1. Chris Gawad
~ (480) 349-4522 ~ gawad20@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE: I venture to obtain gainful employment and to establish myself as a valued team member and company
asset by procuring a Customer Service Sales position with a leading Medical Device Company and by demonstrating an
engrained track record of impeccable customer service, interpersonal, organizational, and communicative skills.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Cell Biology-University of California San Diego- La Jolla, California.
 Optimistic professional with a passion for people and a talent for questioning, listening and diagnosing client
needs. I am of an old style philosophy that stems from one simple principle, genuinely caring about people. I
believe this way of life translates into improved results in terms of client satisfaction as well as a higher rate of
closing and client retention. The client’s happiness is my happiness and company happiness and to that end I will
work tirelessly.
 I have a Bachelor Degree of Science combined with the proven record of the necessary grit and mentality for a
self-motivated 80-hour work week entailing cold door to door sales as well as 14 plus years of hospitality based
customer service and sales experience.
 I have professional training in comedy, the improvisational arts and theater demonstrating my outgoing
personality and fearless ability to speak in public.
 I am: diversely experienced, well-traveled, globally cultured, and have a respectful nature as well as a genuine
lust for life and bona fide friendly connection. I am relatable to all friendly individuals I cross paths with. I believe
personal relatability is what separates me from the herd as it pertains to customer service based sales. I am
unconfined by stereotype or general convention as to what an individual is categorically ‘supposed’ to be and
have thus fostered genuine interest in subject matter across the existent spectrum.
 I am: a healthy man of principle, family values and honorable guidelines; reliable, dedicated, hard-working,
honest, straight-forward and loyal. I will always do my best to do what I believe is right.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK:
•Biochemical Techniques Lab •Microbiology Lab •General Chemistry Lab.
•Organic Chemistry Lab •Molecular Biology •Cell Biology
•Structural Biochemistry •Metabolic Biochemistry •Bacteriology
•Organic Chemistry A + B •Environmental Systems •Genetics
LAB SKILLS:
•SDS-PAGE •HPLC •Gas Chromatography
•ELISA •N/S/W Blotting •Slide Preparation
•Spectroscopy: -NMR, Absorbance, Fluorescence, UV •Slide Staining •Buffer Preparation
•T-Streak, Spreading Experience •Sterile Technique for Culturing •Microscopy
•Plasmid Preparation/ Transformation •Plasmid Transfection, PCR •Enzyme Activity Assay
•Cell Culturing: Mammalian and Plant •Pipette experience •Titration
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
• Exceptional communication and people skills developed from nearly a decade within the service industry.
• Excellent Organizational skills both with work area, and with Lab Notebook. Good Handwriting.
• Introductory sequencing and genetic database experience utilizing NCBI.
•Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and Computer functionality.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE :
• Biochemist I – Becton Dickinson Biosciences. (Contract via Staffworks Employment Agency 04/ 2010 – 11/ 2010) One
and two-step antibody conjugation reactions with over a 98.5% QC pass rate and 138 conjugation reactions and product
isolations performed: Pipette experience, dilution calculation, UV spectroscopy for concentration based quantification

2. calculation. Clean, prep and pack columns including High Prep columns. High Prep Column loading experience. Fraction
collector use, Gel Electrophoresis, staining and gel analyzation. Antibody Concentration through centrifugation.
SAP, and form fridge experience.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE :
• Protein Purification, isolation and analyzation through centrifugation, HPLC, and Spectroscopy.
•Plasmid Transfection, Colony selection, Cloning, PCR, and fluorescent protein expression to verify plasmid uptake.
•Innovation and outside of the box thinking are two of my strongest attributes that set me apart from the rest.
•Extensive Knowledge of the various techniques, their application, and the inter-workings of Microbiology.
•Scientific Advisor- GP2: Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Non-profit.
I independently analyzed, quantitatively and qualitatively, the viability of a machine that utilizes pyrolysis to generate
electricity from plastics and organic waste in order to reduce the mass of the waste by 95% while concentrating the CO2
as a bi-product which can then be sequestered and used in the production of Algae Oil.
•Volunteer – Honor Health ED, Front Desk and Surgery Waiting. YMCA Youth Football Coach, Volunteered at a
Children’s Orphanage in Costa Rica, Hospice Volunteer in Long Beach, Project Wildlife San Diego Care Center, Tricity
Vet Clinic, Wild Wonders.
• Member – Biological Sciences Student Association. UCLA – Inventathon Participant.