Manager Development

J ohn Wangsgaard *** South *** East apt. ** Salt Lake City, UT 84102

435-***-**** (cell) l ***********@*******.***

Objective: A career with a growing company which utilizes my extensive experience

i n chemistry, with the last fourteen years involved with scientific instruments,

research and development, applications, management and marketing.

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S kill set:

Gas chromatography - L iquid chromatography - Super critical f luid

chromatography

GC/MS

Experience:

Linear I nst ruments: (a division of Spectra Physics) 2/1/98-3/13/2012

Applications Lab Manager : Responsibili ties include generations of new and unique

applications to demonstrate the utility of products. Testing and development of new

i nstruments. Compliance with government regulation regarding safety, hazardous

waste and chemical hygiene. Publication of papers and presentation at scientific

meetings about products (with as many as 100 attendees). Provided technical

support to a large base of customers which included t raveling to customer’s location

for promotion and successful t roubleshooting problems. In teracted with both

mechanical and software engineering to insure competitive products and to meet

customer needs.

Lee Scientific: (a division of Dionex) 6/30/1989- 1/25/1998

Research and Development : S tarted in applications lab then moved to research and

development. Designed a Flame Ionization detector which provided superior

performance, greater reliabili ty and cheaper cost. Adapted a commercial thermionic

detector (NPD) to work with super critical f luid chromatography (SFC) as well as a

electron capture detector. Adapted a commercial autosampler for use with our

i nstruments. Provided technical and customer support.

E nvironmental Laboratory: U tah Biological Testing Laboratory 7/10/1987 to

3/1/1989

Analyst : Analyzed customer samples for pesticides, herbicides, arachlors (PAH) and

PCB’s

Toxicology Laboratory : Center for Human Toxicology (Univ. of U tah) 12/15/1984-

2/12/1987

Conducted research into matters of forensic interest as well as method development

of complex samples. Determined cause of death for various institu tes and the U tah

Medical Office.

Forensic Laboratory : Scientific Laboratory Division: (State of New Mexico)

8/10/1982- 11/30/1984

Performed toxicological analysis for the Office of Medical Investigator/ Performed

both blood and breath alcohol determination for state wide law enforcement

agencies. Provided extensive t raining of police officers in DU I matters. Testified in

court as an expert wi tness. Repair and maintenance of instruments.

I nst rumentation and Chemical Techniques:

1) Extensive use of gas chromatography (GC) with numerous detectors, injection

techniques and methods.

2) Extensive use of liquid chromatography (HPLC) with various detectors.

3) Extensive use of Super Critical Fluid chromatography (SFC)

4) Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (NMR)

5) UV/Vis and f luorescence Spectroscopy

6) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

7) GC/Mas Spectroscopy

8) Extensive wet chemistry techniques

9) Use of both ICP and AA to detect metal contamination

10) Considerable experience with computers and data handling techniques as

well as statistical modeling

Education H istory:

M aster’s Degree in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of New Mexico

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Utah State University.

Taught chemistry both and the university level and briefly at a junior college.

E xtensive knowledge of biochemistry, computers and pharmacology.

As the reader can see I have extensive experience with a broad range of

complimenta ry areas th roughout my career .

References supplied upon request.

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