Experience

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  North carolina state university

  Feb 2013 - May 2015

  https://orgs.ncsu.edu/irc/about-the-inter-residence-council/ Partnered with Honors students from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to create a formal recommendation for the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals in animal production agriculture. Interviewed several professionals from the veterinary, swine, bovine, and poultry industries to gain insight and compare opinions. Presented recommendation at the NC State 2014 Undergraduate Research Symposium. Collaborated with Dr. Mark Knauer on a project aiming to quantify the change in estrous, growth, and carcass traits from pigs selected for reduced reproductive seasonality. Collected data from 300+ gilts via heat checking and daily measurements. Developed skills with live breeding, piglet processing, and general swine management. Presented research findings at the NC State 2014 Undergraduate Research Symposium.

  • VP of Programming & Traditions

    May 2014 - May 2015

  • Resident Advisor

    Dec 2013 - May 2014

  • CALS Honors Research Experience

    Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  • Research Assistant

    Feb 2013 - Apr 2014
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  Alltech

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Applications research intern

  Designed, implemented, and concluded a three-month independent project testing for trace mineral inhibition of Allzyme® SSF in poultry diets via Alltech's True Checkᵀᴹ in vitro screening. Wrote professional research paper and presented research findings to members of the Alltech team. Received excellent exposure to research in an industry environment.

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  North carolina state university

  Jan 2016 - May 2018

  Capstone research project completed under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Knauer.Project focused on troubleshooting poor litter size in an 18k sow system in NC. I learned to navigate and download data from PigKnows, use a statistical software package (SAS) to data mine and create statistical models, troubleshoot swine reproductive issues using the National Swine Reproduction Guide, and effectively communicate results to producer and academic audiences. Presented findings at the 2017 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference (St. Paul, MN), 2017 ASAS/ADSA Midwest Meeting (Omaha, NE), and the 2016 NC State CALS Honors Research Symposium (Raleigh, NC). The work was published online in Science Pages from the Swine Health Monitoring Project on Dec. 15, 2017. Show less

  • Master's Thesis

    Aug 2016 - May 2018

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  • University Honors & CALS Honors Capstone Research Project

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

  • Research Assistant

    Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
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  Country view family farms

  May 2018 - now

  Data Management, Reporting, and Analysis:Establish data gathering and analysis techniques to increase the availability of information needed to make business decisions. Provide proactive research, analysis, and recommendations on key statistical measures to improve company performance. Quarterback annual budgeting and forecasting processes for all of CVFF. Act as liaison between CVFF and production software companies and lead transition and training for new production software and processes.Research & Development:Drive R&D and continuous improvement processes. Oversee protocol preparation and trial design. Statistically analyze trial data and formally document results. Lead Clemens Food Group and CVFF R&D research tax credit reporting process. Show less

  • Production Insights Manager

    Apr 2021 - now

  • Production Analyst

    May 2018 - Apr 2021