In my current position as Director of Emerging Technologies within the Agilent Genomics Division I lead a team of experts tasked to help drive innovation within our division. Some of our key responsibilities include:- assist the division and executive leadership team with technical M&A diligence and evaluation of emerging technologies and applications- build strong links with other groups in the company such as Agilent Labs and Strategy and Corporate development and other R&D teams to help stimulate information exchange- develop tools to help manage our evaluation work, collaborations and drive idea sharing within the divisionWe aim to deliver high quality, data driven analyses, including lab-based evaluations and partner with market/ business development colleagues to generate comprehensive reports to help drive decision making and strategy planning. I have been nominated as the Diagnostic and Genomics group delegate on the Early Stage Partnership programme, tasked to provide Agilent with material insight to guide strategy and or M&A activity though partnerships and investment.Awarded Presidents Club 2015 for achieving the highest standard of excellence through outstanding contribution and leadership. This is the highest recognition offered in the field organization. I gained valuable experience from earlier field positions, including remote support engineer, field application scientist and NGS specialist roles. Interactions with customers, key opinion leaders, sales, marketing and R&D colleagues have given me unique perspectives, something I continue to leverage in my daily work to ensure our work is sound and will resonate with the various stakeholders, both internal and external.