Care Technician
. Maintain rodent breeding colonies and perform tail biopsies and
genotyping (Xenogen).
. Assist with clinical health checks and administer medical treatments
in accordance with the veterinary staff.
. Receive, organize and properly house all incoming orders in their
respective holding room(s).
. Assist the Manager with planning and organizing the activities of the
animal facility in preparation for AAALAC accreditation.
. Maintain sanitary conditions according to facility SOPs and IACUC
policies.
. Provide technical support and assistance to the veterinary staff with
the sentinel program.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
May 2009 - July 2011
Laboratory Technologist Supervisor
. Train animal technicians with different types of blood collection and
drugs administrations (IP, SQ, IM, IV, PO)
. Supervised a staff of 7 Animal technicians (Team Leader) with
oversight of 11 animal rooms and ~15,000 cages.
. Responsible for the shipping (export) and receiving (import) of
rodents.
. Assisted with the oversight of the Sentinel Monitoring Program (mice),
which included:
- Performed submandibular blood collections
- Scheduled room assignments
- Prepared animals and serum samples for send out to Diagnostic
Laboratory and organized the results for Veterinary interpretation.
. Assisted with monitoring animal health and performing treatments as
prescribed.
. Assisted and prepared for the accreditation of AAALAC in 2011.
. Assisted in gathering cage census information in support of per diem
charges to the research staff.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. April 2007 - April
2008
Animal Specialist
. Organized and worked directly with rodent breeding colonies.
. Set up breeding pairs and performed weaning and separations of new
litters.
. Assisted in gathering cage census information in support of per diem
charges to the research staff.
. Perform animal husbandry and health check on daily basis.
EYETECH Pharmaceuticals, New York, NY. July
2003 - June 2006
Research Associate and Animal Technician
. Provide daily care and husbandry of laboratory rodents.
. Organized and worked directly with rodent breeding colonies and health
checks.
. Set up breeding pairs, performed plug checks, weaning and separation
of new litters.
. Responsible for the shipping (export) and receiving (import) of
rodents.
. Technical support with mice:
- Animal identification (Ear tags and Ear punch)
- Blood collection via cardiac puncture and submandibular bleeding
- Drug administration (IP, SQ, IM, IV, PO)
- Performed perfusion, sutures, dissection (eye, embryos)
. Technical support with rabbits:
- Blood collection via central artery and marginal ear vein
- Drug administration (SQ, IM)
SKILLS:
Proficient with MS-Office
Language: English and Spanish
REFERENCES
Nick Reynolds (Supervisor at Toxikon)
Arturo Contreras (Manager at Beth Israel Hospital)
Fulvio Diaz (Team Leader and co-worker at Merck EMD)
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