I am a highly organized, hard-working individual looking for a responsible position to utilize experienced skills to contribute to a company's success.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Sterile Processing Technician
A Center for Specialized Surgeries
10.2025 - Current
Sterilized surgical instruments using sterilization equipment to ensure compliance with safety standards.
Managed inventory of sterile supplies, optimizing stock levels and minimizing waste.
Maintained daily logs of what was steralized, BI records, etc. at end of night
Made sure all trays were ready for next day needs.
Team Lead- Sterile Processing Instrument Tech
Lee Health
04.2022 - 10.2025
Processed surgical instruments through decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and shipping to appropriate hospitals for next day surgeries.
Reviewed surgery schedules for 4 different hospitals, ensured all soft goods and instrument pans are sterile and available according to surgeons preference cards.
Lead a team of 12 sterilization techs to insure following of IFU's, daily tasks assigned to techs, helped trouble shoot, and trained daily to meet the standard and needs for hospitals.
Communicated with vendors with loaner trays to be checked in for sterilization of their trays needed for surgeries for next day and future surgeries.
Followed OSHA, FDA and AAMI guidelines related to sterilization in compliance with administrative regulations.
Team Lead / Lab Scientist III
Western Environmental Testing Laboratory
01.2008 - 10.2021
Supervised and developed teams to improve growing laboratory analysis with implementing production procedures
Administered complex EPA and Standard Methods digestions, distillations, and analysis for the wet chemistry department while ensuring analysis procedures satisfied or exceeded Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program,and Bureau of Reclamation requirements.
Evaluated and implemented new technologies, instrumentation, and laboratory techniques to improve quality and timeliness of sample analysis
Researched and edited Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Researched historical trends in client data before and after every analytical run.
Contributed with analysis, training, data review using LIMS system, and general management for compliance certifications within the state of Nevada and California
Determined contaminants in drinking water, waste water, surface water and soils
Performed complex troubleshooting and assisted in leading initiatives to solve challenging problems with analysis or instrumentation
Executed leadership skills, teamwork, and organization for numerous and simultaneous projects.
Operated and maintained Metrohm titrator 855 Robotic Titrosampler, Lachat FIA 8000/8500, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Timberline Ammonia-001, Environmental Express SimpleDist to distill Cyanide and Ammonia.
Performed daily calibrations, made sure maintenance and cleaning was performed on all instruments.
Compliance Accountant
Peppermill Hotel and Casino
07.2006 - 09.2006
Budgeted monthly for all special events held monthly
Audited several departments daily and reported all findings to NGC.
Administrative Assistant
Western Environmental Testing
06.2005 - 07.2006
Performed all front office tasks including answering phones, greeted clients, faxing, mailing, filing
Logged in samples that clients or courier would bring in to deliver to the laboratory
Typed and sent out all laboratory results to clients.