Current Resume

Ryan Garrett Collins 5121SE Airport rd Arcadia, Florida 32466 863-990-3324 [email protected] Objective: To seek employment in a veterinary clinic that’s team oriented, positive, and highly motivated Skills and Qualifications: Ten years of experience in many aspects of veterinary medicine; accustomed to working in fast paced daytime practices, high stress emergency hospitals, and mixed practices; work well with others or by myself; excel in client relations and leadership positions, but always willing to get hands dirty; extensive experience with Idex, Syner-Med, I-stat-8, Co2 lasers, and Medrex machines; very comfortable performing microscopic analysis; current rabies titers

Experience: 2004-2005 Veterinary Emergency Clinic Pt. Charlotte, Florida Lead Technician * Responsible for patient assessment, client relations, cash drawer, MSDS regulations, treatments, radiology, cytology, fecals, ear smears, blood stains, urinalysis, inventory, pre-surgical preparation, post-operative care, and continuing education for staff 2003-2004 Peace River Refuge Center Arcadia, Florida Head Technician * Responsible for keeping laboratory and medical supplies up to code for state inspections, breeding population spreadsheets, visual inspections of 1200 animals, drawing blood from all rhino herds for lab analysis, daily Okapi urine glucose checks, medicating sick animals, field radiology, collection/incubation of green jungle fowl eggs, monthly/as needed fecal exams, proper handling/tagging of all newborns, initial hand raising of pygmy hippos, hand rearing of bushbucks, enclosure maintenance, artificial insemination, Indian Rhino semen collection/storage, and continuing education 2002-2003 Veterinary Emergency Clinic Orlando, Florida Emergency Care Technician * Responsible for patient assessment, client relations, blood smears, fecal exams, urinalysis, radiology, cytology, pre-surgical preparation, post-operative care, treatments, client discharge, blood pressure/EKG monitoring, dentistry, and keeping updated/stocked medical supplies 2000-2002 Pet Care Center Wachula, Florida Lead Technician * Responsible for after hour emergency calls, radiology, laboratory work, training new staff, presurgical prep, post-operative monitoring, treatments, client relations, controlled medication logs, medical inventory, patient discharge, continuing education, dentistry, and medical data entry

1998-2000 Veterinary Emergency Clinic Naples, Florida Emergency Care Technician * Responsible for after hour emergency calls, radiology, laboratory work, training new staff, presurgical prep, post-operative monitoring, treatments, client relations, controlled medication logs, medical inventory, patient discharge, continuing education, and reception 1997-1998 Sw. Florida Veterinary Services Lake Suzy, Florida Technician * Responsible for treatments, radiology, microscopic differentials, fecals, ear smears, bloodstains, urinalysis, inventory, pre-surgical preparation, post-operative, care, and kennel duties 1993-1996 United States Army Specialist-Counter Intelligence 110th Military Intelligence Battalion

Fairbanks, Alaska

1992-1993 Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, Florida Elasmobranchtology/Marine Mammal Research Assistant * Monitoring sharks, skates, and rays; observing feeding behavior and lab projects/feeding injured marine mammals (dolphins, manatees, and whales); medicating those who had lobo mycosis Education: * South Florida Community College: Biology * Sante Fe Community College: Undergraduate studies * University of South Florida: Spanish Language Overseas Program (University of Madrid) * Desoto County High School: Diploma Awards/Certificates: North American Veterinary Conference, Principles in Blood Pressure/EKG Monitoring-2005 Principles of Artificial Insemination, White Oak Okapi Research Center-2004 Small Exotic Animal Emergency Care, Wet Lab and Seminar-Dr. Teresa Lightfoot-2002 Diagnosis and Treatment of Otitis Externa/Media-2002 Setup and Trouble Shooting of Synermed Blood Machines-2001 Use of and Maintenance of Co2 Laser and Equipment-2001 U.S. Army-Equal Opportunity Awareness Certification-1996 U.S. Army-Hazardous Material Safety Data Course-1995 U.S. Army-Overseas Service Medal-1996 U.S. Army- Army Achievement Medals-1995, 1996 U.S. Army-National Service Defense Medal-1993 Daughters of the American Revolution, Good Citizenship Medal-1993 Mote Marine Laboratory, Most Knowledgeable Florida Flora and Fauna-1992 Hobbies: Scuba diving, wildlife rehabilitation, fossil hunting, and volunteering

Further references furnished upon request