Lee Gordon
17146 114th Lane SE, Renton, WA 98055
206.200.9916 c
jleegordon@gmail.com
Profile
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Over fifteen years in the life sciences industry in research, sales and technical support.
Highly trainable, cooperative, amiable employee; helpful to clients, coworkers, and stakeholders.
Strong language affinity: fluent Brazilian Portuguese, semi-fluent French; passing Spanish and Italian.
Globally traveled; Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America several times each.
Experience
Owner, Gordon Ventures, Inc.; Seattle, WA
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Account Manager (N.Ca., OR, WA, ID, AK, HI), AutoGenomics, Inc.; Carlsbad, CA
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10/2000 - 1/2002
Delivered focused global technical support for the Rosetta Resolver client/server enterprise platform.
Supported statistical analysis & clustering algorithms, data management, and system server administration.
Installed Resolver servers, tested internal, external installations; wrote, executed test scripts.
Field Instrumentation Specialist, Amersham Biosciences; Piscataway, NJ
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9/2002 - 1/2005
Produced high-resolution test molecule data for FDA submission and to support Analytical Sciences decision-making.
Troubleshot CE instrument, refined sample preparation and handling protocols. Wrote targeted SOPs.
Optimized assays to rapidly characterize molecular identities.
Technical Account Manager, Rosetta Inpharmatics; Kirkland, WA
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3/2005 - 3/2007
Founding partner; developed startup business plan and proforma. Wrote hiring and implementation plan.
Created innovative business model for mortgage industry customer protection against predatory lending practices.
Research Associate III, Amgen; Seattle, WA
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3/2007 – 7/2009
Developed NW territory for the INFINITI™ clinical molecular diagnostic testing platform, generating revenue
Established revenue generating customers and converted non-revenue sites via professional, client-centric representation.
Achieved largest single capital purchase order in company history via highly effective customer support.
Principal/Co-founder, Athena IMG Corporation; Seattle, WA
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3/2004 – present
Initiated projects in the areas of localizations, technical translations, interpretation, immigration assistance/consulting, etc.
Used fluent Portuguese as liaison between native Brazilian Portuguese speakers and non-Portuguese speaking individuals.
Maintain relationships with high profile individuals in Brazil and US, e.g. Olympic Gold medalists, coaches, businesspersons,
and other entrepreneurs.
8/1997 - 10/2000
Provided global technical support for the Megabace 1000 96-Capillary DNA sequencing systems.
Managed the Pacific Northwest Megabace support region based in Seattle, including Vancouver, BC.
Worked closely with customers to optimize protocols, maximize uptime and insure high quality data acquisition.
Ran hardware, software, and chemistry diagnostic protocols, correcting and reporting issues to system development.
Field Support Specialist, Molecular Dynamics; Bay Area, CA (acquired by Amersham Biosciences)
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Co-established the first worldwide Megabace 1000 Beta Test Site at Incyte Pharmaceuticals in Palo Alto, CA.
Worked closely with Molecular Dynamics and Incyte Pharmaceuticals developers, engineers and production managers.
Executive Core Management Team member- created and determined all global strategic product initiatives.
Associate Scientist, Darwin Molecular Corporation; Bothell, WA
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Research Associate, PathoGenesis Corporation; Seattle, WA
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10/1994 - 7/1997
Carried out large-scale genomic DNA sequencing, mapping, assembly, and library construction of disease genes.
2/1993 - 9/1994
Established microchemistry unit and group operating protocols, processing thousands of samples per month.
Operated two research-dedicated Perkin-Elmer/ABD 373A DNA Sequencers and a multi-column PE DNA synthesizer.
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Ran precision Beckman Instruments CE system to deduce DNA & protein sample purity.
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Environ. Education/Outreach Specialist, Washington St. Dept. of Ecology; Lacey, WA
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Researched effective methods for marketing the Water Quality Program.
Sr. Instrumentation Specialist III, Applied Biosystems, Incorporated; Foster City, CA
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1/1992 - 2/1993
3/1989 - 12/1991
ABI’s “front line” support to determine customer needs and technical escalation levels.
Managed eight employees as interim supervisor; planned and implemented projects.
Increased department efficiency and time saving by 39% via creation of various daily operational aids.
Established Reagent Standing Order program, assuring over $1.75 million in reagent and consumable business.
Inside commissioned sales of HPLC, DNA and Nucleic Acid Extraction systems, LC Columns & reagents.
Education
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Washington State University, Pullman, WA; BS- Biology, Genetics Option, 1986.
Linguistic Skills
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Brazilian Portuguese- fluent speaking, reading, writing; speak and read French; Spanish, Italian comprehension.
Able to communicate with extremely diverse multilingual audiences.
Able to write clearly and concisely.
Information Technology Fluency & Skills
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Mac, OSX, Windows, MS Suite; XML, Java, C++, some perl. Internet protocol proficiency- ftp, telnet, html.
SQLPlus; Oracle 8 database architecture. Goldmine, Crystal CSM. Salesforce.com expertise.
Sun hardware installation experience- E450, E650, A5200, GBICs connections. Some LAN/WAN.
UNIX (shell manipulation, environment variables, scripts, system evaluation, administration etc.), Veritas Netbackup.
Laboratory Instrument Skills
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Bio-analytical systems: Capillary Electrophoresis (CE), HPLC. DNA Synthesis and Sequencing Instrumentation. Data analysis.
Lab experience: Purification- Blood, DNA/RNA; Molecular biology, Cloning, Microarrays, Cell Culture, etc.
Training Courses
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SqlSoft- “UNIX Korn Shell Programming”, “SQLPlus/Oracle 8”, “Relational Database Design Concepts”
Knowledge Structures- Project Management Training
Cadence Management- Project Management Certification Seminar
Applied Biosystems Manager Training- ‘Preparation Modules for managerial candidates’
American Type Culture Collection- “PCR Diagnostic & Taxonomic Determination”
Honors
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Amgen- ACES Excellence in Achievement Award; ACES recognition for contributing to ABX-EGF molecule development.
Molecular Dynamics/Amersham Biosciences- Received two notable support recognition letters, from Roy Whitfield, Incyte
CEO and cofounder, and Rick Cathcart, Incyte VP of Production Operations.
U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials semifinalist; U.S. National Track team member; NCAA All-American.
WSU track team captain, 1985. Winner of Pac-10, NCAA gold & silver medals.
Represented the United States national team in international competitions.
During tenure, WSU was 2nd ranked US collegiate team and national championship runner-up for 3 consecutive years.
Holder of existing track and field records at WSU and Mercer Island HS, Mercer Island, WA.
Accomplishments
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Assisted by invitation with International and Current Affairs Studies in Rio de Janeiro and Ilha do Governador, Brazil.
Assisted by invitation with English lessons for all levels in Rio de Janeiro and Ilha do Governador, Brazil.
Provided desperately needed volunteer assistance to rural communities in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Volunteered with local community, relationship, and family organizations.
Volunteer Instructor with High School Human Genome Project; local senior high and elementary schools.
Current, contributing member of various charitable organizations.
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