Elizabeth Kussow
Green Bay
Summary
Dynamic Quality Control Specialist at EuroPharma Inc. with a proven track record in implementing quality control procedures and enhancing operational efficiency. Skilled in regulatory compliance and effective communication, I excel in problem-solving and documentation review, ensuring product safety and quality standards are consistently met. Systematic Quality Control Specialist offers root cause analysis, project coordination, and quality assurance expertise paired with outstanding multitasking and communication abilities. Focused and determined professional with many years of vast experience checking outgoing product quality. Solid grasp of product testing techniques and manufacturing processes. Highly skilled Quality Control Specialist with a solid background in maintaining and enhancing product quality. Possess strong analytical skills, adept at identifying flaws and inconsistencies, ensuring adherence to established standards and regulations. Successfully implemented process improvements in previous roles resulting in enhanced operational efficiency. Known for exceptional problem-solving abilities, focus on continuous learning, and commitment to quality assurance.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Specialist
EuroPharma Inc.
Green Bay
12.2013 - Current
- Sysadmin for Master Control Document Control software.
- Created work instructions for Master Control and Monday.com
- Utilize Monday.com platform to optimize product order to intake to release.
- Developed and implemented quality control procedures to ensure product safety.
- Collaborated with production teams to address quality issues promptly.
- Maintained accurate records of inspection results and compliance data.
- Trained new staff on quality control protocols and best practices.
- Assisted in internal audits to evaluate adherence to regulatory standards.
- Recommended improvements to enhance product quality and operational efficiency.
- Created and maintained quality control documentation, such as inspection records and non-conformance reports.
- Performed detailed inspections of incoming materials, ensuring they met the required standards.
- Implemented corrective action plans when necessary due to non-conforming products or processes.
- Developed and implemented process control systems to ensure product quality.
- Investigated customer complaints related to product quality issues.
- Recommended improvements to systems and procedures for increased productivity.
- Documented test results accurately using statistical methods and software programs.
- Approved incoming materials by confirming specifications and approved finished products.
- Provided support during external audit activities conducted by customers or regulatory agencies.
- Evaluated vendor components for compliance with company requirements.
- Conducted root cause analysis of product defects and identified corrective actions.
- Maintained policy, procedures, work instructions, and projects for quality and continuous improvement agendas.
- Updated job knowledge by participating in many educational opportunities.
- Monitored QA procedures for adherence by employees, notifying personnel of non-compliance issues.
- Determined training needs of staff and organized training interventions to achieve quality standards.
- Trained end users on software and hardware functionality, best practices and protocols.
- Participated in external audits and regulatory inspections, providing necessary documentation and support.
- Monitored and evaluated supplier performance to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
- Conducted thorough inspections of incoming materials and finished products to ensure quality standards were met.
- Reviewed and approved quality-related documents, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing performance data and recommending process enhancements.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to address quality issues and implement corrective actions.
- Performed visual inspections of finished products.
- Analyzed issues and recommended corrective actions to improve final results.
- Received and inspected raw materials.
- Participated in technical trainings and workshops to improve skills set and boost overall knowledge.
- Monitored testing procedures to meet established item specifications, standard test methods or protocols.
- Investigated or reported questionable test results.
- Completed data capture forms, equipment logbooks or inventory forms to support testing procedures.
- Interpreted test results, compared to specifications and control limits and recommended data for release.
Fisheries Technician-Creel Survey & Survey Research
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Green Bay
03.2012 - 12.2013
- Traveled to multiple boat landings along the east shore and west shore of Green Bay, WI to interview anglers, asking them a standard set of questions for a creel survey. This was done for both Ice Creel and Open Water Creel.
- Counted the number of anglers (trailers, or cars at landings, etc.) using the Bay at various times.
- Record biological data such as weight, length, fin clips, tags on angler-caught fish, and collecting Yellow Perch anal spines for age determination.
- Submitted a weekly fishing report with details about fishing pressure, water surface temperature, choices of bait and water depth of fish caught by anglers.
- Used knowledge of fish in the area to help anglers to identify what they have caught on their fishing trips.
- Was knowledgeable about fishing rules and regulations. Upon violations, report to local game wardens.
- Moored Boat count (counting and recording). Travel along the shore of the Bay to get a count and then boat numbers for mail in surveys for the Creel Census.
- Boat Shocked Walleye with Boom Shockers on the Fox River and in Lilly Lake for Smallmouth Bass and other species.
- Night shocked on Book Shocker.
- Measured, identified sex, and administered Floy Tags on Walleye.
- Cross-sectioned Walleye Spines with an Isomet Saw for aging purposes.
- Aged Walleye spines using a Olympus Stereomicroscope (SZX7) with flexible light guides for External and brightfield/darkfield transmitted light illuminator.
- Net mending for fyke nets.
- Entered data from surveys and maintained data from previous surveys.
- Backpack shock streams for Northern Pike rescues.
- Stream Shocked streams for survey purposes.
- Recorded flow (discharge) in streams after stream shocking. Then analyzed the data to figure out overall flow of a stream.
- Worked with Spotted Musky on the Fox River, took genetic samples from tail.
- Mark and recapture study on Clark Lake, Door County using fyke nets. Measured and clipped caudle fin for recap data to get population estimation.
- Operate flat bottom boats on Fox River.
- Data recording for Perch sampling of Commercial Fishermen.
- Data recording for Lake Sturgeon on the Peshtigo River. Purpose of the study was to implant transmitters in the Lake Sturgeon for population/movement patterns.
- Shore Seining for young of the year (YOY) Perch.
- Using Fish Identification Keys to key out species of minnows.
- Floy Tagged Brown Trout on the Oconto River from a fish hatchery for released with Trout Unlimited.
- Fyked net for contaminant fish studies.
Sample Entry Technician I
Cherney Microbiological Services, Ltd.
Green Bay
10.2013 - 01.2013
- Entered customer sample information into Laboratory Information System in a timely and accurate manner.
- Initiated chain and custody for customer samples.
- Utilized shipping software to ship items to customers.
- Handled the reception of incoming laboratory supplies.
- Effectively supported and followed all aspects of the Quality Management System.
- Supported and participated in all safety initiatives related to site function.
Environmental Compliance Coordinator/Site Acquisition Specialist
Selective Telecommunications Consulting
Montvale
10.2010 - 12.2011
- Reviewed 1A’s and Lease Exhibits to manage redline drawings and final drafts from engineering to environmental vendors.
- Updated tracking systems to organize completed corrections and distributions.
- Managed State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Reports, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Reports, and submittals for the 4G/LTE Project.
- Researched, compiled and drafted documentation for Site Acquisition Release to Construction (SARC) status.
- Confirmed correct documents with regards to Compliance for client Turnover for the 4G/LTE project. (i.e. NEPA reports, FAA & FCC screening, etc.)
- Correct and review Collocation Exemption Letters (CEL) Reports for Compliance.
- Attended meetings with supervisors and managers to improve project efficiency as well as provide input to current project.
Undergraduate Field Research Assistant
Michigan Technological University
05.2009 - 06.2010
- Helped capture, weigh, measure and tag individual Lake Sturgeon.
- Sampled stream fish using backpack electrofisher to capture Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Coho Salmon, and others.
- Identified, weighed, measured all fish.
- Collected scale and genetic samples from salmonid fish.
- Assisted in habitat surveys (recording water depth and sediment depth, sediment type, thalwag positions in streams, and percent finds of sediments).
- Recorded stream velocities using a Wadding Rod and a Marsh-McBirney Velocity Meter.
- Helped to build and maintain an instream fish counting weir system with underwater camera to track Coaster Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, activity.
- Used hand meters for conductivity, temperature, pH, and GPS.
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
Michigan Technological University
Houghton
02.2009 - 12.2009
- Maintained aquaria and amphibian larvae, and processed samples for research on the 'Effects of road salt on tadpole development'.
- Collected morphometric data using digital capture system.
- Independent work in field and lab.
- Followed close instructions and protocols.
- Data management and entry for tadpole study.
Education
B.S. degree - Biological Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan05.2010
Some College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Whitewater, WisconsinSome College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
Deakin University
Burwood, Melbourne, AustraliaSkills
- Cold water river systems
- Quality control procedures
- Document control systems
- Process improvement
- Regulatory compliance
- Supplier evaluation
- Internal auditing
- Vendor compliance
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Batch record review
- Packaging validation
- External audits
- Documentation review
- Quality management systems
- Product inspection
- Non-conformance reporting
- CAPA investigations
- Internal audits
- GMP regulations
- Auditing techniques
- Change control
- Nonconformance evaluation
- Quality control plans
- Customer complaint handling
- Sampling techniques
- Software testing
- Detail-oriented
- Decision-making
- Technical documentation
- Sampling
- Laboratory techniques
- Organizational skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Basic snorkeling skills
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- MS Power Point
- MS Outlook
- Driving cargo vans
- Driving big trucks
- Electro shocking safety course
Affiliations
- FISH Biology Club at MTU, Treasurer, 2010
- North American Scholar Consortium, 4
Availability
Immediately
Awards
- Dean’s List, Mich. Tech. Univ. 2006-2007, 2009-2010.
- First Place Coursework/Informational-Center for Water and Society Poster Competition, 2010.
- Woman of Promise Award, Mich. Tech. Univ., 2009.
- Honor Roll at Bay Port High School, 2001-2003.
- Volunteered for Animal Hospital of Howard, 10/01-12/01.
Specialized Education
- Undergraduate Lab Teaching Assistant, Anatomy and Physiology II, Spring 2009
- Undergraduate Lab Teaching Assistant, General Biology, Fall 2009
- MTU BL4440: Fish Biology with emphasis on Great Lakes Fishes
- MTU BL4460: Biodiversity and Human Interaction in Freshwater Ecosystems
- MTU BL4090: Tropical Island Biology, 03/08-03/14/08
Timeline
Quality Control Specialist
EuroPharma Inc.
12.2013 - Current
Sample Entry Technician I
Cherney Microbiological Services, Ltd.
10.2013 - 01.2013
Fisheries Technician-Creel Survey & Survey Research
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
03.2012 - 12.2013
Environmental Compliance Coordinator/Site Acquisition Specialist
Selective Telecommunications Consulting
10.2010 - 12.2011
Undergraduate Field Research Assistant
Michigan Technological University
05.2009 - 06.2010
Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
Michigan Technological University
02.2009 - 12.2009
B.S. degree - Biological Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Some College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Some College (No Degree) - Biological Sciences
Deakin University