George Manolopoulos

Experience

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  Laboratory Corporation of America

  May 1999 - Dec 1999

  Lab Assistant

  Preparation of bacterial cultures. Fungal and parasite testing

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  Greek Army

  Feb 2003 - Feb 2004

  Corporal

  In charge of tank crewResponsible for tank maintenanceTowards the end of my service I was chosen as the next in command of the tank platoon

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  Microanalysis

  Feb 2004 - Mar 2005

  Biologist

  Performing EIA testing for cancer markers, hepatitis and gestation testing. Responsible for equipment quality control

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  Health Care Discoveries

  Jun 2005 - Jun 2009

  ICON Development Solutions

  Screening of potential clinical research subjects and safety lab testing of them.Part time position while working full time as a molecular biologist and going to school for my MS in Biology.

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  QualTex Labs

  Jul 2005 - Aug 2012

  Managed a staff of sixteen and the continuous testing of tens of thousands of samples each dayLab utilized various commercially available (Novartis and Roche) and in house developed assays for testing for HIV, HCV, HBV, HAV, Parvo B19 and WNV.Lead on dozens of quality improvement, new instrument and process implementation and validation projectsEnsured compliance with FDA, German Health Authority, CAP, CLIA rules and regulationsOrganized the set up of the NAT lab in the QualTex facility located in Atlanta, GANegotiate with vendors over price quotes in order to cut costsCertified Internal AuditorOrganizer/presenter of continuing education opportunities for the staff and the San Antonio retirement community, as part of QualTex Core Value projects Show less

  • Genetic Testing Lab Supervisor

    Sept 2009 - Aug 2012

  • Lead Lab Technologist

    Feb 2008 - Sept 2009

  • Molecular Biologist

    Jul 2005 - Feb 2008
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  Center for Disease Detection

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Lead Lab Technologist

  Review and verification of all the immunology lab test resultsEIA testing for various infectious diseases.Part time position after February 2013

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  Pathology Reference Laboratory

  Feb 2013 - now

  Clinical Lab Manager

  Head of the Cytology Processing and Molecular Testing Labs. Labs performing testing for HPV, Group B Strep, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomonas, Candida, Gardnerela and HSV and preparing Pap smear slides for evaluation.Responsible for the reorganization of both departments.Responsible for lab compliance with CAP standards.