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Hamilton, On, Ca

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Guelph

Responsible for supporting the institutes $148 million dollar Research Enterprise through facilitating industry-academic partnerships.- Included partnership support for Strategic Institute initiatives including OMAFRA based research priorities.- Identified opportunities to leverage research support through various provincial and federal funding programs.Represented the Institute externally at trade shows and internally, educating faculty on Research Partnership opportunities at departmental meetings.Key Liaison between the Institute, the various independent Colleges and the external industry partners.

St. Catharines

Responsible for bringing in and managing Univeristy Research partnerships with industrial and community partners. (Supported collaborations across physical sciences; bio-manufacturing; applied health technologies; education and social sciences).Actively sought out viable industry partners and increased industry engagement. Executed despite restrictive funding environment at the time.- Increased institutions applications to MITACS by 100%.- Facilitated 15 partnership opportunitiesResponsible for providing partnership and commercialization strategies to both university researches and external partners- Drafted and supported execution of contracts including NDA's, Sponsored Research Agreements, Contract Research Agreements, and Material/Data Transfer Agreements. - Educated internal stakeholders on the topic of research partnerships through campus wide seminars and department presentations.

Supported project planning and lead Manufacturing project management for Contract Manufacturing.Key Liaison between R&D, Manufacturing and Sales/Marketing, ensuring deliverables were met.Provided supervision to Manufacturing personnel.

Manufacturing lead for next generation microarray technology products. Manufactured to GMP/GLP and ISO 13485 compliance standards.Responsible for planning and ensured product output met customer needs.Drafted and Executed SOP's and Verification documents.Supported early stage experimental design (Project Planning) and technology development for Contract Manufacturing Customers.Initiated and encouraged departmental cross training and education programs.Identified alternative innovation sources and provided project management with strategic external research partners. Successfully facilitated the implementation of early stage microarray technology within SQI's product pipeline. (Ontario Centres of Excellence, OCE Industry-Academic Grant Awarded)

Hamilton (Heritage Facility)

Environmental monitoring and product investigation with reporting to upper management.Provided coaching and support to manufacturing employee's support to improve efficiencies and deliver quality product to internal customers.

Hamilton, On

Supervisor: Professor John D. BrennanDevelopment and production of biosensors within silica based materials.

Hamilton, On

Sudbury, On

Contract: Summer Student Position

Sudbury, On

Supervisor: Professor James WattersonAssay development using methods in chromatography (HPLC) and immunosorbent assays (ELISA).

Sudbury, On

Supported active research programs.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Change Management

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Chemical Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Honours, Forensic Science, Forensic Analytical Chemistry