Quality Assurance Control

SASHA TAVENNER KRUGER

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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE AND SUMMARY

Quality Assurance Professional using in-depth technical background in

science and engineering to guide projects to successful outcomes. Organized

and detailed, versed in statistical methods, responsible and self-

motivated. Recognized for ability to leverage strongest skills of team

members, predict and assess situations, and manage complex, evolving

projects calmly and competently. Familiarity with and adherence to quality

processes, budget building, and risk management. Possess a high level of

enthusiasm, common sense, and interpersonal skills that maximize the

results of all undertakings.

ABILITIES AND RESULTS

Attention to Detail / Organization

. Quality procedural adherence

. Documented all experiments and scientific ideas in compliance with the

relevant quality control documents, keeping my records within the scope

of the Quality Records document.

. Maintained the temperature log of a lab refrigerator, ensuring that it

never varied out of the quality control specifications.

. Planning skills

. Managed a challenging cross-disciplinary Ph.D. project including learning

multiple new techniques and scheduling time on several high-demand

instruments per day, culminating in a successful dissertation.

. Produced and followed experimental plans in a research and development

work environment that emphasized production of meaningful results at a

high frequency; produced a suite of new assays and the characterization

of tens of new materials in a fast-moving program and wrote reports and

presentations to disseminate results at each plan step.

. Anticipate trends

. Identified an up-and-coming trend in semiconductor optics research, and

began an experimental program in that area ahead of the curve. Work led

to an international collaboration with a top lab in Japan.

. Before deadline dependability

. Generated difficult to obtain, high-impact data for a board of directors

meeting that prompted them to approve a new material my group had

developed for an important new program.

Project Management Principles

. Engaged in Project Management courses, certifiable by the PMI (Program

Management Institute) including Quality Assurance and Quality Control and

have the ability to assess risk, communicate with and manage

stakeholders, and to design appropriate timelines.

. Statistical methods expertise for Quality Assurance, including sampling

methods, Pareto diagrams, and hands-on testing and inspection experience

for seismic restraints, software, and experiment performance.

Facilitation and Training

. Taught both lecture and lab format classes using activity-based learning

methodologies

. Taught multiple fully enrolled physics classes per term at the college

level, including lab design and testing, lecture preparation, and exam

creation. Excellent student evaluations of my teaching were submitted to

my department.

. Trained new colleagues

. Brought a new hire up to speed on microscope use, the performance of

three different assay types, and the reporting structure required for our

results.

. Taught fellow graduate students experimental techniques and the protocols

and procedures that they would need to progress in their programs.

Communication

. Multicultural, multidisciplinary communication

. Demonstrated ease of communication with scientists from different

disciplines; business specialists such as program managers, product

managers, shippers, administrative support personnel, and executives;

engineers; city plan reviewers; work site builders and managers; and

students with various backgrounds.

. Designed, created, and undertook an international research collaboration

including travel to and residence in Osaka, Japan during the course of

the final projects.

. Writing

. Wrote papers that appeared in well-respected physics journals, and an

essay on the advancement of science published in a literary magazine.

. Edited a newsletter for the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation with a

readership of 1200 people.

. Participant in a writers' group, generating high quality short pieces on

a weekly basis.

. Presentation

. Wrote and presented PowerPoint programs to international science

conferences, department-sized groups, work groups, and focused research

groups in both academic and industry settings. Generated interest in

collaborative work, helped keep programs on track, and provided needed

information for group decision making through these presentations.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Panelist, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 2010

Scientist, Life Technologies, Eugene, OR 2008-2009

Physics Faculty, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 2006-2008, 2010

Designer, Ang Engineering Group, Eugene, OR 2006-2008

Curriculum Reviewer and Document Rater, Educational Policy Improvement

Center

& Standards for Success, Eugene, OR 2001-2007

Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1998-

2006

Research Assistant, University of Washington Applied Physics Lab, Seattle,

WA 1996-1998

EDUCATION

PhD Physics 2006 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

MS Physics 1999 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

BS Physics (Honors) 1998 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Project Management courses, certifiable through the Program Management

Institute 2009

Activity Based Physics Faculty Institute Workshop participant 2007

HONORS

Selection as National Science Foundation panelist 2010

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Fellowship recipient

2002, 2003, and 2004

IGERT International Travel Award, for residence and research in the

Materials Engineering department of the Univ. of Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan,

under Dr. T. Itoh 2003

ACTIVITIES

. Served as an officer specializing in organizing and communication in

several organizations, including the UO Physics Student Union (President

and VP), the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (VP of Member

Communications and state delegate, twice), and the UO Aikido Club (club

coordinator, 3 years).

. Participant in a formal writers' group, 7 years.

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