Rachel Buchanan

Consultant at Brevitas Consulting Inc.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Consultant at Brevitas Consulting Inc.
    Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 10 mos

  • Laboratory Information Management System Support (Co-op Position) at Sanofi Pasteur
    Jan 2009 - Aug 2009 · 8 mos

    SQO QC/IS Worked on a project involving support for the development and implementation of computerized systems and tools for the Industrial Operations Unit. Implementation of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Participated in data collection and building chemical analysis into LIMS Trouble shooting program errors associated with migration of static data Project administrative tasks including; tracking over 200 product sampling plans and product specifications Technical reports for unit design documents needed for compliance in the LIMS system.

  • Nutrient Management Research Assistant (Co-op Position) at Ministry of Environment
    May 2008 - Sep 2008 · 5 mos

    Participated in research regarding pathogen levels in municipal wastewater treatment facilities and a pilot project involving of vertical reed and sand filter beds Analyzed laboratory results from various stages of waste water treatment methods and applied statistical assessments and behavior analysis with technical reports These findings were used in an abstract submitted to the Biosolids and Residuals conference in 2009 titled "Pathogen Characterization in Fresh and Stored biosolids and Implications from Screening level Microbial Risk Assessment". Results from the report on the efficiency of the filter beds were presented in the OASIS Rural Waste Water Treatment Expo in October 2008

  • Lab Assistant- Quality Assurance (Co-op Position) at Molson Coors
    Sep 2007 - Dec 2007 · 4 mos

  • Project Coordinator/CSR at IG3 Corp.
    Nov 2004 - Oct 2005 · 1 yr