Karen Nguyen
Tigard,OR
Summary
Highly-motivated individual with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Offers excellent technical abilities with software and applications, ability to handle challenging work, and excellent time management.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manufacturing Associate II
Twist Bioscience
South San Francisco, CA & Wilsonville, OR
12.2021 - Current
- Part of initial group that relocated from California to Oregon to establish and operationalize labs for production within a few months
- Optimized production startup through the setup of batch records and qualification of equipment across multiple laboratories
- Collaborate with other team members to improve production processes while ensuring safety protocols are followed at all times
- Train new employees on proper operation of machines used in the manufacturing process
- Troubleshoot problems in the manufacturing process by identifying root causes and proposing solutions.
Manufacturing Associate I
Twist Bioscience
South San Francisco , CA
04.2020 - 12.2021
- Manufactured high quality custom oligo containing products in a high throughput lab following established SOPs
- Operated robotic laboratory equipment as well as traditional lab equipment such as Hamiltons, QIAxcels, BioAnlyzers, centrifuges, sealers, thermocyclers, spectrometers, and Next Gen Sequencing
- Regularly executed various traditional molecular biology procedures and methods like PCR, DNA quantitation, and DNA purification
- Maintained thorough, accurate, and detailed documentation of all work produced in batch records.
Host
Sanraku Metreon
San Francisco , CA
04.2019 - 03.2020
Teacher
Nancy Daly Childcare
San Francisco , CA
01.2018 - 02.2019
Administrative Assistant
IA-ROBOTICS
Murrieta , CA
12.2017 - 01.2018
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA12-2019
Skills
- Troubleshooting and resolution
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent record keeping and documentation
- Lab equipment such as Hamilton, MiSeqs, QIAxcels, Cybios, Qubits, and BioAnalyzers
- Confluence, Atlassian, JIRA, MES
- Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Able to learn new software quickly
Certification
- American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED
- American Red Cross Bloodborne Pathogen Training
- First Responder Operations Training
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manufacturing Associate II
Twist Bioscience
12.2021 - Current
Manufacturing Associate I
Twist Bioscience
04.2020 - 12.2021
Host
Sanraku Metreon
04.2019 - 03.2020
Teacher
Nancy Daly Childcare
01.2018 - 02.2019
Administrative Assistant
IA-ROBOTICS
12.2017 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
San Francisco State University
- American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED
- American Red Cross Bloodborne Pathogen Training
- First Responder Operations Training
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