Adam Hocking

Conduct chemical analyses and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. Optimize laboratory methodologies following the SIM principles. Collaborated on interdisciplinary teams to address complex research challenges.

• Mentor junior chemists, enhance team knowledge and skills in analytical techniques.
• Lead investigations into process improvements, increase laboratory efficiency by streamlining workflows.
• Work with sample sponsors to ensure right sized efforts.
• Maintain Lead qualification on the Initial Criticality team.

Conducted radiochemical analyses to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while mentoring junior employees. Responsible for leading and coordinating the Reactor Plant Contractors Radiochemistry Initial Criticality Team to ensure appropriate chemistry of all newly constructed or refueled Naval reactors.

• Led a cross-site multidisciplined group of scientists and engineers on initial criticality testing programs.
• Led a group to improve burn-up analysis reducing radiological work days by 50%.
• Mentor junior staff on radiochemical procedures and best practices.
• Led the environmental lab and eliminated backlog of samples, while increasing report on-time delivery above 90%.
• Implemented a 5S program and process improvements within the environmental lab, including a new boil down procedure and procuring a refrigerated centrifuge to reduce sample relocation, increase sample processing time and eliminate safety deficiency.
• Initiated and lead a team to determine and investigate deficiencies within the poison depletion analysis program.

Led a quality assurance chemistry laboratory team in a manufacturing production organization. Primary responsibilities included certification of chemistry analysis, training, mentoring, and ensuring compliance with AS9100 and Safety requirements.

• Chemical Hygiene Officer.
• Chemistry Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) lead, focus on six sigma, value streams, and lean thinking.
• Member of the Hazardous Waste and Risk Assessment councils.
• Manage capital projects and asset acquisitions.
• Supervise day-to-day laboratory operations.

Used various HPLC and wet chemistry techniques to analyze pharmaceutical materials to support regulatory compliance and product development initiatives. Worked on routine analysis and multiple method development projects.

• Developed a novel technique utilizing HPLC instrumentation to autonomously spike samples, reducing sample processing time by ~50% and removed the need for wet chemistry techniques.
• Worked with customer labs to develop sample processing requirements and ensured compliance with FDA requirements.

Primary responsibilities included the set up and operation of CNC machines. developed skills using Mastercam to create CNC programs by interpreting blueprints.