Experience

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  Brigham young university

  May 2009 - Apr 2011

  Biophysics research assistant for dixon woodbury, ph.d

  Co-Team Leader of the Bilayer Team. Oversaw students who ran dozens of experiments that measured exocytotic events. Compiled, organized, and analyzed the data, created posters and presented at two national conferences and three symposiums, and ultimately published our findings in Chemistry and Physics of Lipids magazine where I was listed in the acknowledgements.

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  Wasatch mental health

  Jun 2011 - Apr 2012

  Human service worker

  Guided and mentored youth between the ages of 6 and 12 that struggled with behavioral issues at school and home. I organized and participated in many activities for them in the classroom and community. Developed and taught lessons daily to promote essential life skills and appropriate behaviors. Met daily with them one-on-one to discuss progress and future efforts toward personal home and school goals.

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  Brigham young university

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2014

  Research assistant for scott braithwaite ph.d

  Psychology research with top professors in the field. Co-authored a research proposal that was published in the Journal of Adult Development in 2016. Created and presented poster at national convention. Oversaw experiments, including developing experimental surveys and several homework quizzes via Qualtrics, recruiting volunteers, collecting and analyzing data, supervising payment, and creating experiment protocols and training other researchers.

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  Nsp

  Aug 2012 - now

  Sr. qa scientist

  Project Management: · Skillful execution of several international full-cycle Quality Control manufacturing projects, annually. · Engaging communicator, who consistently builds professional trust & mutual respect. · Leadership of cross-functional project teams. Comprised of up to 15 members from our Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Processing, Regulatory, Tech-Services, Purchasing, and Marketing teams. · Tasks that I have participated in have included testing thousands of samples, auditing hundreds of processing and packaging products, assessing and mitigating risk levels throughout projects, coaching and training for several employees, authoring/revising governance policies, regulating data entry, and managing certified Government-Required documents. · Organized and controlled U.S. Customs and International Customs documents from projects in charge. Commissioned as Notary Public 3/17/15. Quality Management: · Conserved an estimated 400 hours of labor by decomposing dozens of tasks to facilitate training, reproducibility, and efficiency. · Reduced an estimated 200 hours of labor from the inspectors group in my department via automated Excel documents. · Mobilized department strategy from executives throughout department. · Developed statistical analysis report for department KPIs. Presented department KPI report weekly. · Highly adept at learning software packages. · Designated as department's Data Steward with additional responsibilities. Lab Management: · Spearheaded sample and laboratory inventory management systems that have saved an estimated 200 hours of labor. · Investigated and evaluated customer complaints including trending and analysis. · Procured thousands of laboratory consumables and several CapEx investments. Saved thousands through cost-savings efforts. · Actively championing and pioneering lean practices and process improvement to increase throughput, morale, and unity in the workplace. Show less

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  Fledge feet, llc

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2015

  Co-founder and coo

  Entrepreneurial venture. A shoe and clothing company for toddlers with a focus on flexible-soled shoes for walkers in training. Managed the logistics, accounting, strategy, and operations. Analyzed data to generate business intelligence.

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  Doterra international llc

  Jul 2018 - now

  Qa manager