Manager Six Sigma

Brandon A. Serraile

Phone: 405-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

Objective: To use my quantitative, analytical, and leadership skills to obtain and a position in Technical Management.

Employment History:

Valspar,

R&D Lab Technician III: New product development/Composites May 2011- Current

• Responsible for new product development and testing per requested needs and specifications. This includes customer visits to assist Technical Service in the up-scale of new formulas and products.

• Experienced in managing the StageGate process and its uses such as implementing a new product or introducing a customer to Valspar’s products.

• Actively updates existing formulas for higher efficiently using Minitab and Optiva.

• Within the lab, various instrumentation and bench chemistry methodologies are used to ensure polyester and polyurethane based products are prepared safely and are compliant with ASTM, US and international requirements.

• Works directly with the Sr. Technical Manager and Sr. Chemist to qualify and introduce new raw materials for production and sale. Process includes creating price points, writing SOPs, and TDS, and JHAs before upscale.

• Responsible for writing and maintain all technical Standard Operating Procedures and Job Hazard Analysis for current site. Works with Technical Manager to keep ISO 9000/9001 compliant.

• Directly works with QC/QA Manager in ensuring each formula is made through production with the least error and highest cost efficiency. Serves as associate plant chemist for batches that need rework or technical support.

• Actively uses Lean Six Sigma, Yellow Belt, methodologies for lab management and organization. Managing the 6S for all laboratories in the plant.

Lab Technician II: Extrusion R&D Dept. (Lab Support) Feb 2011- May 2011

• Create, color, and match various paint formulas for aluminum coatings for various projects using instrumentation and wet lab techniques to meet industry, ISO, and OSHA standards.

• Customize and create finalized formulas and documentation for communication with local dispense and national facilities within the company.

• Participate in monthly safety audits of two local laboratories to ensure ISO and safety standards are meet including instrument calibration.

• Coordinate with Sr. Chemist and Lab Technicians on various R&D projects to meet deadlines and company goals.

SET Environmental

Health, Safety, and Environmental Chemist May2010- Dec 2010

• HAZWHOPER for on-site chemical remediation and excavation.

• Managed on-site chemical segregation for lab-pack technicians and DOT personnel.

• Designated Chemist for on-site lab testing; including mobile instrumentation for unknown chemicals. HPLC, pH meters, and Karl-Fisher titrations where some of the tools used for chemical determination.

• Maintained accountability for overhead and researcher billing; introduced new program for maintaining records.

Alabama A&M University, Chemistry Dept

Assistant Laboratory Manager Aug 2009-May 2010

• Recommended operational changes (storage & discarding of chemicals, compliance to OSHA rules, etc.,) in Lab this bolsters the University’s ability to secure ACS certification in lab safety.

• Helped to further implement an internal undergraduate single semester internship program within the

Department.

Lab Technician Aug 2007- Aug 2009

• Maintains a full accounting of lab inventory and resolves programmatic discrepancies

• Sets-up and monitors lab experiments and ensures strict adherence to American Chemical Society Standards (ACS) and applicable state laws.

• Partnered with the university to maintain and revamp the education of International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) practices

Education:

Alabama A&M University;

Bachelors of Science in Chemistry emphasis towards Mathematics and English May 2010

OSHA HAZWHOPER 40hr Certification, 2010

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 2012

Research:

AAMU Chemistry Dept.; Dec 2008- Mar 2010 “Scale Factors for Vibrational Frequencies Using HF, B3LYP, and MP2 with Split Valence Basis Sets”; Dr. Jong Hwa Kim

Focus: A Theoretical chemistry experiment that involved cross analyzed with instrumentation and wet chemistry to determine Vibrational frequencies of multiple chemical compounds created in various valence basis sets.

Environment: Linux based computational chemistry(Cygwin, RHEL, ChemOffice, C++); wet lab measurements, titrations, chemical reductions; Instrumentation with FTIR, GC-MS, GC, Spectroscopy;

Center for Irradiation of Materials Mar 2008- Dec 2008

Instruction of Dr. Hollis Lynn Bowman in Collaboration with A&M Chemistry Dept;

Focus: Voltammetry used to compare the Horwitz Curve and trace analysis of lead in aqueous samples

Environment: Linux based computational chemistry (Excel, Mat Lab, ChemOffice,); GC, titrations, chemical reductions;

Technical Experience:

• Spectroscopy: Fluorescence, Atomic

• Absorption: ESR, FTIR

• Chromatography: GC, GC-MS, HPLC

• Computational: C++, Linux- Cygwin, MSOffice Suite (Excel, Word, ), ChemOffice (ChemDraw), Oracle 11i, Optiva, Minitab

Affiliations:

• 2007 – 2010: President, Student Affiliates of American Chemical Society (SAACS)

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