Chemist/Chemical Engineer

OBJECTIVE Seeking a challenging position in the oil and gas industry that fully utilizes my potential and expertise as well as refining and enhancing my analytical skills and business acumen

Quality Assurance Lab Chemist at ExxonMobil Egypt (Lubricants & Specialities), Alexandria, May 2011-Present day
• Performed all required tests for finished products and raw materials in accordance with approved test methods as well as approving the relevant certificate of analysis
• Executed, revised and documented scheduled maintenance, calibration and SQC for laboratory equipment as well as coordinating with agents/suppliers and handling spare-parts and chemical inventory
• Maintained laboratory working instructions for all equipment and activities while insuring compliance with quality management systems and safety regulations in addition to conducting training and test method assessments for technicians/lab analysts
• Provided technical support to sales & marketing through performing used oil analysis and tests required to solve customer issues and complaints
• Conducted internal audits and product integrity assessments after the successful completion of the ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification
Management Trainee at Edita Food Industries (A leading FMCG company in Egypt and the Middle East), Cairo, January 2010-May 2011
• Completed a 7-step recruitment process and was selected from a pool of 2500 applicants as one of six successful candidates
• Took part in an intensive 30-month course designed to prepare trainees to assume junior managerial positions upon completion of the programme
• Handled inter-disciplinary tasks and assignments in a variety of departments related to R&D and manufacturing
• Implemented the knowledge acquired through on and off the job training in a variety of projects throughout the course of the programme
Research on the extraction and processing of biologically significant compounds from algae with Dr. Fleita Daisy (Professor of Applied Organic Chemistry at the American University in Cairo), February 2009-January 2010
• Used numerous analytical techniques such as NMR and IR in the identification and determination of unknown compounds
• Creatively designed and implemented the appropriate practical procedure
• Utilized several techniques including dialysis and chromatography as problem-solving tools
• Presented data and findings to a panel as well as documenting the research in the form of a publishable paper

B. Sc., The American University in Cairo (AUC), Chemistry, Fall 09
University of California Los Angeles, Summer 2008 4.0 GPA
IGCSE, Modern English School, Cairo Egypt, June 2005 (Magna cum laude)