Mike Herrera

• Supported laboratory staff with advanced troubleshooting, resolving complex problems and helping with special projects.
• Documented information by maintaining daily logs and equipment record books.
• Conducted analytical tests on in-coming raw materials prior to use in process.
• Operated basic laboratory equipment such as balances, pH meter, colorimeter, spectrophotometer, autoclave and evaporator.
• Prepared and assured accuracy of standards and reagents needed for analyses.
• Steered process development experiments in lab and supported scale up processes.
• Interpreted and documented results of tests into active databases and communicated results to internal customers.
• Cleaned and sterilized tools and equipment to maximize purity of specimens.
• Trained new associates in laboratory procedures and standards.
• Functioned as primary data generator to record and calculate data and sign assay sheets.
• Collected and performed analytical testing on in-process product.
• Performed routine lab and department maintenance to keep area clean and orderly.
• Entered quality test results, scanned paperwork into SAP and monitored SAP for completion of inspections.
• Completed quality documents and input and saved quality data in appropriate locations.
• Performed testing and quality control using approved laboratory procedures and instrumentation.
• Maintained documentation on tests performed in lab.
• Maintained consumables and glassware inventory by receiving and inventorying incoming shipments.
• Kept laboratory supplies prepared by inventorying stock, placing orders and verifying receipt.
• Calibrated and maintained instruments to keep equipment fully operational.
• Registered and prepared samples for general analytical testing through data entry, weighing and physical homogenization.

General education.