AMY O’CONNOR, CST

238 Wonderly Avenue · Dayton, Ohio 45419 · 937-631-0658 ·

Objective: Team oriented medical technician with proven ability in stressful situations is looking for an opportunity in sales or medical related business opportunities. Highly motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal and persuasive communication skills.

Healthcare Professional Profile

2011- Present Surgical Technician, Certified Kettering Medical Center Kettering, Oh

  • Understand the surgical procedural and instrument components and implants with regard to all procedures as pertaining to Cardio Thoracic, Vascular, Orthopedic, General, OB-Gyn, ENT surgeries.
  • Utilize my education and experience with regard to the human anatomy, physiology, etiology, pathology and overall medicine in order to anticipate and assist surgeons as needed during surgical procedures.
  • Selected to work on the surgical team for one of the regions premier Cardio Thoracic surgeon groups.

2010- 2011 Surgical Technician, Certified Children’s Medical Center Dayton, Oh

  • Understand the surgical procedural and instrument components and implants with regard to all procedures as pertaining to Pediatric General surgery, Urology, Neurology, Orthopedic, Spinal, ENT and Dental pediatric.

2009-2010 Surgical Technician, Certified Grant Medical Center Bone & Joint Center Columbus, Oh

  • Understand the surgical procedural and instrument components and implants with regard to all Orthopedic and Sports Medicine procedures as pertaining to shoulders, knees, hips, feet and ankles.
  • Worked with one of Columbus’ premier orthopedic surgeon groups.

Business Professional Profile

2002-2007 Finance/Operations Manager Amtel Directories Urbana, Oh

  • Managed the daily operations, personnel, production, sales and finance of a $1.2M independent telephone directory company.
  • Improved sales by an average of 28% per directory. Company profit growth was 48%.
  • Restructured the business from an accrual base to cash base system.
  • Reduced bad debt default rates from 22% to < 10% by redesigning and facilitating the accounts receivable system.
  • Implemented a cross training program and a process refinement of production schedules which were responsible in hitting our target production dates.

1995-2000 Financial Manager, Office Manager White’s Ford Kenton, OH

  • Audited and maintained financial operations of an $8.5M dealership.
  • Responsible for the profit & loss reports.
  • Trained and operated the specialized Ford Accounting System.
  • Administered office staff.

1990-1994 Account Executive, Betz Industrial Cincinnati, OH

  • Directly responsible for $1.4M of chemical sales to production plants in the greater Dayton - Cincinnati areas.
  • Responsible for territory development in the greater Dayton -Cincinnati areas.
  • Increased sales from $800,000 to $1.4M in the Automotive, Food and Chemical industries.
  • Managed chemical and water treatment programs for customer energy systems.
  • Designed energy and water savings programs where applicable for customers.

Education

2010 Certified Surgical Technician

Association of Surgical Technicians

2009 Surgical Technology, Associate of Applied Science Dayton, Ohio

Miami Jacobs Career College

1990Chemistry, Bachelors of ArtsRichmond, Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky University

Dean’s List Honors; Varsity Tennis, 4 years

Revised 2013-02-18