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Anne Perez

Charleston

Summary

Quality assurance professional known for high standards and consistent results. Extensive experience in identifying and resolving quality issues to maintain top-tier product standards. Reliable team player with focus on collaboration and adapting to evolving project needs.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Assurance Specialist

The Blood Connection
06.2023 - Current
  • Manages retraining and competency evaluation needs to prepare staff for current good manufacturing practices and key quality center-wide policies
  • Reviews the performance of validation plans and ensures adequate performance of processes and/or equipment
  • Reviews donor screening process for accuracy and directs blood products to destruction if Standard Operating Procedure are not followed and reviewed

Medical Screener, Team Lead

Octapharma Plasma
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Ensured patient privacy and confidentiality while maintaining meticulous record-keeping practices.
  • Provided exceptional customer service, responding to inquiries regarding testing procedures or follow-up appointments as needed.
  • Influenced positive change within the organization through strategic thinking, innovation, problem-solving abilities, and consistent leadership style.
  • Obtained patient vitals such as height, weight and blood pressure, utilized finger sticks and screening equipment to check hematocrit and protein levels.

Clinical Researcher

Medical University of South Carolina
04.2022 - 11.2022
  • Assist in IRB submissions for Continuing Reviews, DSMB reports, Protocol Deviations, and Protocol Amendments
  • Organize regulatory records and filing source materials in preparation for site visits and study closing, including FDA audits
  • Biological specimen processing including but not limited to centrifugation, separation of plasma and serum from whole blood samples

Manager

Skyzone
07.2021 - 04.2022
  • Teach behavioral and emotional management with self-regulation skills and activities
  • Create and manage schedule of activities and encourage children to engage in safe and mentally stimulating play
  • Improved program efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing time-saving solutions.
  • Enhanced project visibility with regular status updates, leading to increased stakeholder engagement.

Clinical Lab Associate II

Medical University of South Carolina
03.2020 - 11.2021
  • Maintain FDA regulatory, protocol compliance with IRB, while communicating with project manager, study monitors, and study personnel
  • Pre-analytical process of 15,000 specimens daily for clinical testing
  • Practice informed consent documents and queries in Data Management, and drug/device accountability

Quality Assurance, Lab Technician

Octapharma Plasma
07.2018 - 03.2020
  • Measure vitals and process biological specimen including but not limited to centrifugation, separation of plasma and serum from whole blood samples
  • Monitor compliance and report deviations to Standard Operating Procedure, current Good Manufacturing Procedures, and deviation control

Education

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - Biology, Gender Studies

University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
12.2017

Skills

  • Detail-oriented
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Quality assurance
  • Relationship building

Certification

  • CITI Certification for Human Subjects, Biomedical Research, and Good Clinical Practice,
  • CITI Certification for Shipping Hazard for Infectious Specimens
  • CITI Certification for Shipping Hazard for Non-Infectious Specimens
  • NexSys PCS Tech Tools & Support, current Good Manufacturing Practices, and Quality Control Management Certification

Timeline

Quality Assurance Specialist

The Blood Connection
06.2023 - Current

Medical Screener, Team Lead

Octapharma Plasma
11.2022 - 06.2023

Clinical Researcher

Medical University of South Carolina
04.2022 - 11.2022

Manager

Skyzone
07.2021 - 04.2022

Clinical Lab Associate II

Medical University of South Carolina
03.2020 - 11.2021

Quality Assurance, Lab Technician

Octapharma Plasma
07.2018 - 03.2020
  • CITI Certification for Human Subjects, Biomedical Research, and Good Clinical Practice,
  • CITI Certification for Shipping Hazard for Infectious Specimens
  • CITI Certification for Shipping Hazard for Non-Infectious Specimens
  • NexSys PCS Tech Tools & Support, current Good Manufacturing Practices, and Quality Control Management Certification

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - Biology, Gender Studies

University of South Carolina
Anne Perez