Herzing University                                  Brookfield, WI 53005  Jun 2012-Present 

Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Program Director                                  

• Director and lead faculty member for the MLT program
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) Approved Director
  • Made major advancements in Curriculum, Course Objectives, and Assessment protocols
  • Led Advisory board
  • Extensive use in CampusVue Campus Management system
  • Daily use of Blackboard Campus Management system
• In charge of accreditation to NAACLS
  
  • Wrote re-submission of Preliminary report; original was submitted and rejected by predecessor
  • Sole author of the Self-Study
  • Assisted in preparation of associated campus completion of self-study and visit
• Designed and outfitted the Clinical Laboratory
• Developed and Directed Phlebotomy program
• Manage 2 adjunct faculty

Clinical Coordinator

• Qualify as a NAACLS “Consortium Education Coordinator” (only required of consortium programs)
• Initiated Affiliation Agreements with Clinical Sites
• Increased number of clinical placements from Two to Thirteen in less than one year
• Modified previously developed Student Competency tracking website (Fisdap.net)

Fortis Institute (Tri-State Institute)  Birmingham, AL 35211 Jun 2010-May 12

Director of Medical Laboratory Technician Program    

• Developed MLT program from conception to graduation and certification of first three cohorts
• 80% of students hired during externship
• Constructed majority of curriculum
• Led Advisory board
• Extensive use in CampusVue campus management system
• Daily use of Engrade course management website
• In charge of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACISC) continuing accreditation and the application to NAACLS
• Designed and outfitted the Clinical Laboratory
• Hired, trained, and supervised faculty for the MLT and all General Education courses
  
  • Managed between 8 and 15 faculty
• Originated and continued development of annual, quarterly, and monthly budget

Clinical Coordinator

• Adapted and Implemented website for tracking MLT students’ hours and competencies while at clinical sites (Fisdap.net)
• Initiated all Affiliation Agreements with Clinical Sites
• Increased number of clinical placements from Zero to Twenty

Director of Information Technology Department

• With the quick growth of the school and no personnel attending to the responsibilities of the IT Department, the candidate was placed in charge of all IT responsibilities
• Implementation and continued maintenance; four independent servers, seventy-five faculty/staff computers, one-hundred and forty student computers, Media center (including audio/visual/internet) in each classroom, and the campus phone system

Jefferson State College                   Birmingham, AL 35215  May 2008-Jan 09

Instructor                                                                                       

An adjunct instructor for Jefferson State College.  In charge of lectures and labs for: Anatomy & Physiology I & II, Microbiology

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294  Aug 2003-Nov 06

Laboratory Manager and Graduate Student                                 

• Managed supplies and equipment for the laboratory in Birmingham, AL and for two Universities, two M.D.s, four nurses, and multiple staff in Peru
• Bench work: Microbiology/Parasitology, Immunology/Serology, Minimal Chemistry & Hematology
• Trained rotation students: both Ph.D. and M.D.
• Supervised multiple research tasks needed for the application of grants and other projects
• Continued the development of a database used to track information on over 38,000 patients samples with over 200 categories of interest for each of the samples

University of Alabama                           Tuscaloosa, AL  35487  May 2001-Aug 03

Researcher                                                                                      

• Research awarded by Howard-Hughes Medical Institute. Only one hundred students in the nation honored with award each year
• Candidate hired by mentor upon first summer assignment, retained post until the start of Graduate School
• Research focused on the identification and enumeration of soil communities through molecular techniques for the Department of Defense
• Led the RNA extraction protocol development for use in the microarray developed by mentor, Eric Roden Ph.D., for NASA
• Performed experiments involved in the Molecular evaluation of Fe (III) Reducing Bacteria
• Worked in conjunction with 3 Ph.D.s and 2 Graduate Students, also with other labs

Eateries Inc. (Garfield’s Restaurant)           Dec1995-Oct 96/ Nov1997-Aug99

Corporate Manager/National Trainer

• Identify locations that were underperforming.  Spent time at the location to determine deficiencies and correct them 
• Hired and Trained staff, including local management and one General Manager
• Director of Training for the company.  Wrote and implemented the training for the company, Encompassing 65 locations and two menu overhauls
• Oversaw and participated in all training of managers, servers, and bartenders at all store openings across the United States

Extensive Bench Work In: 

• Immunological Testing
• Molecular Testing
• Gel Electrophoresis: Agarose, Acrylamide (DGGE), PAGE, and prepared TGGE
• Western Blots
• Work in Anaerobic Chambers
• DNA sequencing
• Identification of unknown bacteria
• General work in all areas of the Clinical Laboratory