Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

Work History

• Fictionista Workshop
• Community Moderator/Project Manager
• August 2010 to Present

• - Leads and moderates interactive discussions and critiques of new works of fiction.

  - Observes and moderates online forums.

  - Ensures civility and productivity in association with forums assigned by the workshop administrators

• Charles River Pathology Associates
• Research Associate
• Febuary 2009 to Present

• - Coordinates and manages client studies for over 20 preclinical pathology companies, including the U.S. Government,
  providing inimitable client support and service.

  - Prepares and revises pre-clinical technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses for 5 veterinary
  pathologists.

  - Creates and facilitates training materials and presentations for proper use of both proprietary and nonproprietary
  software programs for both new hires and existing personnel.

  - Prepares and distributes internal marketing materials in conjunction with sales and marketing teams.

  - Coordinates and manages OSHA-approved Disaster Preparedness Plan as part of the Environmental Health and Safety
  (EHS) Team.

  - Consults with marketing department as part of the Social Media Team

• Charles River Pathology Associates
• Electron Microscopy Technician II
• January 2008 to Present

• - Coordinated with clients via email and phone to ensure service met their expectations.

  - Improved productivity approximately 15% during the first year of employment by optimizing operating procedures.

  - Recorded, evaluated, and reported according to facility established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

  - Operated and maintained both scanning and transmission electron microscopes, as well as accessory equipment.

  - Processed, embedded, trimmed and faced blocks, thick and thin sectioned blocks, and stained grids

• Athenix Corporation (Now Bayer)
• Nematologist/Molecular Biologist
• September 2006 to January 2008

• - Produced and delivered internal and external presentations for the Nematology department.

  - Performed plant and nematode bioassays utilizing C. elegans, H. shactii, H. glycines, and Meloidogyne spp.

  - Optimized bioassays approximately 12% and molecular techniques 8% during the first six months of employment by restructuring operating procedures.

  - Independently executed extensive SDS-PAGE, pH extractions of proteins, and Southern and Western Blots

• William Paterson University of New Jersey
• Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant
• November 2005 to June 2006

• - Prepared, organized, educated, and graded 50+ undergraduate students in multiple biology lecture/lab classrooms.

  - Liaised between the faculty and the 200+ undergraduate biology student body

Education

• William Paterson University of New Jersey
• Master of Science, Biotechnology
• 2004 - 2006

• Masters topic: Familial Interstitial Lung Disease and the Sleeping Beauty Transposon System

• Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Biology, Microbiology
• 1999 - 2003

• Minor: Chemistry

  Activities and Societies:
  Marching Band, Concert Band, Women's Choral Group, Tau Beta Sigma

• The Internet
• Life, love, education, culture, society, politics, religion, advocacy
• 1995 -

• The internet can provide supplementary education for a fraction of the cost of a college or university.