Joel R. Puchalski

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Summary of Qualifications

Professional with diverse experience in corporate and academic research, project management, operations and leadership. Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills, focused on achieving results. Skilled in program management to organize, lead and complete complex initiatives as well as managing complicated study schedules. Accustomed to adapting to rapidly changing priorities and functioning in regulated environments, pre-clinical and clinical, with acute attention to customer service.

Professional Experience

Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico Senior, Research Associate July 2021 – Present

Hired to add flow cytometry to begin a new Immunology Department. Capability did not exist prior to hiring, so implementation of this capability began from the ground up.

• Developed all processes to perform flow cytometry on toxicology studies, beginning with, but not limited to; working with business development to create costing metrics and proposal language and drafted protocol for study direction.

• Interacted closely with clients to identify the end goal for a study in order to procure reagents and perform all method development.

• Created all processes to work internally, included sample transfers, sample processing and analysis and creation of SOPs, methods and forms.

• After data compilation, also wrote all contributing scientist reports for study direction.

• Responsible for building new lab space, capital expense planning to obtain new instrumentation and hiring and training of new personnel. Covance Laboratories, Early Development, Madison, Wisconsin Global Immunology and Immunotoxicology January 2017 – October 2019 Manager of Operations II

Responsible for establishing a new global Immunology and Immunotoxicology department

(toxicology and early phase clinical studies) to accommodate evolving needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

• In 2016, devised and gained approval for a global $12M Capital Expense Plan including designing and completing construction of new facilities along with personnel hiring and equipment purchases. Completed execution of all the phases on time, under budget and ahead of revenue projections to expand capabilities locally.

• Business development: Expanded assay platforms beyond flow cytometry to reduce outsourcing and accommodate industry shift for immunological needs.

• Service development: Increased immunotoxicology capacities and capabilities with new instrument platforms and data interfaces and assisted with harmonizing. instrument and assay validation processes across multiple sites worldwide.

• Operations: Expanded staff from 15 to 50 employees, assisted with creating analytics to monitor departmental FTE efficiencies, budgeting, workflow capacities, quality systems and facility design.

• Implemented several processes to ensure standard turn-around times for data availability and utilized similar process-mapping to identify process gaps within Immunotoxicology Services.

Joel R. Puchalski

608-***-**** ad4any@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/joelpuchalski61817732 Professional Experience (continued)

Covance Laboratories, Early Development, Madison, Wisconsin Clinical Pathology and Immunotoxicology Services January 2014 – December 2016 Manager of Operations I

Responsible for the laboratory operations of the Clinical Pathology Services and Immunotoxicology groups for both toxicology and clinical studies adhering to GLP, GCP and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) applications.

• Interacted with clients to understand study/project parameters and goals.

• Performed budgetary compliance and long-term capital expense planning for equipment purchases to remain technologically current; completed instrumentation validation using company IT processes that adhered to strict regulatory compliance.

• Managed a team of 30 scientists, technicians and support staff (2 technicians located at another site), completed performance reviews and yearly individual goal setting in order to accomplish global and site objectives.

Covance Laboratories, Early Development, Madison, Wisconsin Immunotoxicology Research Associate II July 2010 – December 2013 Worked with clients from the pharmaceutical industry to develop GLP compliant custom flow based assays to meet unique and exacting demands and for exploratory studies in the clinic.

• Developed assays based on current literature, performed method qualification/validations and prepared methods and standard operating procedures

(SOPs) to enable reproduction of experiments in a GLP compliant facility. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) January 2003 - July 2010 Instrumentation Specialist

Responsible for serving approximately 150 campus laboratories and several companies in the Madison area with flow cytometry assays.

• Participated in the design and execution of experiments for research and clinical labs.

• Taught Introduction to Flow Cytometry course and developed all accompanying training materials for clients.

Education

M.S. Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S. Microbiology, Colorado State University

B.S. Biological Sciences, Colorado State University Awards

• 2017 Madison Team of the Year: Immunology & Immunotoxicology

• 2016 Global Team of the Year: Greenfield GLP expansion project

• 2015 Covance Way Award; recognizes the top 1% of the global employee population who embody the collective aspiration, belief and passion for excellence

• 2015 Eli Lilly Award for Outstanding Collaboration in Immunotoxicology Services

• 2014 Employee Engager Award for Global Early Development, chosen from 10 international sites

• 2014 Employee Engager Award for Early Development in Madison (local)

• 2013 Madison Team of the Year: Clinical Pathology/ Immunotoxicology

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