Jorge Jimenez
Oxnard,CA
Summary
- Experienced Supervisor leading team members on-time job completion. Assign tasks, train employees, provide feedback, mediate interpersonal conflicts, and implement company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provide leadership and vision which drives teams to meet goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Scientific Supervisor
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thousand Oaks, CA
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for the management of all on-site personnel within Pipette Services, Scientific Services, Lab Support Services, and Media Sciences Services
- Lead, mentor, and empower supervisors and laboratory team members across multiple functional areas at a key customer site
- Lead customer and program communication, candidate selection process, support training, and evaluate staff performance
- Address higher level critical issues, ensuring appropriate communication with key clients
- Lead and/or participate in routine pulse meetings with key contacts to proactively address feedback
- Partner with functional area leaders to supervise performance, efficiency, and report performance metrics
- Evaluate trending of metric data
- Perform root cause analysis and develop corrective/preventative actions (CAPAs) as required
- Lead business reviews to highlight program capabilities and define new opportunities
- Lead and develop shared content for client facing meetings
- Drive excellence in the various program through clear communication, scientific collaboration, service scope expansion, service level agreement (SLA) adherence, development of business metrics, and team management
- Champion Practical Process Improvement (PPI) and focus on improving processes with the goal of providing stellar customer service
- Provide administrative support for process harmonization and document revision for the global program.
Scientific Services Supervisor
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thousand Oaks, CA
09.2021 - 01.2023
- Responsible for the management of all on-site personnel within Pipette Services, Scientific Services, Lab Support Services, and Media Sciences Services
- Lead, mentor, and empower supervisors and laboratory team members across multiple functional areas at a key customer site
- Lead customer and program communication, candidate selection process, support training, and evaluate staff performance
- Address higher level critical issues, ensuring appropriate communication with key clients
- Lead and/or participate in routine pulse meetings with key contacts to proactively address feedback
- Partner with functional area leaders to supervise performance, efficiency, and report performance metrics
- Evaluate trending of metric data
- Perform root cause analysis and develop corrective/preventative actions (CAPAs) as required
- Lead business reviews to highlight program capabilities and define new opportunities
- Lead and develop shared content for client facing meetings
- Drive excellence in the various program through clear communication, scientific collaboration, service scope expansion, service level agreement (SLA) adherence, development of business metrics, and team management
- Champion Practical Process Improvement (PPI) and focus on improving processes with the goal of providing stellar customer service
- Provide administrative support for process harmonization and document revision for the global program.
Microbiologist II
Meissner Filtration Products
Camarillo, CA
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Perform Bacterial Retention Testing in accordance with ASTM F838-15 and PDA Technical Report 26
- Perform daily Bacterial Endotoxin (LAL) testing in accordance with USP
- Perform growth promotion on new media lots and bioburden testing in accordance with USP and USP
- Responsible for media preparation, culture maintenance, and culture/media disposal
- Prepare growth media from powders following recipes
- Maintain microorganisms for growth promotion testing
- Perform microbial characterization by microscopic examination of physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics
- Responsible for Environmental Monitoring (EM) of all controlled ISO 7 areas and water systems
- Collect air viable, surface viable, and non-viable particle samples in accordance with ISO 14644 and USP
- Responsible for personnel monitoring and gowning qualification
- Manipulate spreadsheets in Excel to analyze weeks, months, and/or years of monitoring data to format for trend reports
- Perform sterility, compatibility, bubble point, and filterability studies on or with product(s)
- Review and approve data generated from testing
- Monitor and calibrate laboratory equipment
- Maintain test records and laboratory notebooks
- Wash glassware as necessary for laboratory testing
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Scientist I, Microbiologist
Parker Hannifin
Oxnard, CA
06.2017 - 09.2021
- Re-established microbiology lab
- Perform Bacterial Retention Testing in accordance with ASTM F838-15 and PDA Technical Report 26
- Perform daily Bacterial Endotoxin (LAL) testing in accordance with USP
- Perform growth promotion on new media lots and bioburden testing in accordance with USP and USP
- Maintain microorganisms for growth promotion testing
- Perform microbial characterization (gram stain, catalase, and oxidase tests) and microscopy
- Responsible for Environmental Monitoring (EM) of all controlled, ISO 6 and ISO 7 areas
- Collect air viable, surface viable, and non-viable particle samples in accordance with ISO 14644 and USP
- Responsible for personnel monitoring and gowning qualification
- Manipulate spreadsheets in Excel to analyze weeks, months, and/or years of monitoring data to format for trend reports
- Review and approve data generated from testing
- Maintain adequate levels of lab supplies, chemicals, and various media
- Responsible for media preparation, culture maintenance, and culture/media disposal
- Assist in internal and external audits
- Training to become an internal auditor for Oxnard/Sacramento facility
- Point of contact for internal and external customers regarding microbiological testing
- Initiate and lead investigations for internal and external customers
- Provide technical support to R&D for new product development
- Assist in training of new team members
- Part of Safety and Quality High Performance Teams (HPT’s)
- Research microbiology related issues to assist in product development, validation, and testing
- Assist in maintaining safety and quality systems within technical services group
- Serve as the incoming/outgoing reviewer of requests and reports
- Assist in developing and drive improvements of internal capabilities and processes to established customer requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Group Lead
Integrity Bio
Newbury Park, CA
10.2016 - 06.2017
- Management of group projects and supervising a team of research associates
- Assemble study designs, organize data, and analyze results under minimal supervision
- Provide guidance and support to other research associates
- Write formal scientific reports
- Familiar with Chemstation software
- Design protocols and procedures with supervisor
- Perform laboratory experiments, organize data, and analyze results
- Maintain adequate levels of lab supplies, chemicals, and various media
- Perform a variety of analytical and laboratory techniques such as HPLC (RP, IEX, SE, and HIC), spectrophotometry, pH, SDS-PAGE, sub-visible particle analysis, and surfactant concentration determination
- Prepare mobile phases, formulation buffers, and samples for analyses
- Draft presentations and reports of results for clients
- Participate and contribute at group and project meetings as required
- Troubleshoot malfunctioning equipment
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Research Associate II
Integrity Bio
Newbury Park, CA
07.2016 - 09.2016
- Perform laboratory experiments, organize data, and analyze results
- Maintain adequate levels of lab supplies, chemicals, and various media
- Perform a variety of analytical and laboratory techniques such as HPLC (RP, IEX, SE, and HIC), spectrophotometry, pH, SDS-PAGE, sub-visible particle analysis, and surfactant concentration determination
- Prepare mobile phases, formulation buffers, and samples for analyses
- Draft presentations and reports of results for clients
- Participate and contribute at group and project meetings as required
- Troubleshoot malfunctioning equipment
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Research Associate I
Integrity Bio
Newbury Park, CA
02.2016 - 06.2016
- Perform laboratory experiments, organize data, and analyze results
- Maintain adequate levels of lab supplies, chemicals, and various media
- Perform a variety of analytical and laboratory techniques such as HPLC (RP, IEX, SE, and HIC), spectrophotometry, pH, SDS-PAGE, sub-visible particle analysis, and surfactant concentration determination
- Prepare mobile phases, formulation buffers, and samples for analyses
- Draft presentations and reports of results for clients
- Participate and contribute at group and project meetings as required
- Troubleshoot malfunctioning equipment
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Quality Control Analyst I / Temp.
Baxalta
Thousand Oaks, CA
06.2015 - 02.2016
- Perform assays using analytical skills
- Conduct biological, chemical and physical analyses on raw materials and samples from environmental monitoring programs
- Perform water and in-process bioburden testing using membrane-filtration method
- Perform pH and conductivity on water samples
- Bacterial count plate reading
- Perform equipment maintenance and calibrations
- Familiar with Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Aseptic gowning qualified
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Manufacturing Process Technician / Temp.
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, CA
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Visual inspection of clinical drug product syringes and vials in detection of defects and particles
- Packaging of clinical drug product syringes and vials
- Manual and automated equipment cleaning and sterilization
- Level 3 gowning qualified
- Level 5 gowning qualified
- Assemble and disassemble equipment
- Completion of forms, equipment/facility logs and labels
- Work within the Electronic Batch Record environment
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
Lab Associate I
Quest Diagnostics
West Hills, CA
10.2012 - 12.2014
- · Set-up various cultures (i.e., urine cultures, genital cultures, stool cultures, wound cultures, and fluids.
- Set-up purity plates for urine cultures, genital cultures, stool cultures and wound cultures.
- Set-up Kirby-Bauer antibiotic tests.
- Micro-scan set-ups.
- Gram Stain slides for Clinical Laboratory Scientists.
- Daily/monthly maintenance on laboratory equipment (i.e., Vitek 2 machines, Micro-scan machines and WASP machines).
- Troubleshoot malfunctioning laboratory equipment.
- Answer phone calls from client services/clients regarding patient results/tests (i.e., add/delete tests, time frame on when results will be available, etc.).
- Knowledge and understanding of current Good Documentation Practices (cGDP’s), current Good
- Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s).
- Understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
- Keep accurate records of quality control, maintenance and work performed.
- Knowledge of specimen collection, handling, and processing procedures.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
California Lutheran University
01.2026
Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology -
California State University Northridge
High School Diploma - General Education
Channel Islands High School
Skills
- Strong written & verbal skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Staff management & development
- Employee motivation
- Data analytics
- Goal-oriented
- Training and mentoring
- Contract management
- Process monitoring and improvement
Timeline
Sr. Scientific Supervisor
Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2023 - Current
Scientific Services Supervisor
Thermo Fisher Scientific
09.2021 - 01.2023
Microbiologist II
Meissner Filtration Products
04.2021 - 09.2021
Scientist I, Microbiologist
Parker Hannifin
06.2017 - 09.2021
Group Lead
Integrity Bio
10.2016 - 06.2017
Research Associate II
Integrity Bio
07.2016 - 09.2016
Research Associate I
Integrity Bio
02.2016 - 06.2016
Quality Control Analyst I / Temp.
Baxalta
06.2015 - 02.2016
Manufacturing Process Technician / Temp.
Amgen
01.2015 - 05.2015
Lab Associate I
Quest Diagnostics
10.2012 - 12.2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
California Lutheran University
Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology -
California State University Northridge
High School Diploma - General Education
Channel Islands High School
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