Armando Carranza

508-***-**** adwjnb@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA May 2017

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA May 2013

• Associate Degree, Basic Biomedical Engineering

Universidad Estatal Salvador Allende, Guayaquil, Ecuador June 1993

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Pharmacy

EXPERIENCE

Pelmeds Community Pharmacy, MA October 2021- Present Certified Pharmacy Technician ( CPhT)

• In- charge of three robots which dispense cycles of medication and bingo cards for long term care facilities.

• Stored & handled various types of medications ranging from prescription, refrigerated, control and chemotherapy medicine, verifying their NDCs from prescriptions.

• Dispensed liquid medication by prefilling syringes to ensure patient receives prescribed dosage and minimize risk.

• Organized and maintained proper inventory of medication stock by returning all unused supplies once filling was completed

Bristol Mayer Squibb. Devens, MA June 2021-July2022 Bioprocess Associate (Downstream),

• Assemble, clean, glass wash & sterilize equipment used in buffer process along with monitoring processes

• Use different software such as DELTAV, SINCADE, LIMS to execute different tasks

• Prepare different buffers, titrations, and adjust pH and conductivity of buffers

• Prepare small volume buffers and solutions when required

• Standardization of equipment (scale) and solutions such as pH and conductivity (offline and online) Express Scripts – Freedom Fertility Pharmacy. Newbury, MA Dec 2019- June 2021 Pharmacy Technician Trainee,

• Data entry to process new prescriptions and refills

• Processing insurance claims in order to distribute patient medication

• Picking, filling, labeling, and packing prescription for pharmacist to verify Boston Clinical Laboratories, Inc. Waltham, MA Jul 2019 – Nov 2019 Data Entry/ Lab Assistant,

• Responsible for the medical data entry for the samples received in lab daily

• Processed samples for hematology, chemistry, immunology, parasitology, and urinalysis test

• Ran quality control check on samples through HPLC technique processing glycosylated hemoglobin

(HbA1C). Then loaded, ran, and analyzed blood samples.

• Prepared forms to transfer samples to other laboratories with different processing capacities

• Assisted in general lab duties and aided team members on any task such as solution preparation and hazardous waste disposal

• Helped make bacteria culture of urine, vaginal secretion, fringe secretion, etc. New Horizons Pharmacies, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1995-2004 Pharmacist & Laboratory Clinician,

• Accurately analyzed hundreds of test samples in a wide variety of areas including urinalysis, parasitology, microbiology, hematology, and biochemistry

• Served as phlebotomist in the clinic aiding in the collection and processing samples to run tests

• Cleaned and sterilized material using high temperature such hot water and autoclave

• Prepared culture media, bacterial staining through methods such as Gram and Ziehl Neelsen, identified type of bacterial growth, performed microbial counts, antibiograms and made a differential diagnosis according to biochemical reaction

• Diagnosed and reported the results to be submitted to the overseeing physician. ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Basic knowledge on HPLC, SDS-PAGE, Mass Spectrometry and other biophysical techniques

• Worked on a certificated with the classes: Advanced Analytical chemistry, Advanced Physical Biochemistry and Protein Chemistry

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)