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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, CA
12-2019

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

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