Saleh Ahmed
Gaithersburg,MD
Summary
Dynamic and detail-oriented professional with extensive experience as an Instructional Lab Coordinator at Montgomery College. Proven leadership in lab safety and organization, complemented by strong administrative skills. Adept in MS Office and effective communication, ensuring exceptional support for students and faculty while maintaining a safe learning environment. Bilingual in Bengali and Urdu.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instructional Lab Coordinator
Montgomery College
01.2013 - Current
• Properly set up the labs and update all lab prep sheets with pictures.
• Take special care of preserved materials (Sheep brain, hearts, Blood-kits etc.)
• Organize and update all lab materials like microscopes, histological slides, models, plaques. clean all labs after each lab class. Worked in other labs too (BIOL 101L, 150L, 210L, 106 etc.)
• Maintain a flexible schedule, including working Saturday’s labs.
• Provides excellent customer service to students
• Supports instructors’ needs, especially adjunct instructors
• Pays special attention for lab safety, including Bio-Hazardous materials and proper biological waste disposal on time.
• Organized SDS and keeping those safe and accessible in a SDS binder in A&P prep room
• Attends all college level and campus level meetings, and completes all required training including Equity and Inclusion training,
• Participates in many Professional Development activities
• Volunteers in many activities to provide the needed help, like helping immigrant students with admissions, welcoming community kids etc.
* Takes initiatives in making hazardous job done.
• And many other
Organize the work and set up equipment, instruments and tools for use by students and faculty.
Provide direction in the facilitation of student laboratory experiences.
Assemble and check equipment for proper operation and adjust equipment as neces‐sary. Perform general maintenance and repairs and/or coordinate with outside con‐tracted services. Troubleshoot and solve problems.
Train students, staff and faculty on proper use of lab equipment and instruments.
Organize and prepare laboratory schedules.
Ensure and maintain a safe, clean and orderly laboratory. Adhere to all applicable OSHA guidelines and regulations.
Ensure that supplies and equipment are properly stored and secured controlling appro‐priate access to laboratory areas.
Prepare requisitions and place orders to maintain an inventory of equipment, software, materials and supplies.
Maintain system and applications software, peripheral equipment, boards and add-ons, productivity utilities and other special purpose software and hardware products.
Work with the Offi ce of Information Technology to install and test software and hardware.
Recruit, hire, train and supervise students' work; monitor and provide training on safe work practices and procedures.
Specifi c responsibilities may vary based on the academic discipline associated with the laboratory.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of the methods, procedures, principles, practices, and techniques of assigned instructional laboratory discipline including tools, equipment and materials, and hazard/safety precautions.
Considerable knowledge of instructional technology, equipment and educational mate‐rials employed in assigned instructional laboratory.
Familiarity with the principles and practices of learning as applied to the role of instruc‐tional support staff and laboratory procedures.
Knowledge and skill in current and applicable hardware, software and peripheral equip‐ment including personal computer, word processing, spreadsheets, and Windows-based applications.
Skill in effective communication (written and verbal).
Skill in communicating information about the subject area.
Skill in organization, coordination and management.
Skill in customer service.
Ability to operate an instructional laboratory.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Safeway Pharmacy
01.2009 - 01.2013
* I have completed Pharmacy Technician diploma course from Penn Foster Carrier School Scranton, PA in 2009
* I was a certified Pharmacy Technician from PTCB and Maryland State Board of Pharmacy.
* I worked in Safeway Pharmacy as Pharmacy Technician.
Senior Assistant Secretary
Bangladesh Govt.
02.1988 - 12.2008
* Field Administration in Bangladesh
* Conducted Parliament Elections
* Conducted Public Examinations in Bangladesh
* Worked as Land Administration in Bangladesh
* Worked as Upazela nirbahi Officer i Bangladesh
* Worked in a local govt. in Bangladesh
* Worked in the Information Ministry of Bangladesh
Education
Certificate - Biotechnology Certificate
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD08-2016
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh01-1983
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Biology,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh06-1980
High School Diploma -
Kabirhat College
Noakhali, Bangladesh12-1976
Skills
* Adminstrative
* Leadership
* Time Management
*Disaster Management
*Public Mob management
* MS Office
* Language : Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic
Accomplishments
* Received Excellent Performance Award from Montgomery College.
* Multilingual:
Excellent in Bengali, Reading, Writing, Speaking as native Bangladeshi
Excellent in URDU, Hindi
Can read write Arabic
Certification
* Biotechnology certificate
Excelence Performance Award from Montgomery College
Recommendation for
2025 Montgomery College Outstanding Staff Award
I am pleased to write this recommendation for the 2025 Montgomery College Outstanding Staff Award for my dear colleague, Mr. Saleh Ahmed, who is currently working as the Instructional Lab Coordinator in the Chemical and Biological Sciences Department at Germantown Campus. He has been working here in the lab since 2013.
Though I can certainly write pages after pages to support this recommendation, in brief, I will say that Mr. Ahmed is a truly dedicated and extraordinary staff deserving of this recognition. He checks off all the needed requirements for this award, and even goes beyond. It makes it easy for me to write without hesitation that the purpose of this award to celebrate and recognize staff that exemplify and sustain exceptional performance will be well served if Mr. Saleh Ahmed is the recipient of this award for this year.
I know Mr. Ahmed well enough because he has been taking care of Biology labs, especially the Anatomy and Physiology labs, for both BIOL 212 and BIOL 213, both of which I regularly teach, and I have coordinated both courses for many years. He takes care of BIOL 131 as well. Among the various roles he has played for the smooth operation of these labs include:
• Properly set up the labs and update all lab prep sheets with pictures.
• Take special care of preserved materials (Sheep brain, hearts, Blood-kits etc.)
• Organize and update all lab materials like microscopes, histological slides, models, plaques. clean all labs after each lab class. Worked in other labs too (BIOL 101L, 150L, 210L, 106 etc.)
• Maintain a flexible schedule, including working Saturday’s labs.
• Provides excellent customer service to students
• Supports instructors’ needs, especially adjunct instructors
• Pays special attention for lab safety, including Bio-Hazardous materials and proper biological waste disposal on time.
• Organized SDS and keeping those safe and accessible in a SDS binder in A&P prep room
• Attends all college level and campus level meetings, and completes all required training including Equity and Inclusion training, Safety workshop. anti-Muslim Discrimination WorkshopIslamophobia etc.
• Participates in many Professional Development activities
• Volunteers in many activities to provide the needed help, like helping immigrant students with admissions, welcoming community kids etc.
• And many other
It is true that Mr. Ahmed has continuously strived for improvements. He is always looking for ways in which he can help students to learn better, help instructors so that they do not run into any problems while conducting their labs, help order stuff for the labs and keep these well-organized. He walks outside the lab when they are in session just in case an instructor may need something. He sometimes even walks into the lab and asks if everything is going well or if he help in some way.
Mr. Ahmed certainly shows exceptional performance by continually exceeding expectations of his position, performing at an exceptional level beyond position requirements, and I recognize his important and significant contributions to our Biology unit/department/area.
He certainly cares for students and provides them with exceptional service behind the scenes, which influences student success or satisfaction.
Mr. Ahmed has become such an integral part of our lives here that I could not even imagine working effectively without his support.
I recommend Mr. Saleh Ahmed whole-heartedly for the 2025 Montgomery College Outstanding Staff Award and wish him all the very best in his career.
In my humble opinion, this Award is actually overdue to him.
Prof. Satish Gupta, Ph. D.
Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
Germantown Campus
Montgomery College, MD
Languages
English
Full Professional
Arabic
Limited Working
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Bengali
Full Professional
Timeline
Instructional Lab Coordinator
Montgomery College
01.2013 - Current
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Safeway Pharmacy
01.2009 - 01.2013
Senior Assistant Secretary
Bangladesh Govt.
02.1988 - 12.2008
Certificate - Biotechnology Certificate
Montgomery College
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Biology,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
High School Diploma -
Kabirhat College