Sales Representative
Resume:
Santa Rosa, CA *****
Allen M. Ricks 707-***-****
******@*****.***
Skills
• Instrumentation Sales and Service
• Mass Spectrometer Design and Construction
• Laser Repair and General Optical Alignment
• Programming in a Variety of Languages
• Proficient in a Variety of Computational Packages
Education
2010-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University.
2006-2010 PhD. Physical Chemistry, University of Georgia.
2001–2006 BS Chemistry/Physics Minor, California State University Chico.
Experience
Vocational
2014–Present Temporary Faculty, California State University Chico, Chico CA.
Taught physical chemistry lecture to upper division Chemistry majors including writing all test and
homework material and preparing and presenting all lectures.
Instructed two sections of upper division physical chemistry lab.
Constructed a computational chemistry server for performing computational chemical calculations using
the Gaussian computational package and WebMO web-based GUI front-end.
Taught a one unit writing class for chemistry majors.
Taught four sections of freshman chemistry lab.
2012–2014 Chief Product Officer, Ultrafast Systems, Sarasota FL.
Managing domestic and international sales leads including working with international representatives and
customers to provide them with a solution that best meets their scientific and budgetary requirements.
Leading product development from the conceptual phase to final product.
US sales representative of Leukos, a manufacturer of supercontinuum light sources based in France.
Maintained in-house laser systems in an environment that was not climate controlled. This includes a
Coherent Libra, an outdated Spectra Physics Spitfire seeded with a Tsunami Oscillator and a Light
Conversion Topas. Realigned each system several times as required due to gross temperature change,
optical component failure or movement of laser.
Academic
2010–2012 Emory University, Advisor: Prof. Tianquan (Tim) Lian.
Worked with a graduate student in the design, construction and alignment several experimental setups
for performing IR+Vis Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy (SFG) to study molecular monolayers
on solid interfaces.
Constructed an IR pump IR+Vis SFG probe system for studying single monolayers of the light harvesting
molecules in a model organic solar cell.
Developed a novel Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging system in an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).
Constructed an Incident Photon to Current Efficiency system for testing the efficiency of lab built solar
cells.
Performed all required programming to control the described experiments and allow efficient and intuitive
processing of the resulting data.
2006–2010 University of Georgia, Advisor: Prof. Michael A. Duncan.
Performed gas phase high-resolution mid-IR spectroscopic measurements of ionic species in a home-built
Time of Flight mass spectrometer.
Designed and installed several instrumental improvements for improved ion generation and signal
detection.
Wrote and modified several programs to automate data acquisition and processing whenever possible to
increase productivity.
Maintained custom high-vacuum system which utilized two diffusion pumps, two rotary vane mechanical
pumps and a roots pump.
Maintained and performed several repairs and realignments of a variety of laser systems including:
excimer, Nd:YAG, dye and an infrared OPO/OPA.
Developed several programs for the acquisition and analysis of experimental and computational data.
Computer skills
Languages LabView, Perl, Basic, Bash, C/C++, LTEX, HTML, Mathematica
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Software Gimp, Photoshop, Origin, Microsoft Office, Libre (Open Office), SimIon
Hardware Assembly and repair of desktop and laptop computers
Awards
2009 The Martin Reynolds Smith Award for Outstanding Publication by a Chemistry Graduate Student
(University of Georgia)
2009 Outstanding Graduate Student, Northeast Georgia Section of the ACS (University of Georgia)
2009 Coblentz Society Award for Outstanding Student in Spectroscopy (University of Georgia)
2005 Outstanding Student in Inorganic Chemistry (CSU Chico)
2005 Outstanding Student in Physical Chemistry (CSU Chico)
2005 Grover Willis Scholarship (CSU Chico)
2005 Summer Research Award Funded by California Science Project
2004 Outstanding Student in Organic Chemistry (CSU Chico)
2003 Outstanding Student General Chemistry (CSU Chico)
Publications
Total of 29 peer reviewed publications since 2007 that have been cited 588 times. Current h-index:
16 (Google Scholar Feb. 2015)
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