Medical Device State University

Rafael Hidalgo

*** ******** ***, **** ******, NJ 07017

Phone # 862-***-**** *********@*****.***

Education

•Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J.

•B.S., August 2011

•Double major: Biology and Spanish

•GPA: 3.580, Deans’ list, graduated Cum Laude

Lab related Skills

•Performed gas and liquid chromatography

•Worked with plasmid vectors and microbes.

•Performed ELISA.

•Prepared agarose and buffer solutions

•Used equipment such as incubators, centrifuges, autoclaves, and petri dishes.

•Familiar with PCR

•Performed titrations

•Knowledgeable with electrophoresis, western, northern, and southern blotting.

•Experienced with staining techniques such as acid fast stains and gram stains.

•Kept and maintained an updated lab notebook.

•Experienced in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

•Procured microbiological specimens via cotton swabbing

•Stored and labeled samples accordingly.

•Performed continuous and discontinuous streaking to isolate and create stock cultures

•I have used a hemacytometer spectrophotometer, and serial dilutions to ascertain plate count.

Job Experience

Honeywell in Morristown, NJ 06/2017 to now

Research and Development- Wax additives.

•Worked with a team of R&D scientists and engineers to find solutions to many problems

•Used titrations techniques (burettes, phenolphthalein, etc as a means of finding a polymer’s acid number.

•Modified solid polymers via solid state oxidation to ensure polymers are emulsifiable in water

•Amassed insight into polymer pyrolysis and thermal degradation of polyethylene.

•knowledgeable with SAP system

•Worked with viscometers

•Performed drop point tests.

•Gained experience with inductive heaters and coils.

•Garnered insight working with rotary vane vacuum pumps, diffusion pumps, and zenith gear pumps.

•Applied Six Sigma guidelines such as 5S's.

•Worked extensively with Julabo circulators

•Gained aptitude with working with Swagelock fittings, pipes, and Swagelock accessories.

•Participated working with wipe film evaporators and short path evaporators.

•Created and modified S.O.P.’s

•Collaborated working with and applying heat tapes.

•Maintained lab notes through excel and constructed graphs whenever necessary.

Cytosorbents/Monmouth,NJ 01/2014 to 02/26/16

Production Lead in the front end of medical device manufacturing.

•Worked extensively with medical devices for 5 years.

•Worked in an ISO 13485 environment.

•Managed and organized a team of production personnel.

•Possess full knowledge on GMP's and SOP's and worked under those guidelines accordingly.

•Performed extensive work with glass equipment and organic chemicals.

•Responsible for training of all new front end employees.

•Implemented new schedules to accommodate increase in production.

•Conducted interviews and played a vital role in the hiring process

•Kept stock of inventory and balanced inventory based on how much is produced.

•Purchased equipment and reagents via Peachtree.

•Updated documents via D.C.O's

•Placed orders with Peachtree/ Sage accounting.

•Increased production by 500% and helped lead team in creating a high quality product

•Was in charge of in house calibrations of equipment such as pumps and scales. Any Equipment that could not be calibrated in house, I was responsible for sending out receiving, and integrating it into the metrology.

•Used the proper documentation practices such as initial and dating for all documents relating to the company.

•Kept and maintained a clean and tidy workspace.

•Performed Q.A. duties such as batch record revisions.

•Prepared polymer from solvent solutions and mixtures.

Cytosorbents/Monmouth,NJ 01/2013 to 01/2014

Research & Development of Polymer

•Conducted research for DARPA and SBIR

•Worked with vacuum pumps.

•Gained valuable knowledge in suspension polymerization and modification of polymers.

•Set up different reactions in order to meet varying goals.

•Kept and maintained an updated lab notebook.

•Used the proper documentation practices such as initial and dating for all documents relating to the company.

•Kept and maintained a clean and tidy workspace.

•Cleaned and maintained equipment. If new equipment was needed, i ordered it via sage/Peachtree.

•Conducted and designed tests with multiple polymers.

•Recorded all findings in the notebook.

•Compiled any data found through excel.

•Prepared polymer from solvent solutions and mixtures.

•Became more familiar with the organic chemistry needed for porous polymer production, suspension polymerization, and modification of polymers.

Cytosorbents/Monmouth,NJ 10/2011 to 01/2013

Pilot Plant Technician for medical device manufacturing

•Learned how to implement GMP's and to follow SOP's to produce a high quality product

•Gained experience working in a pilot lab and gave valuable input on how to improve the process.

•Gained valuable knowledge on suspension polymerization.

•Used the proper documentation practices such as initial and dating for all documents relating to the company.

•Kept and maintained a clean and tidy workspace.

•Prepared polymer from solvent solutions and mixtures.

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