SUMMARY

Outgoing, detail-oriented chemist with keen critical thinking and analytical skills. Strong interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills as demonstrated by continuous expansion in responsibility.

Contribute independently, or as part of a team, to coordinate and manage projects.

Leadership abilities. Consistently gained increased responsibility through employment history and academic pursuit culminating in supervising a team of technicians.

SKILLS

Manufacturing and Production

Water based Paper coatings

LDPE Paper coatings

Paper lamination

Rubber Formulation

IR spectrophotometry

Rheometry

Team collaboration

Critical Thinking

Quality Assurance

Root Cause Analysis

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cascades Sonoco February 2020 – November 2020

Technical Manager

Oversaw the lab to market process of several multimillion dollar product lines.

Helped develop and roll out strategic projects on the water-based product line and extrusion line.

Collaborated with the quality department to start a HACCP program for the facility, including creating the Crisis Communications Guide.

Maintained chemical inventories resulting a 50% reduction in chemicals through control of purchasing, monthly cycle counts, and disposal.

Managed the product development process of the plant, including implementing proper record keeping protocols.

Collected quotes for needed products and projects.

Assisted Chief engineer in scheduling, planning, and managing Cap Ex projects, namely, the finishing touches on the multimillion dollar dual coating machine.

Supervised new product trials by preparing trial protocols, document machine parameters and shared conclusions and recommendations to the team.

Provided technical assistance to clients and business partners

Mountville Mills Rubber Company February 2019 – February 2020

Quality Supervisor

Collected and analyzed data for continuous improvement of process and materials.

Identified and analyzed the root cause of chronic operating issues and proposed solutions.

Provided customers with expert technical support with root cause analysis of compound issues on both the compound and processing sides.

Lead the quality control technicians, including mediating interpersonal conflicts, time card and scheduling issues, and upheld HR and attendance policies.

Plant Chemist

Main responsibilities of position were to meet customer’s expectations and requirements by developing rubber compounds, scale-up and optimization of production methods, and report project status to both management and customers. oversee the daily operations of research and development. Successfully implanted a system to track and catalogue R&D projects. Managed and created new recipes in Mesabi production system, including mix procedures, batch weights, and fill factors.

Troubleshoot and provided technical support to the production supervisors and operators.

Oversaw the transition of compounds from R&D to full scale production, including visits to customer to observe the performance of our products.

Collaborated with Materials Manager for cost optimization of materials and compounds.

Implemented a naming scheme for internal compounds.

HEXPOL Compounding April 2016 – February 2019

Process Chemist

Main responsibilities of position were to formulate rubber recipes based on customer needs and requirements, provide customers with expert technical support with root cause analysis of compound issues on both the compound and processing sides, oversee the daily operations of R&D, scale-up and optimization of production methods, and report project status to both management and customers.

Lead auditor for ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.

Assisted Quality manager in assuring our compliance in rainwater runoff, waste water, and air quality.

Planned and implemented safety procedures with safety committee for R&D and production.

Managed the labs stock room inventories including labeling, cataloguing, disposal, and purchasing.

Collected and analyzed data for continuous improvement of process and materials.

Provided key technical support and project management to save a $5 million/year project.

Identified and analyzed the root cause of chronic operating issues and proposed solutions.

Troubleshoot and provided technical support to the production supervisors and operatives.

University of Texas at Dallas, Chemistry Department August 2014 – May 2016

Research Assistant

The primary objective was to design and develop new procedures for synthesizing covalent organic frameworks with hydrazone linkages for increased crystallinity and gas storage separation Synthesized, characterized, and analyzed a series of novel metal organic frameworks (MOF) for a comparative study of their gas storage and separation properties.

Planned and performed small-scale to moderate multi-step synthesis using wet chemistry techniques.

Purified and characterized new chemical compounds using flash chromatography, 1H and 13C NMR, IR, LC-MS, GC-MS, porosity analysis and benchtop synthesis.

Composed research summaries and assisted in drafting manuscripts for publications using chemistry related software (Scifinder, ChemDraw, Mercury, Avogadro, Spartan, and MS Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint).

Mentored and trained undergraduates in laboratory techniques and project management.

University of Texas at Tyler, Chemistry Department May 2012 - May 2014

Research Assistant - Robert A. Welch Foundation/LSAMP Scholar

The main objective of our research was to prepare natural and unnatural Fmoc-protected amino acid building blocks for solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) for total synthesis of desmethoxymajusculamide C (DMMC) for biological testing against certain cancer lines. Specifically focused on methylating amino acid subunits via organic synthesis techniques, extractions and purifications.

Maintained detailed documentation of all laboratory tasks and data.

Monthly progress reports were completed for effective project management.

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EDUCATION

Master of Science in Chemistry May 2016

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

GPA: 3.55

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with ACS Certification May 2014

University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler Texas

GPA: 3.90 - Magna Cum Laude

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