CHRISTINA SAMPOGNARO
Cedar Lake,IN
Summary
Results-driven professional with a diverse background in veterinary medicine, education, and corporate environments. Proven ability to apply expertise across sectors to drive success and innovation. Seeking to join a team that offers career growth opportunities and allows for impactful contribution to the industry.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Veterinary Contract Coordinator
Blue River PetCare
Chicago, IL
08.2022 - Current
- Managed and maintained a comprehensive database of contracts, ensuring accuracy, up-to-date records, and easy retrieval, which streamlined contract management processes and improved operational efficiency
- Prepared detailed financial and operational reports, and presented key findings to senior management, facilitating data-driven decision making and strategic planning
- Utilized HRIS Systems for streamlined HR management, including payroll processing and employee onboarding
- Collaborated with external partners such as lawyers, accountants, consultants to resolve any outstanding issues related to contracts
- Negotiated contracts with associates to secure mutually beneficial terms and resolve disputes
- Oversaw the administration and management of contract bonuses, ensuring accurate calculation, timely distribution, and compliance with contractual agreements, enhancing employee satisfaction and retention.
Instructor/Career Services/Externship Coordinator
Vet Tech Institute at Fox College
Tinley Park, IL
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Secure sufficient and appropriate externship sites to support the program enrollment
- Assign students to externship sites after ensuring students have passed all VT technical coursework
- Verify externship affiliation agreements for accuracy and secure new ones as needed
- Monitor students on externship
- Prepare students for job search and interview process
- Educational Responsibilities - Deliver instruction for assigned courses by maintaining a learning environment that is conducive to meeting the individual needs of each student.
Registered Veterinary Technician
Rensselaer Pet Care
Rensselaer, IN
11.2016 - 12.2021
- Assist multiple doctors during appointment hours.
- Schedule appointments, respond to client emails, and phone calls.
- Provide front desk customer service, invoicing, and inventory.
- Obtain vital signs and patient histories, perform physical examinations, conduct radiography, animal restraint, perform venipuncture, conduct in-house diagnostic tests, administer nonparallel medication, maintain medical/surgical asepsis, monitor anesthesia, perform urinalysis, fecal analysis, hematology tests, and specimen collection, perform dental prophylaxis, place and maintain IV catheters, and perform splinting and bandaging.
Certified Veterinary Technician
Animal Poison Control Center Hotline, ASPCA
Urbana-Champaign, IL
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Professionally manage cases initiated by telephone, email, or fax from practicing veterinarians, animal owners and others involving animals that have been potentially exposed to an agent or disease
- Complete follow up phone calls to pet owners and veterinary clinics as needed to obtain additional information regarding outcome on specific cases
- Utilize the electronic medical record to obtain a complete case history, document exposures and detail treatment recommendations
- Set pending actions to have records evaluated and closed by appropriate medical personnel
- Consult the on-site and off-site experts as needed for additional information
- Maintain high medical and record quality levels and respond to quality assessments provided by Senior Manager, Quality Assurance and Medical Director/VP APCC.
Adoption Counselor & Kennel Attendant
Humane Society Calumet
Munster, IN
11.2013 - 06.2015
- Check out at register, client consultation, animal care and adoption consultation
- Prepared food and formulas to meet individual needs of animals under care with safe and nutritious meals
- Supported animal health by keeping areas clean, neat, and properly sanitized.
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology -
Vet Tech Institute At Fox College
Tinley Park, IL08.2016
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Learning and Development
- Animal Care
- Customer Service
- Database Management and Maintenance
- Project Management
- Research Compliance
- Financial Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Report Preparation and Presentation
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
- HRIS Systems Proficiency (Paycom)
Certification
Registered Veterinary Technician - October 2017 (Indiana)
Additional Information
Available upon request
Timeline
Veterinary Contract Coordinator
Blue River PetCare
08.2022 - Current
Instructor/Career Services/Externship Coordinator
Vet Tech Institute at Fox College
07.2021 - 07.2022
Certified Veterinary Technician
Animal Poison Control Center Hotline, ASPCA
01.2021 - 07.2021
Registered Veterinary Technician
Rensselaer Pet Care
11.2016 - 12.2021
Adoption Counselor & Kennel Attendant
Humane Society Calumet
11.2013 - 06.2015
Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology -
Vet Tech Institute At Fox College
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