Data Entry Quality Control

JASON HOANG

Prospective Candidate - ***********@*****.*** - 415-***-****

SUMMARY

● Laboratory Professional with a bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of GLP/GMP regulated experience performing biological sample collection, processing, and management for various biotech companies.

● Responsible for use, maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of lab automation hardware and software.

● Efficiently performs repetitive/routine tasks with high attention to detail, maintaining accuracy and consistency while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

● Maintains inventory logs, sample tracking, lab reports, and data entry within various software including LIMS, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and Laboratory Notebooks.

● Ensures quality control and assurance throughout the sample management process via compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and optimization of laboratory procedures.

● Completes tasks independently within a collaborative team environment, with experience training/mentoring newly hired personnel.

SKILLS

● Regulatory Compliance (GMP, GLP, CLIA)

● SOP Compliance/Review

● Quality Control/Assurance (QC/QA)

● Biological Sample Management

● Sample Collection/Processing

● Automated Liquid Handlers

● Media Preparation

● Cryopreservation via Freezerpro

● Aliquoting

● Centrifuging

● Sample Labeling

● Sample Distribution

● Aseptic Techniques

● Data Entry/Integrity

● Training/Mentorship

● Report/SOP Writing

● LIMS / Jira / Confluence

● Microsoft Office Suite

● Google Suite

● Libra

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AbbVie. South San Francisco, CA (1/2025-

Present)

Research and Development Technician 2, Compound Management

● Supports the weekly compound processing including preparation of powders and DMSO stock solutions from in-house chemists, as well as local/international CRO/Collaborators

● Daily compound retrieval and distribution for assay screening and one-off requests from various researchers to ensure on-time delivery to support Discovery departments; will work with automated liquid handlers

(TECAN/ECHO) and other instruments for daily tasks

● Maintenance of compound inventory for short/long term storage utilizing cryopreservation, LIMS system, and a detailed inventory of lab supply inventory

● Refine and simplify the ongoing development of SOPs to streamline lab processes for a guideline in standard lab procedures that adhere to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

● Documents laboratory reports, detailed notes, cross-department communications, and sample records/logs within laboratory notebooks, Libra, LIMS, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams. LabCorp (acquired Invitae). San Francisco, CA (05/2023 – 12/2024)

Lab Technician I, NGS Extraction

● Executes Sample Management through receiving, logging, aliquoting, labelling, maintaining, storing, cryopreservation, and tracking human biological samples such as blood, saliva, tissues, and buccal samples.

● Prepares specimens and reagents for DNA/RNA extraction and processes samples/specimens using automated liquid-handling systems (Hamilton STARS, STARlets) in accordance to SOPs.

● Ensures quality control and quality assurance processes through assay optimization, SOP review and adherence, and maintenance of laboratory instruments.

● Complies with local, state, and federal laboratory standards including Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

● Manages succinct and detailed documentation of lab documentation, sample records, and cross-team communication

● Efficiently performs routine/repetitive tasks with attention to detail, maintaining accuracy and consistency while handling 1000-1200 biological samples daily for plasma isolations/DNA extractions

● Responsible for EHS safety, storage, and waste of liquids for preparation of buffers, reagents, and solutions.

● Completes tasks independently within a collaborative team environment and provides training and mentorship to newly hired lab staff.

Color Health, Inc. Burlingame, CA (09/2021 – 02/2023) Clinical Laboratory Associate II, COVID Sample Management (06/2022 – 02/2023)

● Received, logged, labelled, maintained, tracked, and shipped nasal and cheek swab samples (COVID samples) in support of Biological Sample Management within LIMS.

● Utilized and maintained automated liquid handlers (Hamilton) for processing and aliquoting human biological samples.

● Contributed to laboratory housekeeping including hazardous materials disposal, basic calculations, equipment operation/maintenance, and preparation of solutions including buffers, reagents, and media.

● Documented, analyzed, and presented laboratory data via physical lab notebooks/logbooks, Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suites, and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).

● Complied with SOPs and laboratory standards including Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).

● Completed tasks independently within a collaborative team environment, provided training to lab personnel, implemented MediaLab training modules, and communicated cross-departmentally with supervisors. Clinical Laboratory Associate I, Biological Sample Management (09/2021 – 06/2022)

● Supported Sample Management for nasal and cheek swab samples, including handling, logging, labelling, maintaining, storing (cryopreservation), tracking, and shipping biological samples in compliance with GLP.

● Restocked lab inventory and performed routine laboratory maintenance, including equipment maintenance, maintaining lab cleanliness and a safe laboratory environment.

● Performed specimen receipt, accessioning, and sample transfer using laboratory automation.

● Performed routine/repetitive tasks with attention to detail, maintaining accuracy and consistency while handling high volume of biological samples daily.

● Assisted licensed personnel, under direct and constant supervision, in the following: routine clinical testing including reagent preparation and nucleic acid extraction, equipment and reagent validation, and other laboratory necessities.

● Documented all corrective actions taken on JIRA software when there is a deviation to the test system.

● Reported any lab instrumental issues with specific maintenance documentation and completed shutdown procedures according to SOP.

WorkSite Labs. San Francisco, CA (11/2020 – 09/2021) Laboratory Technician, Biological Sample Management (01/2021 – 09/2021)

● Managed human biological samples (blood and COVID samples) including receiving, cryopreservation, tracking, processing, aliquoting, and distributing/shipping.

● Operated under a constructive and adaptable framework of SOPS in labeling, handling, and processing COVID nasopharyngeal samples to test within 1-3 days prior to passenger flights.

● Ensured accurate sample identifications matched to a batch ID list both for extraction plate managing and patient information data processing on Qbench system.

● Performed an extraction protocol for testing patient samples utilizing Atila qPCR kits and lab processing equipment.

● Maintained and handled biohazardous waste disinfecting lab instruments, extraction protocol apparatus, lab equipment, and mobile shipping container surfaces. Laboratory Administrative Assistant (11/2020 – 01/2021)

● Provided accurate patient specimen processing and database information into a LIMS system via Qbench.

● Maintained constant updates to private and confidential patient health information and test results.

● Retrieved and archived under patient information upon request under a constructive SOP format

● Collaborated effectively with Lab Technicians to provide necessary accommodations for processing patient samples with adaptive lab equipment, lab consumables, and qPCR testing reagents.

● Documented laboratory equipment shipment, consumables, reagents, hardware, and tech-ware via lab inventory system Quartzy.

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis. Davis, CA (06/2020) Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Concentration in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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