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• Serves as a member of the executive leadership team for an emerging biotech/agtech company working within a virtual organizational model. Responsible for developing the corporate R&D strategy and for recruiting and.
• Drives ZIVO’s research and product development efforts aimed at discovering and developing natural therapeutic and nutritional products originating from proprietary algal strains.
• Responsible for natural product elucidation and characterization, and validation of product safety and efficacy.
• Coordinates the scientific/technical aspects of FDA/CVM/AAFCO compliance activities.
• Manages internal R&D staff and external consultants to achieve R&D goals.

Toledo, OH, US

• Served as a member of the Global Leadership Team for one of the world’s leading medical device contract service providers. Directed all aspects of laboratory operations for chemistry groups in multiple states including.
• Increased on-time performance rate from 70% to greater than 90% in the first 5 months while simultaneously decreasing customer complaint rate by a factor of 4.
• Consistently exceeded revenue projections and gross margin targets of high growth operation experiencing double-digit CAGR.
• Introduced new organizational structure to provide improved workflow oversight, increased support for bench-level Associates and improved distribution of key operational responsibilities (e.g., non-conformance.
• Responsible for 8-figure budget and associated P&L.

Princeton, New Jersey, US

• Served as the operational site leader for a preeminent contract research organization linked to the development of all of the 50 top-selling pharmaceutical products on the market. Directed multiple groups providing.
• Accountable for managing diverse functional groups at multiple locations including product development, logistics and analytical staff.
• Responsible for delivering on key performance indicators for multiple cost centers including financial performance (7-Figure budget), staff engagement, right the 1st time, and on time delivery.
• Shared accountability for quality system management with the local quality professional.

Kalamazoo, US

• Served as the chief technology expert and ambassador of an entrepreneurial biotechnology tools company developing an innovative 3D tissue culture device for drug discovery, drug metabolism, and personalized medicine.
• Led product/process development and improvement
• Responsible for all aspects of internal laboratory operations including hiring and training staff and development of new applications for novel tissue culture tools.
• Performed all scientific data analysis, interpretation and reporting to effectively convey the features and benefits for an emerging platform technology.
• Worked with manufacturing partner to implement product improvements.
• Established and maintained a portfolio of external relationships with key opinion leaders in targeted technology areas.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, LU

• Member of the senior management team contributing to general operational management, strategic planning, and financial management including budgeting and routine review of P&L statements.
• Instituted a business development program “from the ground up” including development and execution of the business development plan, marketing strategies and client retention program.
• Exploited networking tools to identify contacts within potential client organizations and initiated the sales process with more than twenty-five potential new clients within the first three months of program initiation.
• Participated in the annual budgeting process for all departments and planned conference exhibit schedules and sales calls accordingly.
• Implemented and maintained a client relation management (CRM) database.
• Key contact for facilities maintenance.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, LU

• Expanded the corporate service portfolio by establishing a new department and implementing new technology to address an emerging industry need.
• Cultivated a collaborative relationship with a European biotechnology company to establish AvTech as the sole provider of a novel immunoassay technology in the United States.
• Responsible for department-specific business development, hiring and training laboratory staff, client relations, and scientific leadership.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, LU

• Managed day-to-day operations of a GMP testing laboratory with 10 direct reports during a period of record workloads and revenue generation.
• Provided recommendations for departmental reorganization that were subsequently implemented to allow for further revenue growth and operational efficiency.
• Responsible for client relations, hiring and training laboratory personnel, performance evaluations, and creating/maintaining positive employee morale in a demanding, production-like environment.

• Implemented additional assay technologies resulting in recruitment of studies from new clients.
• Served as technical advisor to external clients and internal personnel.

New York, New York, US

• Established a new support function to fill a previously unmet need for in vivo data vital to a pharmaceutical sciences group investigating novel formulations.
• Successfully negotiated timelines and resource commitments between two discrete departments to accomplish timely completion of more than 30 studies.
• Contributed to 5 patent applications, supervised two bioanalytical associates, and managed all aspects of bioanalytical laboratory operations.

• Successfully directed a global effort, despite significant cultural and language barriers, to harmonize the performance of drug absorption assays in the United States, Sweden, and Italy resulting in comparable data.
• Improved throughput of a cell-based drug screening assay greater than 10-fold via automation to expedite selection of lead compounds.
• Served as departmental representative on numerous drug discovery teams, providing absorption data and interpretation to prioritize drug candidates.

• Developed, validated, and implemented quantitative cell-based assays for assessing biologic product quality.
• Developed analytical methods for characterizing the production process of a complex biologic product and provided data indicating that proposed process modifications would result in unacceptable changes in product.
• Enhanced the analytical capabilities of a newly formed biotechnology department by establishing a new analytical cell culture laboratory.
• Generated data that were included in a regulatory submission to register a biologic product in Japan.
• Generated monoclonal antibodies and novel immunoassay systems for monitoring protein conformation.

M.S., Microbiology

Education record

B.S., Biology