EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Ruqaya and Carlene

RUQAYA

Fill Technician, Production Team


How long have you been with MMQCI?
Over 2 years

What are your primary responsibilities?
Working with assembling, filling and kitting our product.

Describe MMQCI in three words:
Growing, Fun and Friendly. 

What do you like best about MMQCI?
Everything we do at MMQCI we do at a higher level.  Diversity and inclusivity are important.  MMQCI is willing to hear and listening to all.  We receive positive feedback and company news is shared throughout.

What are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen since joining MMQCI?
Moving operations into the newly opened building expansion, while minimizing impacts to production.

What do you like to do in your free time?
I like to paint and work on my art projects.

Who are some of your biggest inspirations, and why?
I am from Somalia.  Seeing women face challenges and doing great things is inspiring.  Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse midwife, was the first and only woman Minister in the Government of Somaliland.  She played an important role in educating the public about the harmful practice of FGM.  Edna was a representative of the WHO for many years. Right after the civil war in Somalia there were no standing buildings.  She played an important role in the building of a new hospital after the war.  She contributed her own savings and lead donation efforts. To help answer the call for health care workers, she was able to build Edna Aden University, where she taught nursing and worked at the same time.  The most exciting part for me was that I was able to meet her in person in the summer of 2021. 

What best advice can you give someone who might be interested in joining us here at MMQCI?
If you are a scientist who is starting or advancing your career, MMQCI would be the best place to start and grow with a great company. You will learn a lot from working with a great team.

 

CARLENE

Production Technician I


How long have you been with MMQCI and how did you first learn about our company?
It has been 4 years now. I started as a temporary employee to help the production team.  After a year, I got hired and become a production assistant and then got promoted to be a production technician the following year.

What are your primary responsibilities?
My primary responsibilities are prepping and producing filling/ kitting paperwork, filling products in tubes or bottles, kitting approved fill lots, tubes and bottles into kit boxes and kitting inspection.

Describe MMQCI in three words:
MMQCI is dependable, detail-oriented and always evolving.

What do you like best about MMQCI?
I like that we do care a lot about our work and teammates in every department.  We are all happy when we have a new employee and sad to see a coworker leave.  I also like how the company cares about giving its employees an opportunity to get to know each other better, like catered breakfast or lunch, and even an annual picnic (with employees’ families, yes!).  I also like that we all share in the company’s profit.  At MMQCI, it is believed (and very true) that every employee contributes to the company’s success.

How would you describe your team?
Our production team is the strongest team I have ever worked with.  We are always busy. We are very organized and very flexible when it comes to shifting priorities. But most of all, we like to help each other and look for ways to improve workflow.  For us, it’s always going to be quality over quantity.

What do you like to do in your free time?
I would say that I do like to listen to music (any music really), and spend time with my family and friends. I am also a member of a choir at Sacred Heart St. Dominic church, I am a soprano/ an alto singer.

What’s one thing that’s on your “Bucket List”?
To visit Dubai with my family.

What do you enjoy most about working here?
I enjoy the fact that we are close in our team.  We are coworkers but also we do care about each other.

Where were you born and raised?
I was born and raised in Burundi, in Central Africa.

What’s the last song you listened to?
There is a place - Nathaniel Bassey

What is something about you that most people don’t know?
I would say that I have 7 siblings in my family, plus me. We are 8 in total.

What best advice can you give someone who might be interested in joining us here at MMQCI?
I would say that if you are a hardworking, visionary, detail-oriented, friendly person, MMQCI could be the perfect fit for you.