Margy Riley

Establish long term roots in a company organization, with a focus on growth mindset. 

Fully utilize the skills that I bring with graduate education in animal science certifications and many years’ experiences working and contributing to the field. 

Njord Folio Commercial Real Estate Investment Company

njordfolio.com                                                                                                                                       8/2009-present

Commercial Real Estate Sales Specialist

MANAGE $800+ SALES PORTFORLIO: Manager real estate rentals valued at over $800 k. Work to increase value with forced appreciation, relationships with property managers and industry leaders. 

SALES ACQUISITION: Focus on growth and development of real estate market sales, specializing in the needs of the Northeastern United States. Look at real estate growth figures, buyer vs seller market, determining the best times, and the best price points to buy and sell.  Create long-standing relationships with real estate colleagues that meet their buying and selling goals within a particular niche market. 

CONDUCT COST ANALYSIS:  A conclusive analysis of rental income, with vacancy, property management, capital expenses, repairs, maintenance, utilities, mortgage, debt service, and other fixed expenses are analyzed.  This data is used to decide future types of growth that an area is experiencing and what initiatives to take.  It also gives both buyer and seller peace of mind before moving forward with a deal where the price points are correct, and they are getting market value.   

TARGET FUTURE GROWTH: Create relationships with brokers, customer database, business meetings, initiatives, communication feedback loop, product feedback, and ongoing communication to understand to best meet and improve client relationships.  Additional goals include increasing sales value. 

Mispro Biotech Services Corporation

450 East 29th Street, Suite 602, New York, NY 10016                                                                            10/2012-04/2013

Senior Animal Technician

BREEDING & COLONY MAINTENCE:  Maintained and breed 10-20 different strains of mice including knock-out/ knock-in, yellow fluorescent protein and strains for Autism. This included setting up breeding pairs and maintaining breeding pairs and breeding sets, weaning pups, keeping track of colony lines and genetic drift. Kept meticulous records on breeding lines and pair groups. 

ANIMAL HEALTH & WELL BEING:  Conducted routine and daily health checks on mice and rats to ensure health, well-being, and psychological enrichment. Wrote up detailed health reports and served as a liaison between veterinarians and scientists for the communication of the health and treatment protocols of animals. 

MAINTENCE OF ANIMAL ROOMS:  Made sure all equipment in animal rooms was working effectively. This included checking on ventilation, water lines for automatic water system, rack filters, light dark cycles, Clidox bottles are properly dated, well stocked personal protective equipment, and negative/ positive air flow. Ensure correct health status of rooms was observed working from clean to dirty. Packaged Sentinel animals for routine testing, to ensure the current health status of each rooms. 

ANIMAL PROCEDURES:  Conducted retro orbital bleeds on mice, tail vein injections, genotyping, ear tagging, and anesthesia monitoring. 

LAB MANAGEMENT:  Kept track of scheduling and submitting time charges for anesthesia machine, CO2 and other equipment and supplies for investigators as well as for animal procedures performed.

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology

308 Stemmler Hall, 3450 Hamilton Walk, 6086, Philadelphia, PA 19104                                                   6/2007-10/2007

Laboratory Technologist (Graduate School Practicum)

RESEARCH: Studied all stages of angiogenesis and blood flow in cancer using ultrasound imaging in mouse model systems. This included the initial ordering, injecting cancer cells, daily observation, cancer tumor measurement and histology. 

ANIMAL CARE & USE: Anesthesia, tail vein catheterization, euthanasia, and collection of tissue samples for histology. 

LAB MANAGEMENT: Worked with the Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF) as well as animal managers of other animal facilities to ensure the highest standards were maintained in the animal housing facility. Lab management and maintenance for inspections, radiation standards, and health standards. Wrote grants and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols.

Drexel University School of Medicine, Neurobiology & Anatomy

2900 W. Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129                                                                                        1/2006-9/2006

Research Assistant (Graduate School Practicum)

ANIMAL PROCEDURES: Performed anesthetic intubations while monitoring temperature and heart rate for surgical procedures using confocal imaging to measure axon regeneration in mouse models of spinal cord injury. 

ANIMAL CARE & HUSBANDRY: Daily monitoring and care of post-surgical animals, maintained mouse colonies, including breeding and isolating particular mice expressing yellow fluorescence protein (YFP).  Performed pre and post-surgical care for mice approved for experiments involving motor neuron axon and synaptic connections between the muscle fibers of the spinal cord. 

HISTOLOGY: Whole mount immunohistochemistry and staining of slides containing murine spinal cords and muscle tissues. 

TRAINING & SUPERVISORY: Trained graduate students and other lab members on a variety of animal related procedures, such as mouse intubations, animal restraint, and histology sectioning. Wrote grants and IACUC procedures, maintained lab member health records, designed and maintained website. 

Temple University School of Medicine, Pharmacology 

3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140                                                                                    9/2002-12/2005

Research Assistant

RESEARCH: Performed, assisted, and oversaw experiments supporting research on the effects of narcotics on the brain and  immune system.  This included writing protocols, creating training manuals and standard operating procedures, administering drugs to rats and mice, performing surgeries, collecting behavioral data, performing serology and ELISAs, and brain histology. 

ANIMAL CARE & PROCEDURES: Responsible for all aspects of animal care and use as related to the lab and experimentation.  This included behavioral monitoring, ensuring the highest ethical standards were maintained, working with the IACUC, using a stereotaxic frame to surgically implant a cannula for intracerebroventricular (icv) drug administration and/or intracerebral (ic) microinjection studies in rodents.  Another surgery was implanting radio transmitters in rodent abdomens to monitor body temperature.

HISTOLOGY: Performed histology on all animals used in experiments.  This included removing the brain, taking thin slices, preserving them for histology, staining taking thin slices of the brain, mounting then reviewing the histology slices against an atlas to ensure correct cannula placement.

Laboratory Maintenance: maintained lab equipment, ensured all chemicals were stored according to drug specifications and safety sheets, as well as adhering to the specifications set by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

SUPERVISORY: Responsible for training and overseeing the computer assistant, administrative, lab staff and graduate students. 

•  Drexel University College of Medicine

245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA                   

M.L.A.S, Masters in Laboratory Animal Science, 2008   

•  Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies

One Drexel Plaza, 3001 Market Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19104                        

B.S., Bachelor of Science in Biology, 2002, with a focus in the Veterinary Sciences

•  The University of the Arts

320 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19102

B.S., Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, 1993, with two semesters as an Illustration major