• Responsible for all department activities related to operation activities at site.• Acquire and introduce appropriate new technologies to the company to diversify operational capability, and/or improve quality and/or efficiency.• Build strong relationship as a leader within all areas of the Company.• Forecast and recommend strategies to accommodate growth when needed (space, equipment, human resource).• Establish policies and procedures to ensure that the facility site maintain a high level of scientific excellence, remains abreast of current technologies, and complies with relevant regulatory policies, OSHA and company SOPs/policies.• Recommend/implement/approve processes and procedures to improve data integrity, reduce error rates and efficiency.

• Established, maintained, and monitored strategic relationships with gene therapy process development and manufacturing experts• Collected customer insight on biomanufacturing workflows, pain points, and perspective on current and future Teknova offerings• Identified and worked with potential Alpha-Testers to establish new product testers and set up a feedback pipeline for the R&D group• Attended gene therapy focused conferences to promote current and future services through relationship building and scientific engagement• Acted as primary liaison for external subject matter expert consultants and market research groups to provide feedback on Teknova services• Worked with the marketing department to provide technical input for on-going initiatives and advise on how current and future products are viewed by customers.

• Established, maintained, and monitored strategic global relationships with referral and specialty testing providers• Spearheaded major business initiative to modernize, harmonize, and market peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) isolation capabilities at internal and external locations• Provided technical input and scientific oversight into marketing campaigns including webinar presentations, therapeutic indication presentations, and platform based material development • Worked with multi-functional stakeholders to establish templates, programs, and documentation including a lab test catalog, blood volume calculator, and esoteric testing specification forms to streamline the study set up process• Efficiently managed test selection process to ensure client satisfaction and scientific integrity• Reduced Scientific Affairs department overhead time by more than 50% by developing custom Microsoft Office based programs to automate repetitive tasks as part of workflow mapping exercise

• Collected testing requirements from global department leaders and synthesized into a single document for IT implementation, providing status updates and guiding eventual applications• Spearheaded effort to interface merging company test databases and processes, allowing the transition of all North American operations from Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA.• Led efforts to standardize test code assignments across PBMC isolation, DNA isolation, andBiomarker development departments to allow rapid study start up.• Initiated global process to select new equipment to standardize results and improve efficiency.• Defined study testing requirements for more than $200M of phase 1-3 global clinical trials for major pharmaceutical companies and set up databases to match protocol requirements

• Selected by VP of North American Operations to undertake rapid operation to improve liquid nitrogen biorepository service by doubling throughput capabilities, tripling staffing hours, and developing organizational tools and workflows• Supported executive-level effort to reassure key client by providing daily updates of progress with automated metric generation along with weekly summaries and projections, followed by direct communication with the client to provide database and spreadsheet analysis services• Provided database analysis based on all active clinical trial protocols which led the company to adjust global standard operating procedure for highest volume flow cytometry panel • Created batch script files and VBA program to automate file gathering, formatting, and transfer process to generate a novel global revenue stream out of a previous cost center• Provided design specifications and technical advice to create metric gathering spreadsheets and problem resolution databases to the Specimen Management section • During regulatory and sponsor audits worked with QA and global stakeholders to comply with Good Clinical Practice requirements • Developed work instructions to guide new processes and managed SOPs in the corporate document management system to institute updates as required by audits or efficiency• Communicated department requirements and activities to subject matter experts, project managers, and external organizations

Thesis: Selection of specific heart cells for use in regenerative therapies and drug testing applications • Evaluation, procurement, benchmarking, and maintenance of $100,000 of core equipment• Writing and editing sections of a successful $300,000 multi-investigator federal grant • Establishment and maintenance of new multi-disciplinary, multi-site research collaborations• Independently recruiting, training, and directing 6 undergraduate research projects• Implementation of productivity management software throughout my 30 person lab group• Overseeing technical and professional development to ensure job placement for all 6 trainees

Thesis: Selection of specific heart cells for use in regenerative therapies and drug testing applications • Evaluation, procurement, benchmarking, and maintenance of $100,000 of core equipment• Writing and editing sections of a successful $300,000 multi-investigator federal grant • Establishment and maintenance of new multi-disciplinary, multi-site research collaborations• Independently recruiting, training, and directing 6 undergraduate research projects• Implementation of productivity management software throughout my 30 person lab group• Overseeing technical and professional development to ensure job placement for all 6 trainees

• Designed and constructed lactate sensor with 30% more sensitivity and 20% size reduction • Organization of weekly journal club meetings and graduate event planning for 30 students• Abstract accepted to BMES conference in August 2008

• Selected from 30 undergraduates to collaborate directly with a graduate student mentor • Contributed protein function data towards PhD thesis defense and journal publication• Assisted in the structural determination of p68N (DNA replication protein)