Human Resources Quality Control

ANDRAE K. SPENCER, Ph.D., MBA

703-***-**** ***** 2 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190 abnaxh@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SCIENTIST

Dynamic leadership career in both billion dollar corporations and non profit organizations. Analytical Chemist with

expertise directing laboratories and organizations. Combines astute strategic, business, and operational skills with a

20+ year track record of scientific excellence: technical operations and quality system management, process

improvement, and consumer product testing. Expert in streamlining processes and significantly increasing

productivity levels. Proficient in identifying laboratory IT needs and managing infrastructure. Areas of strength and

expertise include:

Quality System & General Management Operating Budgets & Contracts

Separation Science & Product Research Scientific & Laboratory Management

Software Development & IT Leadership Human Resources & Staff Leadership

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

TITL, Inc., Rockville, MD 1997 to 2009

Non profit trade association providing regulatory cigarette testing for its members.

President (2005 to 2009)

Performed all aspects of staffing, budgeting, Human Resources, scientific endeavors, and strategic direction and

coordination of IT policies. Developed and implemented strategies for the organization in collaboration with the

Board of Directors.

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:

• Redesigned the organizational structure to accommodate a retiring workforce while maintaining productivity.

• Reduced annual budget 15% by ensuring efficient use of resources.

• Met the challenge of issuing an annual market sample report despite complicated circumstances in an ever

changing regulatory environment.

• Restructured the workflow process to accommodate a 42% workload increase that allowed completion of the

testing operation two months ahead of schedule.

• Represented the organization externally in meetings, symposia, and to suppliers.

• Detected and resolved compliance issue with Maryland state licensing board avoiding penalties.

• Saved 30% on annual health costs by restructuring active and retiree healthcare plans.

• Improved operational process by implementing barcode scanning for database entries, reducing inventory

processing time by 50%.

• Recommended and implemented a new statistical procedure to the TITL’s Technical Advisory Board for an

improved inter laboratory study.

• Reduced Market Sample Report preparation time by 30% by programming Crystal Reports and SQL.

Director (1997 to 2005)

Managed technical, scientific, quality system, information systems, and general laboratory operations.

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:

Planned, managed, and guided software developers to upgrade the LIMS: determined data transfer protocols between

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instruments and the database, development parameters, specified functionality of the new software, communicated

information to software developers, tested and validated applications, and provided feedback. Documented and wrote

standard operating procedures.

Implemented IT projects: converted from MS Access database to MS SQL Server.

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Led initiative to achieve ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation within 6 months without decreasing productivity and trained the

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entire staff.

Designed validation testing for a smoking machine manufacturer, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements.

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Designed, implemented, and maintained an intranet using Microsoft SharePoint for document control and automated

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quality control charting that increased the efficiency of information reporting throughout the laboratory.

Developed Visual Basic programs to give technicians instant feedback that improved the quality process control by

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15%.

Recommended and procured new analytical instrumentation by analyzing requirements, justifying, and detailing

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performance specifications.

Served as Chemical Hygiene Officer and worked within OSHA safety standards with no significant deficiencies.

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UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIAL CONVENTION, Rockville, MD 1994 to 1997

Non profit public health organization documenting public health and reference standards to ensure quality medicines,

food ingredients, and other healthcare products.

Supervisor/Chemist

Managed a group of 5 chemists whose focus and expertise was chromatography and spectroscopy in the Drug

Research and Testing Laboratory analyzing drug standards and excipients.

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:

• Led project to design electronic form for laboratory use: designed communicated calculations and

programming specifications to the IT department.

• Critically reviewed drug standards evaluations and served as a project leader for both reference standards and

methods projects involving the following analytical techniques: IR, UV, TLC, HPLC, GC, KF, LOD, titrations, OR,

and RI.

• Successfully performed numerous drug standard evaluations and projects using HPLC.

• Participated on a team that reviewed and revised over 350 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Successfully led chemists in evaluating methods for compounding and stability of pharmaceutical

preparations.

• Saved the organization $20,000 by completing a computer network installation left unfinished by a contractor.

ATC, Chester, VA 1984 to 1994

Tobacco manufacturer with revenues near $1.3 billion (in 1993)

Research Associate/Group Leader (1992 to 1994)

Research Associate (1984 to 1992)

Took on various roles in the company throughout tenure.

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:

As Group Leader, led qualitative organic analysis group in the R&D department to utilize separation

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and spectroscopic methods in resolving manufacturing problems. Developed analytical methods for

contaminant identification, quality control, and manufacturing improvements. Supported manufacturing

quality in several identifications of complaints and foreign material identification using FTIR, FTIR

microscopy, mass spectrometry, HPLC, IC, GC, and GC/MS.

EDUCATION

MBA/ Management Information Systems, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Doctorate of Philosophy, Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

AFFILIATIONS

The American Chemical Society

AOAC International

DISSERTATION

Investigation of Micellar Stabilized Room Temperature Phosphorescence: PH Effects on Intensity and Potential for

HPLC Detection.

PUBLICATION

Su, S. Y.; Long W. J.; Spencer A. K.; Chung T. J.; Proceedings of SPIE Fluorescence Detection II, 1988, 910, 111.

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