The company never fully got off the ground, but she found her next job at PAC. Her next job was with a start-up business that worked on bio-desulfurization of fuels. "It was a summer job that lasted 8 years," she says. She found out about an open contract position in an oil research laboratory, which turned into a full-time job and a career.
She explained that these jobs had an unintended effect - "They helped me determine what I didn't want to do!"Īs she was preparing to graduate, she spoke with her professors to learn what job opportunities might be available.
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During her college years, she worked in a series of summer jobs that were related closely to medical technology, the field in which she had intended to work. Houston received her bachelor's degree, with a major in biochemistry, in 1986. In 2009, she transitioned into the process side of the business. She progressed through lab manager and product manager positions to arrive at her current level. Houston started out 15 years ago in the applications group for elemental analysis. PAC manufactures more than 300 types of instruments for elemental analysis, physical property measurements, and chromatography, to support industrial laboratories and manufacturing process applications.
"I'm a firefighter for the company," she says, referring to the problem-solving aspects of her job. She supports her company's sales force and applications engineers, helping to improve product performance and resolve issues for customers. Lisa Houston has been a process director at PAC, LP, for six years.
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