Aaron Ratcliff
Summary
Hardworking and dedicated Laboratory technical director with 6 years of running, maintaining, and troubleshooting a wide variety of instrumentation.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Director
Analabs Inc.
06.2019 - 10.2023
- In charge of preforming maintenance on all the instruments in the lab
- Contacted technical support for any instrument needed and performed the required fix when possible
- Developed our Cannabis department that included method development, method verification, and writing SOPs for Potency, Pesticides, Metals, Terpenes, Residual Solvents, Moisture, Water activity, Foreign matter, and PCR
- Specifically dealt with Perkin Elmer ICP-MS, OES, GC, GC-MS, Headspace, GC-ECD, Flexar, Qsight. Performed maintenance, troubleshooting, and analysis on all of these instruments
- Ran EPA methods 200.8, 200.7, 6020, 245.1, 1741b, 524.3, 1311, 160.1, 160.2, 405.1, 552.3, mmo-mug
Head of Metals Department
Analabs Inc.
06.2017 - 06.2019
- Delegated tasks to ensure all required work was completed
- Ran the more difficult methods and taught new employees how to use the instrumentation required for this department
Laboratory Analyst
Analabs Inc.
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Ran metals on an ICP-MS
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Concord University
Athens, WV11.2016
Skills
- Technical Guidance
- Instrument troubleshooting
- Multitasking
- Teaching someone how to operate an instrument
References
Tanya McMillion
Cannabis and Environment Production Manager
Analabs Inc.
tkm032510@gmail.com
681-222-8336
Brandon Acord
Customer Service Engineer
Perkin Elmer
brandon.acord@perkinelmer.com
Morgan Dial
Conservation Specialist
West Virginia Conservation Agency
morgandial@live.com
Timeline
Technical Director
Analabs Inc.
06.2019 - 10.2023
Head of Metals Department
Analabs Inc.
06.2017 - 06.2019
Laboratory Analyst
Analabs Inc.
06.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Concord University