Manager Quality Assurance

SUMMARY

A proven self-starter with a passionate approach to people, I am as comfortable leading the way for others as I am delegating responsibility to those best for the task. My highest skills relate to taking on initiatives, acquiring and developing talent and ensuring that workplaces become and remain attractive places to perform on a daily basis. My focus on the “bottom line” is rooted in ensuring that personnel are diverse in their skills and consistently prepared to perform. The corollary to this is performance and retention of talent.

EDUCATION

University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Newark, DE, Bachelor of Science, Plant Science, GPA: 3.2/3.5 (May 2013)

Delaware Technical and Community College, Stanton, DE, Associate of Arts, Safety Management A.A.S. program, Stanton, DE (transferred to UD before completion, Spring 2005)

U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX, Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology (March 1986)

Professional courses: Motivational-Based Interviewing, Hire Authority, online (5/15); Advanced Asbestos Identification, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL (11/92); OSHA Asbestos Abatement Workers Training Course, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, VA (3/89); NIOSH 582, Analysis of Airborne Asbestos, U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center, Norfolk, VA (6/88); EPA 600, Analysis of Bulk Asbestos, U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center, Norfolk, VA (1/88); Hazardous Materials Emergency Response - Level 1, Dover Fire School, Dover, DE (10/86); Assessment and Management of Drinking Water Contamination, USEPA, Washington, DC (8/86)

EXPERIENCE

2015-Present Batta Laboratories, Inc. Newark, DE

Fully-accredited, full service independent environmental testing lab – since 1982

Laboratory Manager

•Daily Operations Manager – staff of eight scientists/technicians, assist ownership in the handling of personnel issues, personnel acquisition and development, key person for accreditation matters, perform internal audits for Microscopy and Chemistry Labs.

•Quality Assurance Coordinator – maintain and develop QA manual for Chemistry Lab, the Light Microscopy Lab and the Electron Microscopy Lab, maintain and summarize data into monthly reports, initiate corrective actions and resolve data and procedural issues using root cause analysis

•Lab Project Manager – oversight of all research and production analytical projects

•Chemical Hygiene/Safety Officer – maintain chemical inventory and MSDSs, train new employees and provide refresher training for all matters dealing with occupational safety and health

•Senior Staff Trainer - for analytical light and electron microscopy among analytical staff

2013-Present Airtek Environmental, Inc. Long Island City, NY

Fully-accredited, independent environmental testing lab – since 1988

Independent Quality Systems Consultant

•Quality Assurance Coordinator – develop QA manual and SOPs for electron microscopy lab to meet ISO 17025 requirements within these accreditation bodies: NY-DOHS, NVLAP and AIHA

•Microscopy Trainer – provide user training on analytical electron microscopy and associated quality assurance activities

•Offsite Troubleshooting – provide guidance on resolving issues regarding accreditation requirements and equipment usage

2006-2015 International Asbestos Testing Laboratories, Inc. Mount Laurel, NJ

Fully-accredited independent environmental testing laboratory – since 1986

Assistant Quality Manager / Senior Analyst

•Senior Staff Trainer for analytical light and electron microscopy among analytical staff of >20 scientists

•Deputy Quality Assurance Manager - provide guidance to QA Manager for accreditations for ISO 17025:2005, NVLAP, AIHA, NYDOH and other state agencies

•Chemical Hygiene Officer - developed corporate Chemical Hygiene Plan

•Corporate Data Integrity Advisor - developed and initiated corporate Data Integrity Program

•Chair, Corporate Safety and Health Committee

•Lab Marketing - Instrumental in the start up of CP Labs – a subsidiary of IATL that specializes in 3rd party consumer product testing

•Lab Project Manager – oversight of (large and small-scale) research and production analytical projects for clients with CDC/NIOSH, EPA, ASTM, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital (Taiwan), Noel Arnold/Greencap (Australia), Well-Flow Gulf Trading (Saudi Arabia)

1999-2006 Batta Laboratories, Inc. Newark, DE

Fully-accredited, full service independent environmental testing lab – since 1982

Quality Systems Manager / Operations Manager

•Daily Operations Manager – staff of five scientists/technicians, handle personnel issues, talent acquisition, key person for accreditation matters, perform internal audits

•Quality Assurance Manager - developed QA plan for Microscopy labs, maintain/summarize data into monthly reports, initiate corrective actions and resolve data and procedural issues using root cause

•Lab Project Manager – oversight of all (large and small-scale) research and production analytical projects (CDM, EPA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

•Chemical Hygiene/Safety Officer – maintain chemical inventory and MSDSs, train new employees and provide refresher training for all matters dealing with occupational safety and health

•Senior Staff Trainer - for analytical light and electron microscopy among analytical staff

•Lab Marketing - Instrumental in the acquisition of an EPA contract (involving Libby, MT) that gave BATTA increased exposure and credibility as a national laboratory

1997-1999 EMSL Analytical, Inc. Westmont, NJ

Fully-accredited, full service independent environmental testing lab – since 1981

Quality Systems Manager / Operations Manager

•Daily Operations Manager – staff of thirty scientists/technicians and administrative staff, assist General Manager in personnel issues, key person for accreditation matters, perform internal audits

•Quality Assurance Manager – assisted in development of corporate QA plan, maintain and summarize data for corporate facility into monthly reports, initiate corrective actions and resolve data and procedural issues using root cause analysis

•Off-Site Management - Maintain and interpret monthly summaries for five branch labs – provide guidance to branch managers for resolution of QA issues. Assigned to open a new analytical facility in Beltsville, Maryland.

•Chemical Hygiene/Safety Officer – maintain chemical inventory and MSDSs, train new employees and provide refresher training for all matters dealing with occupational safety and health

•Senior Staff Trainer - light & electron microscopy among analytical staff of more than twenty scientists

1991-1997 Batta Environmental Associates, Inc. Newark, DE

Fully-accredited, full service independent environmental testing and consulting – since 1982

Senior Laboratory Analyst

•Prepare/analyze samples for priority pollutants using AAS, FTIR, UV-Vis, GC, bench chemistry methods

•Maintain chemical inventory and MSDSs, provide training on occupational safety and health matters

1989-1991 Medlab Environmental Testing, Inc. New Castle, DE

Fully-accredited, full service independent environmental testing lab – no longer in business

Environmental Analyst

•Supervise asbestos analytical laboratory

•Train technicians on light microscopy techniques

•Prepare/analyze samples for priority pollutants using AAS, FTIR, UV-Vis, GC, GC/MS, bench methods

•Member of Medlab Executive Council as Health and Safety Advisor

1985-1989 United States Air Force Langley AFB, VA

Bio-Environmental Engineering, assigned to 1st Medical Group, 1st TFW

Industrial Hygiene Technician

•Survey industrial facilities for health hazards

•As an E-3 airman, I was assigned as the Industrial Hygiene Manager, supervised three technicians

•Developed and implemented major hazardous material issue/right-to-know program

•Established first in-house analytical program for bulk asbestos using EPA 600 methods

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Mineralogical Society of America

Society of Toxicology (student affiliate)

Environmental Defense Fund

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