Professional Education Consultant
Resume:
John Daniel Mixer Curriculum Vitae & Resume
San Jose, California 95111 ****.******@*****.*** 480-***-****
Education:
D.O. (Medical School), incomplete 2014-2017
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
B.A. (Spanish); B.S. (biochemistry); M.S. (chemistry) 2005-2010
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Specialty Certifications:
Basic life support (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated 2019
external defibrillation)
Work Experience:
Quality Control Technician in Mesa, Arizona 2020-present
DSM Dyneema
Sales & Operations Manager (Self-Employed) in Chicago, Illinois 2011-2019
Tutorologix™
Certified Anesthesia Technician & Medical Device Educator 2011-2014
UChicago Medicine
Assistant Youth Coordinator in Chicago, Illinois 2008-2010
Centro Romero
Volunteer Experience:
Meal Packing Volunteer 2018-2019
Feed My Starving Children, Chicago, Illinois
Medical Mission Volunteer 2010-present
Children’s Medical Ministries, Bloomingdale, Illinois
Leadership Roles:
Logistics Coordinator for 3 international medical missions 2010, 2017
to Guatemala, Peru, and Vietnam
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Professional Experience
DSM Dyneema - Mesa, AZ
Quality Control Technician, 2020 to Present
Related Skills: Test Method Validation, Visual (Quality) Inspections, Sample Preparation & Physical Testing, Laboratory Testing, Raw Materials Testing, Quality Control, Quality Management Systems, Database, Data Entry, Data Management, Quality Improvement.
• Ensure quality compliance to all products and procedures for the DSM Dyneema Mesa, AZ facility.
• Responsible for reviewing results and reporting necessary values on certificates of conformance (CofC) and sharing this information with Logistics to relay to the customer.
• Performs inspection, sample preparation, and physical testing on raw materials, work in progress, and finished products. Testing and measurement activities may include but not limited to tensile, tear strength, peel strength, puncture, abrasion, density, viscosity, water vapor transmission rate, flammability, and water pressure resistance.
• Maintain excellent laboratory documentation skills and documents; review laboratory work using forms, procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that are in place.
• Certified author for controlled documents (SOP, Production/Quality records, Testing Procedure) revisions/redlines/development.
• Perform In-Process Verification to ensure compliance with Standard Operational Procedures and Quality issues related to inspection, training, and equipment set up.
• Review Batch records including control check sheets, controlled notebooks, raw data, and lab reports.
• Participate in Kaizen events, Gemba walks, and group decision making for process improvement.
• Report to various organization levels including supervisors, managers, and directors.
Key Contributions:
●Coordinated DSM Mesa location’s implementation of an Electronic Document Management (EDM) software/system (including procedures, tools, processes, and software packages). Initiated, analyzed requirements, designed, migrated, tested, implemented, rolled-out, set up, and supported employees how to manage procedures, guidelines, work instructions, instructions to contractors, templates, numbering, and filing systems already in place and how to create new processes and procedures with the software. Served as the point person for document control guidance and mentoring.
●Assisted in completing an external audit by a major customer of DSM for the first time since the installation of new quality control laboratory management.
●Wrote the validation testing procedures and served as the validation tester, collaboratively with development engineers, control engineers, and safety engineers, to validate an industrial CO2 laser (Boss LS-4055) to have this laser become the standard cutting method for all specimens tested in the quality laboratory.
●Authored a multitude of forms, standard operating procedures (SOP's), and work instructions in areas of expertise.
Tutorologix™
Professional Education Manager & Consultant, Tutor, 2011 to 2019
Related Skills: Strategic Planning, Account Management, Customer Retention, Computer-Based Proficiency, Time Management, Training & Development, Brand Awareness, Marketing, Business Operations, Leadership & Technical Support, Follow SOPs
Key Contributions:
●Supervised over 200 students (with a six-person team) and tutored 40 students taking college entrance exams. Devised action plans to raise ACT and SAT scores and facilitated sessions to develop strong application profiles for entrance into colleges.
●Raised the average of students’ ACT scores 4-6 points and raised students SAT scores 150-200 points higher.
UChicago Medicine – Chicago, IL
Certified Anesthesia Technician + Medical Device Educator, 2011-2014
Related Skills: Team Leadership, Market Development, Pipeline & Relationship Growth, Safety Procedures, Compliance, Medical Terminology, Confidentiality, Research, Medical Documentation
Provided education and consultation in support of end-user education needs. Conducted key activities related to product conversions in select facilities inclusive of but not limited to education and expertise. Assessed customer needs and assists with resolving issues stemming from a lack of product knowledge or understanding. Followed-up with key accounts and customers to assess unmet education and needs as it related to successful product implementation.
Key Contributions:
●Completed training as a Kaizen Promotion Officer to lead continuous improvement projects through Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen in the hospital’s transition to its new state-of-the-art Center for Care and Discovery in 2013.
●Promoted to a Lead Anesthesia Technician in Comer Children's Hospital to supervise 5 anesthesia technicians and further gain their participation in continuous improvement projects.
●Supported upper and mid-level anesthesia providers with Anesthesia & Critical Care Department's Go Live Epic Anesthesia event during its transition from paper to the electronic medical record via Epic Anesthesia software.
●Served as a Point of Care Technical Consultant and was responsible for point-of-care testing of Epocal blood gas analyzers under the College of American Pathologists.
●Trained and ensured that over 200 users of Anesthesia & Critical Care kept their competencies up-to-date for using the Epocal blood gas analyzers.
Education
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Masters of Science in Chemistry
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
Bachelors of Arts in Spanish
Professional Certifications:
CPR & AED Basic Life Support (2019-2021)
Professional Training:
Six Sigma, 7 Quality Control (7QC)
Languages:
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Technical Proficiencies:
Electronic Document Management (EDM) software/system
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Google Drive Suite (Google Drive (Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides, Forms) & Google Classroom)
LinkedIn Skills Assessment Badges:
Adobe Photoshop Badge (earned 1/13/2021)
Agile Methodologies (earned 1/14/2021)
Google Analytics Badge (earned 1/13/2021)
Machine Learning (earned 1/14/2021)
Microsoft Azure Badge (earned 1/13/2021)
Microsoft Excel Badge (earned 1/13/2021)
Microsoft Outlook Badge (earned 1/14/2021)
Microsoft Word (earned 7/4/2020)
SharePoint Badge (earned 1/14/2021)
Community Outreach
Volunteer, Logistics Coordinator - International Missions, Central America & Vietnam, 2010/2017
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