Experience

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  Halifax hospital medical ctr

  Nov 1997 - Jan 2000

  Registered nurse

  Surgical Intensive Care UnitRegistered Nurse * Total patient care in a 28 bed trauma / surgical intensive care unit

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  The knife factory

  Jan 2000 - May 2004

  Owner

  * Personal startup of (3) store retail chain. Responsibilities included all accounting, ordering, inventory control and personnel training in a 1.1 million/yr gross business ;

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  University of tennessee at chattanooga

  May 2004 - May 2008

  Undergraduate research assistant

  * UV / Vis, GC/ MS, HPLC / UV, FTIR, 600 MHz NMR utilization as an Instrumental Analysis Teaching Assistant ; * Waters Acuity UPLC / Micromass Quattro MS method development to quantitate 13 pharmaceutical drugs in the Tennessee River utilizing C-18 sorbent solid phase extraction ;

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  University of south carolina

  May 2008 - Jul 2009

  Graduate student

  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Analytical ChemistryResearch Assistant / Teaching Assistant* Radium Delayed Coincidence Counter (RaDeCC System, Scientific Computer Instruments) ; * Chemiluminescence H2O2 analysis (FeLume flow cell system, Waterville Analytical) ; * ICP-MS (Thermo Finnigan Element-1) ; * ISO-5/ISO-6 cleanroom experience associated with trace metal sample preparation and analysis ; * Planning / execution of research cruise (RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer; NBP 09-02) in Weddell Sea (NSF-ANT-0636813) Show less

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  Coastal carolina university

  Jul 2009 - Nov 2014

  Research grant specialist

  ● Calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting water quality sondes for continuous pH, conductivity, turbidity, chlorophyll, optical dissolved oxygen● Design, construction, deployment and maintenance of (3) data collection platforms in Myrtle Beach, SC● Sampling protocols for surface, subsurface and ground water collection for water quality parameters and nutrient analysis● Chlorophyll-a, TSS/VSS, turbidity, color, E. Coli. Bench analyses. Daphnia grab sample acute toxicity analysis● Automated NH3 analysis (Std. Methods 4500-NH3 G.); Lachat Instruments Quik-Chem 8500● NH3 distillation (Std. Methods 4500-NH3 B.)● Optical Brightener analysis/method development (microbial source tracking) Show less

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  Ysi, a xylem brand

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2017

  Technical sales engineer

  Technical Sales Representative, Southeast U.S. * All aspects customer identification, communication and sales support for 5 state region (3,000+ customers) ; * Customer advocate/liaison for technical support and customer services and for YSI water quality instrumentation, WaterLog monitoring equipment, SonTek doppler instrumentation and Integrated Systems and Services. ; * Detailed knowledge of SalesForce operation and usage for quote generation and customer metrics ; * Organized/attended 19 trade shows in Southeast in 2015; (3) invited technical presentations Show less

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  Hydrolab

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  Technical sales manager
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  South carolina department of health and environmental control

  Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

  Environmental health manager
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  Wsi, an avail infrastructure solutions company

  Feb 2019 - now

  Director, Environmental, Health and Safety AZZ | WSI

  • Director, Environmental Safety and Health

    Dec 2018 - now

  • Director, Environmental, Health and Safety AZZ | WSI

    Jul 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Environmental Health Safety Specialist

    Feb 2019 - Jul 2021