Steve Konings

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Milwaukee, WI 53222

414-***-****

adnigw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Seeking new career that offers new challenges while utilizing my experience in managing processes, people, and continuous quality improvement in a highly regulated field. Experience

Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 10/04 – Present

Manager, Blood and Marrow Transplant Laboratory

Organize elements required for the lab's role in performing hematopoietic stem cell transplants.

Evaluate feasible of lab's role in performing new clinical trials, including CAR T products.

Perform initial and final review of all processing procedures, ensuring that processing records are complete.

Work with others in program to ensure regulatory compliance for JCAHO, CAP, FACT and FDA.

Conduct annual competency and personnel evaluations.

Assist in the writing, editing, and validation of laboratory policies, procedures and work forms.

Maintain records, participate in the design and scheduling of experiments for the validation of new and modification of existing technical procedures.

Prepare annual budget and capital budget requests.

Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 12/96 - 10/04

Senior Laboratory Technologist, Lymphocyte Propagation Laboratory

Develop procedures for generating antigen specific T cell clones and lines for BMT patients.

Implement systems to ensure compliance with newly emerging regulations.

Participate in hiring and training new lab staff.

Assist post-docs and visiting scientists with projects.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 9/89 – 12/96

Senior Research Associate, Blood Research Lab

Conduct research on the mechanisms of drug induced agranulocytosis.

Write and update procedure manual.

Maintain records of all work conducted.

Modify research strategy based on results obtained.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 4/88 – 9/89

Laboratory Technologist, Blood and Marrow Transplant Laboratory

Prepare supplies and reagents used in processing bone marrow for transplantation.

Perform quality control on instruments used in processing.

Perform cell processing according to standard protocols and deliver for infusion.

Perform assays to assess the potency of the cell product obtained for infusion. Education

Bachelor of Arts, Biology, 1985. Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. Water Resource Analyst, 1985. AuSable Institute for Environmental Studies, Mancelona, MI. Master of Science, Biological Sciences, 1988. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Publications

1985 Konings, S.A., VanDyke, G.D. and Wolff, R.J. Distribution of Chitinolytic Bacteria in Various Aquatic Systems: A Comparative Study. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Symposium.

1988 Konings, S.A., and Remsen, C.C. Enumerating Methanotrophic Bacteria with an Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Assay. North Central Branch Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. Madison, WI.

2001 CA Keever-Taylor, D Margolis, S Konings, GR Sandford, CA Nicolette, C Lawendowski WH Burns. Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cytolytic T-Cell Lines and Clones Generated Against Adenovirus-pp65-Infected Dendritic Cells. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 7:247-256.

2003 Keever-Taylor CA, Behn B, Konings S, Orentas R, Davies B, Margolis D. Suppression of EBV release from irradiated B lymphoblastoid cell-lines: superior activity of ganciclovir compared with acyclovir. Cytotherapy 5(4)323-335. 2004 Ramadan G, Konings S, Kurup VP and Keever-Taylor CA. Generation of Aspergillus- and CMV- specific T-cell Responses using Autologous fast DC. Cytotherapy 6(3)223- 234.

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