Cinthia Gaona, PMP, CMQ/OE, CSQP, CQE, CQA

Cinthia Gaona, PMP, CMQ/OE, CSQP, CQE, CQA has a wide range of work experience, beginning in 2009 as a Freshman Research Initiative Summer Intern at The University of Texas at Austin. In 2013, they worked as a Document Control/Quality Assurance Specialist and Lab Tech I at Life Technologies. In 2014, they moved to Thermo Fisher Scientific (formerly Life Technologies) as a Sr. QA/QC Coordinator. In 2015, they worked as a Post Market Quality Engineer at Inova Labs. In 2017, they moved to Thermo Fisher Scientific as an Engineer II, QA. In 2019, they worked as a Quality and Project Management Associate at QA Consulting, Inc. In 2021, they moved to Vigilant Biosciences, Inc. as a Director, RA/QA & Program Management and a Sr. Quality Compliance Engineer & Program Manager. Currently, they are working as an Independent Consultant at Tupperware.

Cinthia Gaona has an education history that includes a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin (2009-2012) and an Associate of Arts in General Studies from Southwest Texas Junior College (2008-2009). Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including EU IVDR Auditor Training from Oriel STAT A MATRIX (November 2021), Small Business Management Series from Austin Community College (March 2020), ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Training from Oriel STAT A MATRIX (January 2020), ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence from ASQ - World Headquarters (July 2022), ASQ Certified Supplier Quality Professional from ASQ - World Headquarters (March 2021), Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (December 2020), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from ASQ Human Development and Leadership Division (June 2020), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) from Project Management Institute (December 2017), and Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) from ASQ Human Development and Leadership Division (April 2019).