Technician Sales

Jonathan William Attard

**** **** ***** **. ******** CA, 90602

925-***-**** (cell)

*****@*********.***

Curriculum Vitae

Objective

Challenge myself and learn something new every day. Accomplish my responsibilities with diligence, efficiency

and care. Satisfy my superiors and support my team.

Education

Whittier College: Whittier, CA

BA, Double Major Chemistry (ACS certified) & Physics, May 2010; Overall GPA 3.4/4.0

Laboratory Skills

• Wet chemistry: acid/base titrations, Iodine Oxidation titrations(total sulfur by the ripper method/peroxide

number of food/cosmetic oils), EDTA titrations, TLC, column chromatography, Re-crystallization, Purification,

Distillation (vacuum and atmospheric pressure), Analytical sample preparation(SPE, QuEnChErs, Solvent

extractions), Analytical standard preparation(vanillin, ethyl vanillin, guaiacol, FD&C artificial colors, capsaicinoid

mixture, Ester mixture, Aldehyde mixture, Lactone mixture, and more.)

• Wine analyses: Brix (refractometer and DMA), FreeSO2, TotalSO2, TitratableAcidity, ResidualSugar,

Glucose/Fructose, AceticAcid, MalicAcid, EtOH (with FTIR analyzer, GC-FID), Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen

(Nopa/NH3), Pectin screening, and preparing sensory trials (bentonite, sugar, copper, fining, cork).

• Operating Analytical Instruments: Metler-Toledo auto-titrators, conductivity/ppm meter, digital and manual

refractometers, DMA(digital mass analyzer), centrifuge, UV-Vis spectrometer, FourierTransform IR spectrometer,

Varian GC/MS, Alpha-Mos GC/FID, Agilent infinity 1220 HPLC, Shimadzu AA-7000f FAAS.

• Maintaining Analytical Instruments:varian GC/MS, Alpha-Mos E-nose GC-FID, Agilent 1220 infinity series

HPLC-DAD detector, Shimadzu AA-7000f FAAS, CTC analytics Combi-Pal Autosampler.

• Maintenance activities I have performed: replacement of Analytical GC columns, Replacement of

Headspace flush gas line in CTC Combi-Pal, Replacement of Mass Spectrometer Filaments, Cleaning Ion-traps,

Changing primary vacuum pump oil, Replacement of Injector port liners and septa, Changing Helium(for

GC/ms)/Acetylene tanks(for FAAS),

• Analytical Instruments used in college: NMR Spectrometer and florescence spectrometer.

Accomplishments

• Developed Quantitative automatic Liquid, Headspace and SPME injection methods for analysis of VOC’s in

food flavor products.

• Developed Quantitative HPLC methods for analysis of Non-Volatile Capsaicinoids (Skoville Heat Unit Analysis),

Food Grade Artificial Dyes, Preservatives (Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid), and Components of Pure Vanilla Extract

like Vanillin, Guaiacol, p-methoxy benzaldehyde.

Work Experience

Gold Coast Ingredients: City of Commerce, California 04/2012 – present

• Analytical Chemist

• Conduct analysis on food flavoring products for R&D and QC/QA departments using instruments: GC/MS,

GC-FID, HPLC, FAAS.

• Develop and implement sample preparation methods for a variety of food flavoring products including

plated powders, spray dried powders, water based emulsions, water soluble and oil soluble liquid solutions of

VOC’s.

• Develop and implement sample preparation methods for a variety of finished products for R&D including

but not limited to: baking mix, cookies, candy, flavored oils, chips and beverages.

• Generate CofA’s and perform export analysis panels for food flavor products.

• Oversee acquisition, operation, and maintenance of all analytical equipment in the plant.

• Train QC/QA technicians to operate analytical equipment and conduct routine analysis.

DD Chemco: Chatsworth, California 01/2012 – 03/2012

• Cosmetic Formulation Chemist

• Manufacture lab scale cosmetics formulations for use by the sales team.

• Maintain MSDS, Datasheets, and Certificates of Analysis literature in the database for all chemicals in

stock.

• Perform formulation stability analysis.

• Stock formulation chemicals.

Hall Wines: St. Helena, California 09/2011 – 1/2012

• Laboratory Technician/Cellar Hand

• Perform routine analysis (referenced above) on juice and wine sam ples and submit the results to the wine

making staff in a verbal or written report.

• Prepare solutions and aliquots and to maintain a clean, uncluttered work environment to ensure efficiency.

• Take Samples from wine and juice tanks.

• Maintain database spreadsheets for record keeping purposes.

• Join the cellar staff to complete their daily tasks when lab responsibilities are finished.

• Cellar experience includes Racking, Transfers, Pump-overs, Punch-downs, Drains, Dig-outs, general tank

sanitization protocol, Additions (Bentonite, DAP, Nutrients), Inoculations, Dispatch and Tank -Gassing.

Marisco Vineyards: Blenheim, New Zealand 03/2011 – 05/2011

•Laboratory Technician/Cellar Hand

• Responsibilities similar to the above position but applied to different grape varietals.

Hall Wines: St. Helena, California 09/2010 – 12/2010

• Laboratory Technician

• Responsibilities the same as above.

Publications

• Tenzing Doleck, Jonathan Attard, Frank R. Fronczek, Amy Moskun, Ralph Isovitsch, Structure and

photophysics of a Schiff base-bipyridine ligand and its rhenium(I) tricarbonylchloro complex, Inorganica Chimica

Acta, Volume 362, Issue 10, 1 August 2009, Pages 3872-3876, ISSN 0020-1693, DOI:

10.1016/j.ica.2009.04.034.

(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TG5-4W6Y5NR-1/2/2b014578b4682c7cb7664c9b0811a6e0)

Poster Presentations

• Rapid microwave synthesis of ω-3 fatty acids by phospholipase A catalysis of phospholipids. Whittier College,

April 2010.

• Introductory theory of Sprintronics. Whittier College, April 2010.

• Aryl azo morpholines: Structure and photochemical characterization T. Chin, J. Attard, F. R. Fronczek, A.

Moskun, R. Isovitsch. Spring National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Sa lt Lake City UT, 22-26 April

2009.

• The synthesis and characterization of a novel bipyridine -hydroxyimino ligand and its rhenium(I) and

ruthenium(II) complexes. T. Doleck, J. Attard, A. Moskun, F. Fronczek, R. Isovitsch. Spring National Meeting of

the American Chemical Society, New Orleans LA, 6-10 April 2008.

Other Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proficient using computer programs: Agilent Chemstation, Varian MS workstation, Shimadzu wizAArd

Software, Alpha-Mos Alpha-Soft for GC-FID, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver,

Outlook, Maple 13.

• Proficient using windows 7, vista, xp, me, 98 and 95 operating systems.

• Able to work effectively and efficiently individually and within a team.

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