Benoit Tricot Email & Phone Number

Boston

Project manager, Software Professional Services team• Responsible for the planning, execution and support of custom solutions implementation projects for iPACS, Invicro's proprietary web-based data-management platform. • Managed the company largest customer software project to date (contract worth over $800,000). • Managed 10+ projects in GxP-regulated environments.• Responsibilities include: - Define project scope, budget and timelines.- Identify internal stakeholders and assemble the project team (Product manager, Software developers, Dev/Ops engineers, Professional Services engineers, Application specialists, System Compliance)- Assist customers in defining requirements and relay those to the project team. - Ensure all deliverables follow GxP quality guidelines. That includes the creation, review and approval of all relevant validation documents (SDLC documentation, Project Plan, URS, FRS, Risk Assessment, Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Performance Qualification (PQ), Trace Matrix) or change requests. - Act as the main point of contact for customers, responsible for communicating project progress and potential changes in scope and budget.

Woburn, Ma

Member of the Deployment, Production and Support services team. Team lead on 20+ clinical trials for pharmaceuticals companies.Management of projects deployment activities:• Communication, coordination and weekly project meetings with all the internal teams (Product Management, Project Management, Medical Directors, Information Systems).• Definition of requirements according to project specifications.• Multi-project tasks planning in order to respect timelines.• Tasks assignment and regular follow-up.• Risk analysis (timelines, product usability, worklfow, process)Deployment activities:• Internal and external infrastructure deployment according to projects specifications.• Specific configuration and deployment of trials in clinical trial management system (Medidata Medical Imaging).Customer services activities:• Training of customers (Clinical sponsor and radiologists) and internal teams on proprietary software application.• Customers follow-up with satisfaction surveys and additional trainings.• Customers support and monthly reporting in order to optimize the solution and provide feedback to development and product teams.

•Run different in-vivo and ex-vivo imaging experiments on modalities like MRI (4.7T and 7T pre-clinical scanners), bioluminescence imaging (BLI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT), and fluorescence reflectance imaging (FRI).•Design and implement imaging studies, analyze data and images, and produce figures for publication.•Operation and maintenance of imaging equipment.•Expertise in cardiovascular MRI studies in mice from acquisition (cine imaging, delayed enhancement imaging, tagging) to image analysis (cardiac function analysis, tagging analysis).

•Started the first cardiac MRI studies in rodents in Sherbrooke on a 7T Varian scanner.•Set up the acquisition process for cine-imaging of the rat heart.•Cardiac imaging processing: denoising, segmentation and visualization for cardiac function analysis.•Pulse sequence development: optimization of a FLASH cine sequence in order to achieve T2-weigthing imaging.

Sherbrooke Molecular Imaging Center

•Literature review of cardiac MRI in small animals.•First cardiac gated techniques for cardiac MRI acquisitions in rodents.

Center For High-Rate Nanomanufacturing

•Enhancement of the fabrication process of carbon nanotubes based nano-switches.•Participation to science communication workshops and writing of literature reviews.

Master'S Degree, Radiations Science And Biomedical Imaging

•Courses in biomedical imaging. •Started the first cardiac MRI studies in rodents in Sherbrooke on a 7T Varian scanner. •Set up.

Master'S Degree, Engineering Physics

Two years of general courses in Sciences and Technology for the engineer. Three years of specialization in Material Sciences.

Education record

Two semesters as an exchange student Courses in Medical physics, Medical imaging and Bioengineering. Semester-long project on correction.