Field Operator Analytical Chemist
Resume:
Michael Turoff
Houston, TX 77061-1505
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A highly effective Analytical Chemist Researcher / Laboratory Supervisor who meets challenges skillfully and creates positive change. A dynamic and innovative individual with the proven ability to develop and lead diverse, multi-disciplinary teams. A proven leader with a record of success creating open and focused working environments; where imagination and speculation are balanced by modern management practices, targeted on practical research outcomes.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
A broad background in QA/QC, Product Development, and Material Analytics includes:
Lab Management
Equipment Selection / Set-up
QC Methods Development
Operations Improvement
Employee Training / Coaching
Staffing / Scheduling
Field Operator Training
QC Lab Operations
ISO 9001 Implementation
Lab Design / Setup
Methods Library Development
Regulatory Compliance
Six Sigma Processes
Equipment Repair / Maintenance
Equipment Calibration
Waste Reprocessing
Union / Non-Union Environments
Process Optimization
Nouryon Polymer Chemicals, La Porte, Texas (Formerly AkzoNobel Polymer Chemicals) 12/2014 – 9/2019
Senior Chemist
Responsible for all Gas and Ion Chromatography system methods and operations, Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometry methods and operations. Documentation of all analytical methods including training of technicians in the use of those instruments. Maintained preparations of all critical chemical solutions for calibrations and internal standards for the equipment. Assisted in the design and implementation of new laboratory facilities at this company.
MPR Services, Inc., Dickinson, Texas (Now in Phoenix, Arizona) 10/1999 – 7/2014
Lab Supervisor and Scientist
Managed the research / sample processing operations of an independent service laboratory. Supported the Sales Team by providing prompt turnaround of customer samples and developing process improvements for caustic waste stream treatment. Supervised four lab chemists and technicians, trained operations personnel in field chemistry tasks and managed numerous research projects.
Developed and delivered a sample processing / equipment operations training program for field operators.
Developed and delivered a training program for the lab personnel in the use of equipment including GCs, ICs, HPLC, ICP, and Automated Titrators.
Designed and laid-out a two-room (Wet Lab / Dry Lab) laboratory and directed the move and setup of the new facility. Design requirements included work flow analysis, electrical requirements, work station layout, and equipment specification.
Established SQC protocols for the lab.
Earned a patent for the design of a process to remove carbon dioxide from a
di-isopropanolamine impurity. (US 7,323,600 B1)
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Houston, Texas
9/1992 – 10/1999
Staff Chemist
Responsibilities: GC, physical and titrations methods development. Designed and implemented the building of a new laboratory facility. Performed modernization/documentation of existing procedures and team coordination of several ongoing projects.
Led the implementation of an ISO-9001 program. Implemented use of new GC Data System
EDUCATION
M.S. Analytical Chemistry University of Houston, Houston, Texas
B.S. Chemistry Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey
EQUIPMENT
Gas Chromatographs • Liquid/High Performance Liquid and Gel Permeation Chromatographs
Ion Chromatographs CO2 analyzers • Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometer
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer • Micro-processor Controlled Titrators • Nitrogen Analyzers
CHNOS Analyzer • Infrared Spectrophotometer • Muffle Furnaces and Ovens
UV/VIS/NIR spectrometers • Analytical Balances • Mass Spectrophotometer
Solvent Extraction Instruments • pH meters
CHROMATOGRAPHY SOFTWARES: Justice Laboratories: Chrom Perfect® and Chrom Spirit® Agilent: Chem Station and Open Lab, Dionex/Thermo Fisher Chromeleon® and its several predecessors
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