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HIGHLIGHTS:

Eight plus years microbiological analysis in food processing industry

Seven plus years analytical chemistry experience

Certified Forklift Operator

Internship South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, Columbia, SC

Served as an assistant in an ongoing research project

EDUCATION:

University of MS Oxford, MS

Bachelor s in Forensic Chemistry 5/2001

EXPERIENCE:

Quincy Foods Quincy, WA

Quality Assurance Supervisor 01/2022 Responsible for assuring food safety and quality standards are adhered to throughout the manufacturing facility. Position emphasizes HACCP program in all aspects of production, from receiving from fields to frozen transport to the customer. QA Supervisors are also responsible for ensuring product that leaves the facility follows customer specifications for quality, microbiological control, and food safety. Supervisors oversee graders for product quality, checkweighers for packaging integrity, as well as microbiology technicians for bacterial control of product.

Washington Potato Pasco, WA

Microbiology Technician 9/2012- 12/2021 Responsible for microbiological sample collection and analysis of agricultural products, including but not limited to total plate count, total coliform, e. coli count. Ensures daily supply of materials and media necessary to perform daily analyses. Familiar with USDA and company specifications for all products to ensure the product is of highest quality, as well as for documentation of HACCP protocols for each line.

Eberline Services Hanford Hanford, WA

Industrial Hygiene Technician 2/2011 – 8/2011

Perform workforce and workplace surveillance to ensure worker safety including heat/cold stress, heavy metal exposure, dust and silica exposure, asbestos, and toxic gases. Responsible for issuance and maintenance of respiratory protection used at said area.

EAS Bio Richland, WA

Data Courier 10/2010 – 12/2010

Served as an integral part of the chain of custody of survey data and samples generated during the assessment of ecological damage caused throughout Louisiana from the DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill. Traveled to sampling locations with proper supplies to document sample collection, preserve samples, and ensure consistent, legally defensible chains of custody for data and samples collected.

CH2M Hill Hanford, WA

NDA Technician 12/2009 – 10/2010

Responsible for the transportation and operation of Non-Destructive Apparatus (NDA) instruments used to quantify radioactivity in transuranic and low-level mixed hazardous wastes generated from decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. NDA instrumentation used includes NaI (sodium iodide) and HP GeO (high purity germanium oxide) crystal-based detectors. Responsible for surveying areas to be quantified and work in conjunction with scientists to determine the optimal placement of readings to determine the level of safety necessary for the workers during the decontamination and decommissioning work.

International Engineering Solutions Hanford, WA

Visual Examination Technician 6/2009 – 11/2009

Responsible for characterization of transuranic and low-level mixed hazardous wastes generated during demolition of facilities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Maintain exacting records of any and all wastes characterized as well as dates and locations of characterization. Additionally involved in streamlining and writing protocols and procedures for characterization at different nuclear facilities.

R J Lee Group Pasco, WA

Scientist I 11/2007 – 3/2009

Responsible for environmental sample analysis in various matrices using a variety of instrumental techniques, including ICP MS, GC/MS, HPLC, GC FID, as well as more traditional wet chemistry methods. Most recently involved in a radioactive waste stabilizing research project involving mixing waste with cement. Also responsible for generating workable methodologies to perform testing, as well as quality control of data and policies. Perform analyses in an efficient manner with attention to quality of both data and instrumentation.

Tyson Fresh Meats Wallula, WA

Chemist/Microbiologist IV 4/2003 – 10/2007

Responsible for daily analyses of Tyson plant products with rapid turn-around times, including but not limited to ECH7 O157 testing of raw meat samples; protein, moisture, fat, and bacterial contamination levels of meat meal and raw meat samples; and moisture, free fatty acid content, and peroxide value of tallow derived from beef. Additionally responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental and USDA regulations through daily and weekly testing of wastewater for protein, fat, nitrates, nitrogen, and other contaminant levels. Responsible for continued adaptation to new analyses and standards of compliance as the need arises.