McKay Breuner

Experience

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  Posner Keele Neuroscience Research Labs

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2014

  Junior Research Associate

  -Employed the MATLAB programming language in completing an Honors thesis-Efficiently decoded and modeled the orientation selectivity throughout various cortical regions-Recruited and facilitated participants in our progressive studies, administering the implementation of EEG technology to gather relevant data-Utilized behavioral, electrophysiological and fMRI methods to explore basic cognitive processes

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  The World

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  Adventurer

  -Financed through part-time work including stints in the restaurant industry, at a national park in Patagonia, an animal refuge in Ecuador, and a low-cost journey through Europe and Asia on a bicycle

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  FlyBuy Technologies

  Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  Business Development Director

  - Built a sales strategy from the ground up at an early-stage startup while converting cold leads to new business at a 23% increase rate within 3-to-10 week cycles- First company in Seattle selected by Google in Grow With Google for Entrepreneurs- Recorded and analyzed data and insights from customers and partners to increase sales by >200%- Built and managed a robust enterprise sales machine for >10 C-Suite executives to work in conjunction with their >1000 restaurant chains Show less

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  Athira Pharma

  Nov 2017 - Feb 2018

  Business Development

  -Secured partnerships with medical directors of 4 geriatric facilities in the Seattle area-Structured company image as a pioneering leader in the neurological research community

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  VICIS

  Feb 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Product and Business Operations

    May 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Account Manager

    Feb 2018 - May 2019
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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2021

  -Part of a wastewater sampling team working under the Georgia Tech COVID-19 response-Extracted Moore Swab samples beneath manhole covers with the Dr Joseph Brown lab-Pasteurized, concentrated, and isolated the RNA for RT-PCR analysis-Reported results to the administration to highlight potential building-specific outbreaks

  • MS Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Field Researcher

    Sept 2020 - Dec 2020
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  Gwinnett County Government

  Jan 2021 - May 2021

  GAC Biofilter Pilot Lead Operator

  -Lead operator for the pilot phase of GAC biofiltration research at a full-scale municipal WWTP-Managed 4 pilot GAC columns, adjusting flow rates for adequate EBCTs and backwashing for turbidity maintenance -Sampled column effluents/media for TOC, DOC, COD, UV254, total Phosphate, and ATP-Recorded/plotted GAC column data in Excel and summarized relevant literature to address concerns of the scientific advisory board and provide key insights on trends to inform full-scale implementation Show less

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  Black & Veatch

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Water Process Intern

  - Extrapolated data for 10+ WTPs on plant operations using Bluebeam to analyze historical blueprints and address hydraulic concerns- Executed quality control on summaries of treatment technologies including RO, UV-AOP, MF/UF, GAC, Ozone, and Conventional- Analyzed 500k+ lines of public EPA data using PowerBI to alert clients of recent PFAS detections and provide treatment options- Secured contracts for the company by contributing water quality analysis (hardness, alkalinity, TDS, pH, Total Cl2, etc.) to proposals Show less

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  Black & Veatch

  Feb 2022 - now

  Water Process Engineer