Bs Sarah Martinec Mtsbb (ASCP)

Sarah Martinec has extensive work experience in the field of laboratory support services and immunohematology. Sarah currently holds the position of Senior Director of Laboratory Support Services at Vitalant, starting in August 2021. Prior to joining Vitalant, they worked at QualTex Laboratories from August 2018 to July 2021, where they served as the Senior Manager of the Immunohematology Reference Laboratory and as a Corporate Account Executive. Their responsibilities at QualTex Laboratories included providing lab consultation services, managing immunohematology donor testing and transfusion services, and overseeing the SBB program, CLS, MLT student clinical rotations. Sarah also played a key role in developing the laboratory into a "World Class IRL" by implementing automation and LEAN workflow strategies.

Before their time at QualTex Laboratories, Sarah worked at Grifols Diagnostics Solutions as the Senior Manager of Education and Training from April 2016 to August 2018. In this role, they provided external education on immunohematology reference laboratory subject matter and was responsible for employee training and training lab maintenance.

Prior to that, Sarah was the Lab Manager at Houston Methodist from an unspecified start date to 2016. Sarah managed the Blood Donor Center and Outpatient Laboratory and oversaw the hospital-based blood center and phlebotomy collection service.

From an unspecified start date to 2014, Sarah worked at CHI St. Luke's Health Blood Center as the Technical Supervisor. Their responsibilities in this role included quality assurance activities for recruitment, collection, and component preparation services.

Sarah also has experience at Charter Medical, Ltd. as a Clinical Specialist from an unspecified start date to 2010, where they trained sales representatives and customers on product lines and transfusion medicine.

Additionally, they worked at Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center as the Technical Client Support Coordinator from an unspecified start date to 2009, where they managed client relationships and developed new products and services.

Early in their career, Sarah worked at the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center as an IT Technical Liaison from an unspecified start date to 2004. In this role, they also managed client relationships and developed new products and services.

Throughout their career, Sarah has consistently demonstrated their expertise in laboratory support services, immunohematology, and client relationship management.

Sarah Martinec attended Texas Christian University from 1986 to 1991, where they studied Medical Technology. Sarah later obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist from the same university. Sarah Martinec also holds additional certifications, including a Medical Technologist (MT) certification and a Specialist in Blood Banking (ASCP-SBB) certification, both obtained from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).