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Denver, CO, US

- PhD in Pharmacology / Yeast Metabolic Engineering- Technical experience in Metabolic Engineering, Precision Fermentation, Enzyme Production.- Corporate Expertise in Strategy, Business Operations, CMO oversight, and Program Management & Standup.- Industry experience in Bioethanol, Bioagriculture, Wastewater, Human Health, Drug Development (at Novonesis).

Denver, Colorado, United States

Series C Startup CPG company, focused on the sustainable production of alternative protein food products through fermentation.- Worked with C-Suite to define short-term and long-term business strategy, and translate it into executable strategy and KPIs. Provided monthly executive-level summary reports on progress.- Advised C-suite on optimizing customer.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Series A Startup focused on carbon neutral fermentation of chemicals for renewable energy, including Gold Hydrogen (conversion of depleted oil reservoirs), Sustainable SAF (through waste and/or CO2 conversion to SAF or SAF precursors) and Endolith (extraction of minerals from low-grade ores via biological catalysts)KEY ROLES:Business Development for.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Product Strategy and Planning:- Product range and lifecycle management of 250 microbial SKUs across 6 production sites (+ CMOs) for NA, SA, EMEA and APAC with diverse regulations. - Market research & analysis for how to expand/shrink production portfolio to maximize efficiency across all 6 production sites.- Product Portfolio was key driver of growth.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Research Strategy and Planning:- Developed and implement the overall research and hiring strategy and vision for the Assay and Analytical Development Department in line with broader growth strategy for the company.- Identified and priotized emerging trends, technologies, and methodologies in the field and propose innovative approaches to advance research.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

- Drove market research and customer profiling with quality focus to develop analytical strategy for product novel to Novozymes.- Developed performance methods and analytical strategy for successfully launched products, including Innova® Force and Fit.- Worked cross-functionally to link customer experience to internal product performance for above products.

Lynch Lab, BME, Durham, NC

Pre-Seed precision fermentation startup company focused around creating high value products through tailored microbial metabolic engineering.- Lead DARPA-funded project within ‘start-up’ environment to establish S cerevisiae as bio-engineered backbone for high-cost commodity and pharmaceutical chemical production.- Created risk-managed strategy to evaluate.

Department Of Pharmacology, University Of Washington

- Dissertation focus on the pharmaceutical intervention of neural protein quality control to treat neurological disorders.- Experienced in evaluating protein order/disorder and protein/protein interactions to create high-throughput strategies for drug development.- Utilized synthetic and molecular biological approaches to evaluate 1000s of genes and.

Department Of Medicine, University Of Washington

- Research focus on understanding pharmacodynamics of insulin production by Islets of Langerhans.- Live microscopy and a range of in-vivo methods to understand the highly energetic coupling of metabolism and calcium flux to regulation of insulin secretion in isolated Islets of Langerhans and cultured cells.

Seattle, WA

Screening and enrollment of patients at Harborview Medical Center (UW) into clinical research study investigating clinical outcomes of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients.

Phd, Pharmacology

Activities and Societies: Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant (2010-2012), 2011 Mentor for Northwest Association for Biomedical.

B.S., Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience