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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Explora Biolabs acquired by Charles River in April 2022 • Direct management and oversight for the following business units: Vivarium Operations, Contract Research, Veterinary Services and Client Services. • Responsible for 130+ employees with 8 Senior Director/Director/Manager level direct reports including DVMs and PhDs.• Work with developers, architects, operations to design and open 12 new AAALAC-accredited shared vivarium facilities between 2020 and 2022in San Diego, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle. Managed a total vivarium network of 18 facilities which serviced 100+ unique clients• Established a companywide customer service group from ground up to provide a client facing resource for inquiries inclusive of client on/off boarding, inquiry triage, internal stakeholder resource between business groups• Experience in acquisition through integration of Novalex (2021) into Explora adding 25 new clients and over 30 new employees

• Responsible for scientific oversight, management and business strategy for Explora’s Contract Research Services business unit to include strategy, finance, hiring, client relations • Extensive regulatory experience including leading AAALAC re-accreditation (10+ vivaria), submitting OLAW assurance, IACUC• Established partnership with a leading commercial animal supplier and led a successful and on-time launch of a fully staffed commercial breeding operation

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

• Global Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Covance preclinical oncology providing scientific expertise to external sponsors and internal development teams • Interacted face to face with potential clients in biotech and pharma regarding our preclinical oncology solutions• Responsible for scientific strategy including high-level partnerships and acquisitions • Development of in-demand models to capture new revenue streams• Within a matrix environment, provide leadership, technical scientific oversight, and business development to cross-functional teams including sales/marketing, study direction, and study technical operations

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Pharmaceutical R&D for clients in pharma/biotech: consultation on experimental design, analysis and reporting. Responsible for the overall business strategy, development and oversight of scientific capabilities within the oncology group.

Hackensack, New Jersey, Us

• Responsible for Project Management team’s accurate and on-time forecasting, revenue recognition, reporting, initiation, feasibility, and deviation management• Direct management of Project Management team (3PhD/3MS level)• Served as scientific technical expert to pharmaceutical and biotech companies • Development of new models to support immunotherapy platforms • Developed web-based data portal with contracted IT consultants• Maintained and grew alliance pharma partnerships

Hackensack, New Jersey, Us

• Managed all laboratory operations including in-life study execution, quality, scheduling and staffing• 15 direct technician reports including formulation technicians• Site lead for regulatory audits including CLIA and The Joint Commission• Create, maintain, train and review laboratory-related SOPs

• Responsible for the ongoing product development of the JAX PDX Resource: manage all aspects of the development of the PDX tumor bank • Manage and direct JAX Oncology Services-In Vivo Pharmacology group, a contract research organization (CRO) with 20-30 ongoing client sponsored studies leading to $3M in annual revenue • Expert in preclinical mouse models of cancer including: patient derived xenografts (PDX), subcutaneous xenografts, orthotopic xenografts , GEMMs, efficacy studies, MTD, MOA, and PK/PD studies• Extensive experience in modeling lung cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, and AML in the mouse.• Expertise in humanizing the mouse with both patient derived tumors and human immune components.• Actively establish and maintain relationships with Cancer Center directors, clinicians, surgeons, pathologists and leading researchers from institutions providing PDX tumors to the JAX PDX Resource• Podium presentations at high profile scientific conferences • Responsible for ensuring compliance with all internal and external animal welfare regulations and SOPs• Member of the JAX GLP/CLIA taskforce to evaluate the implementation of this accreditation in support of the JAX Avatar personalized medicine platform• Strong oral and written communication skills, including ability to concisely interpret complex data to clients and communicate strategic initiatives to both external and internal stakeholders • Experience collaborating effectively across the organization to fulfill study objectives and JAX strategic goals • Personnel management experience with five direct reports: Project Manager, technicians, and cell culture specialist

• Scientific oversight and project management for 15-20 active client sponsored studies in support of translational medicine and oncology platforms• Development of client sponsored study designs• Contract development• Responsible for financial oversight and oversight of billing• Client communication• Model development for patient derived xenografts (PDX models, primary human leukemia models, and sterotaxic brain delivery of glioblastoma.• IACUC protocol development and a voting member of the IACUC• One direct report and mentoring of 5-8 technical staff and responsible for cell culture group• Experience managing PDX efficacy studies, subcutaneous xenograft studies, orthotopic modeling studies, and transgenic or GEMMs models of cancer

• Provide scientific expertise in mouse models of disease to external researchers seeking information on JAX Mice and Services • Routine external scientific presentations on JAX Mice and Services to clients and academic partners

Ph.D., Neuroscience

Executive Certificate In The Business Of Life Science

Postdoctoral Training, Neuroscience

Ba, Psychology