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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As many of you know, I left UMASS Lowell about a year ago and have re-joined the private sector.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">While this is different from academia and offers new professional challenges for me, I have noticed a striking parallel between the two worlds: the same need for trained and
talented staff in laboratories and manufacturing environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am also currently working with Arc Completa to assess and quantify the need for workforce development in laboratory environments (both public and private sectors) and possibly
develop a training program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To do the initial assessment, I need a broad-based collection of data from industry and academia…..and this is where you come in. Who better to provide the first-hand data
set than the “Lab Network”?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have attached a link to a brief (5 questions) survey to begin the data collection. Please take it when you have a chance and also forward the link to any colleague(s) you
think would be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you for your help with this effort. I look forward to your responses and seeing you soon at UGIM MIT.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YCMNPSP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tom Ferraguto
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-ferraguto-7a57b24/<o:p></o:p></p>
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