Sylvie Ejedepang-Koge, mba, CLS (ascp), CSM

**** ******** *****, ********, ** 77581

832-***-**** / 757-***-****

Email: ad2akn@r.postjobfree.com

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Hiring Manager

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am currently seeking a challenging leadership opportunity as a Technical Training Supervisor thus hereby submitting my resume for your review. In advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

As demonstrated in the accompanying resume, my qualifications include 20 years of laboratory experience, sharp analytical expertise, and considerable strengths in collaborating with multi-disciplinary health care team members to optimize patient care. To complement this background, I offer exemplary customer service, critical thinking, organizational, prioritization and documentation skills. In addition, I am a trained SAFe Agile Coach (Certified SAFe Scrum Master). These qualities are paramount to the innovative growth and development of Lean enterprises.

If welcomed to join your team, you will find me to be a driven team player and equally consummate leader committed to supporting you in achieving your objectives through superior performance and focus on quality. I am confident that I will be a valuable servant leader to your team and look forward to interviewing with you soon.

Sincerely,

Sylvie Ejedepang-Koge, MBA, CLS(ASCP), CSM

Sylvie Ejedepang-Koge, MBA, CLS (ascp), CSM

2106 Deerwood Court, Pearland, TX 77581

832-***-**** / 757-***-****

Email: ad2akn@r.postjobfree.com

Agile Quality-focused Clinical Laboratory Scientist and Scrum Master eager to contribute extensive clinical laboratory talents toward supporting a dynamic health care organization in achieving goals and objectives.

Profile

Seasoned project manager, coach, and preceptor in laboratory medicine operation.

Passionate about fostering growth and innovation of laboratory medicine using education.

Outstanding blend of communication, organizational, documentation and multi-tasking skills.

Strong cross-functional ability to work with other Patient care teams.

Strong ability to gather and analyze data to identify needed learning interventions.

Committed to ensuring that established laboratory standards are followed.

Proficient in clinical chemistry, lab equipment calibration and maintenance, lab testing and reporting, quality control and assurance, and steering compliance with CLIA and OSHA requirements.

Excel in troubleshooting and swiftly resolving complex clinical and instrument problems.

Advanced capabilities in STAT and routine chemistry, toxicology testing, infectious disease testing, and performing wide range of molecular tests in a highly complex laboratory setting.

Education and professional development

MBA., Project Management, Louisiana State University Shreveport, LA, 2023

Certified SAFe Scrum Master, Scaled Agile Inc., 2021

Laboratory Director Course, COLA’s LabUniversity™, 2009

Clinical Laboratory Scientist, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 2002

B.S., Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2002

Graduated cum laude; Academic Excellence / Dean’s list; member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Recipient of Microbiology Achievement Award, 2002

B.S., Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 1999

Professional Experience

Houston Methodist Hospital – Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston, TX 2011 to Present

Clinical Laboratory Scientist,

Key laboratory operator, preceptor, and trainer of laboratory staff.

Coordinates Proficiency Testing program to maintain laboratory accreditation compliance.

Manages quality control processes according to hospital policy to ensure quality assurance.

Manages laboratory inventory to ensure smooth operations.

Meticulously performs multiple test validations prior to use.

Accurately completes broad-scope diagnostic tests spanning all fields (biochemistry, endocrinology, urinalysis, coagulation, and serology).

Performs high complexity STAT testing in areas of chemistry and hematology in high volume ER center.

Independence Heights Community Health Clinic Inc., Houston, TX, 2008 to 2010

Laboratory Manager / Laboratory Director

Coordinated laboratory upgrade from a CLIA-waived laboratory to a moderate complexity laboratory.

Spearhead daily laboratory operations inclusive of inventory control, equipment/system evaluations, safety compliance, and risk management.

Implemented Quality Improvement practices to ensure Quality Assurance.

Supervised the operations of laboratory testing using hematology, chemistry, STAT systems for complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic evaluation, streptococcus A, human Chrion Gonadotropic hormone, hCG and Influenza A/B, RSV.

Proficiently performed phlebotomy procedures to obtain specimens for manual and automated hematology and chemistry send-out procedures.

Sentara Leigh Hospital – Laboratory Services, Norfolk, VA, 2005 to 2008

Senior Medical Technologist (2006 to 2008)

Medical Technologist, (2005 to 2006)

Diligently verified and ensured validity of test results before recording and reporting results.

Steered consistent compliance with College of American Pathologist (CAP) and CLIA 88 regulations and prepared lab for inspections by CAP.

Trained, supervised, mentored, and managed Clinical Chemistry department staff, technicians and laboratory processors in conducting highly complex tests and using equipment and instrumentation.

Efficiently administered department operations encompassing quality control/assurance, maintenance, inventory control, and safety compliance.

Partnered with clinical specialist and installation team to seamlessly deploy Roche COBAS 6000 chemistry instrumentation.

Served as laboratory liaison at hospital council meetings aimed at improving patient care and Turn Around Times (TAT).

Proactively collaborated with Quality Assurance team in monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting general laboratory practices to ensure optimum patient care.

Applied excellent analytical abilities toward evaluating collected laboratory data and generating reports documenting accuracy and precision of several instruments.

Played an integral role in annual evaluation and competency testing for department personnel.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 2003 to 2005

Medical Technologist, Generalist

Meticulously completed broad-scope diagnostic tests spanning all fields (biochemistry, endocrinology, toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, urinalysis, coagulation, and microbiology).

Prepared reagents, solvents, solutions, standards, stains, and slides for analysis in alignment with standard laboratory procedures.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Health System, Richmond, VA, 2000 to 2005

Medical Technologist, Microbiology / Chemistry (2002 to 2003)

Laboratory Specialist (2000 to 2002)

Complied with strict rules and regulations in handling infectious and biologically active specimens and prepared biological and mycological smears for microscopic analysis.

Identified, isolated, and cultivated microorganisms in body fluids, skin scrapings, exudates, and surgical specimens.

Precisely performed waived and moderate complexity testing via STAT for rapid HIV, streptococcus A, Cryptococcus neoformans and other bacterial antigens.

Prepared multiple types of media, reagents, tests solutions, smears stains and slides for microscopic analysis and conducted tests related to bacteriology, mycology, virology, and serology on specimens.

Clerkship Experience:

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA, 2001:

Blood Bank

Clinical Chemistry

Hematology/Oncology / Urinalysis

Microbiology

Molecular Diagnostics

Technical Skills

Instrumentation: Cepheid GeneXpert, Roche Integra 400 plus, COBAS c111 and 6000, Hitachi 912 and 917, Siemens ADVIA CENTAUR, ACS 180, BCS 180, Clinitek Atlas, Clinitek 50, Vitros 950, Bacti Alert blood culture machine, Sysmex series, Abbott iSTAT, Picollo Xpress.

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS): Cerner Classic, Cerner Millennium and Softlab, EPIC systems

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