Engineer Quality Assurance

**** ***** ***** . *********, ********* . *****

Phone 608-***-**** . E-mail abmvsw@r.postjobfree.com

Patrick J. Collins

Education

December 2008 Herzing University

Associate of Science Design and Drafting Technology

June 1997 Madison Area Technical College

Graphic Arts Design Program

May 1991 Ripon College

Bachelor of Arts Life Sciences, Studio Art

Professional experience

Affiliated Engineers Incorporated, Madison, Wisconsin

May 2008 - November 2009

AEI is a multi-discipline technical consulting firm

providing innovative solutions for complex and large scale

engineering projects worldwide, supporting the excellence

of a diverse clientele. AEI is known for leadership,

collaboration, and coordination in the collection of

affiliated disciplines integrated in comprehensive support

of our clients' goals.

Cad technician - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Created and designed CAD drawings generated by Designer and

Engineer sketches

Trained other AEI employees in AEI CAD standards and

practices

Reviewed CAD work as part of the Quality Assurance

procedures

Covance Laboratories, Madison, Wisconsin

November 1991 - May 2008

Covance, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, is one

of the world's largest and most comprehensive drug

development services companies with annual revenues greater

than $1.5 billion, global operations in more than 25

countries, and more than 9,800 employees worldwide.

senior technical sales associate (mAY 2000 - mAY 2008) -

Food and Nutritional Research

Managed multi-million dollar accounts and projects from

initial contact through completion

Hosted client visits, attended trade shows and developed

business plans to meet quarterly budgets

Served as a liaison between external clients and internal

technical staff

Negotiated and provided price quotes for specified clients

Continuously achieved personal growth goals for targeted

accounts. Achieved $1.5 million revenue growth goal for

the top five largest accounts

Research associate (NOVEMBER 1991 - MAY 2000) - Food and

Nutritional Research

Supervised operations as Team Leader for Fibers, Sugars and

Amino Acids group

Performed chemical tests as Primary Analyst in the Vitamins

Analysis group

Developed methods of analysis and maintained instruments

including HPLC, GC/MS and AA

Trained and assisted Covance staff on laboratory

instrumentation

Performed quality control review of client data

software experience

AutoCAD 2009 Photoshop

Revit Architecture Illustrator

Autodesk Building Systems Inventor

Microsoft Office Suite

Pro/ENGINEER QuarkXPress

SolidWorks

Instrumentation experience

GC/MS

SPE

Sample Extraction Methodology

Liquid Chromatography

AA

HPLC UV/VIS/FL/RI Detectors

Liquid Handling Systems

Professional Awards

Covance Client Services Award Recipient

Ripon College Achievement Award in Art

Dean's List (Herzing College 3, Ripon College 2)

Additional training

AMA Sales Training

ISO Certification

Six Sigma Certification

Good Laboratory Practices Training

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