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South San Francisco, California, United States

-Led a team of 40+ informatics analysts (FTE, contractors, co-ops, plus offshore software development resources) to implement and maintain a wide variety of scientific software systems.-Guided team to re-envision conceptual design for a global assay registration system that scales better and more closely aligns to scientists’ needs.-Sponsored the effort to implement a novel complex in vitro system model repository to meet emerging needs for organoid metadata organization to enable robust data analysis.-Stabilized and maintained focus for the DevSci Informatics group through a long period of uncertainty following senior leader departures and reorganization uncertainty.

South San Francisco, California, United States

-Sponsored the effort to implement the Orion digital pathology landscape and the Vista preclinical DP peer review portal, a innovative, vendor-neutral, cloud-first DP solution that will scale to meet a variety of data management, analytics and workflow needs.-Sponsored the effort to implement the Spider system that improves efficiency, data quality and data access for preclinical PK/TK/ADA data for small and large molecule preclinical PK groups, multiple assay groups as well as toxicology/pathology. -Developed Polaris, an assay registration tool that is being used by groups across Roche to standardize and organize assay information.-Co-Sponsored effort to create Comet, an innovative cloud-based data ingestion tool for both high and low-dimensional data in DevSci.-Led the predictive safety informatics strategy to build out a landscape of informatics tools and systems to manage in vivo, in vitro, digital pathology and complex in vitro system data.-Evolved the Safety Assessment Data Repository (SADR) to enable toxicologists and data scientists to write complex queries of preclinical toxicology data.Envisioned and deployed an assay performance monitoring tool that gives bioanalytical scientists near real-time information on how assays are performing at various assay CROs.-Oversaw informatics Operations group to track budget, create sourcing strategy, implement light-touch governance, oversee employee training and development, etc. . .-Key contributor to DSI’s strategic vision and practical approach to transforming DevSci’s ability to ingest, process, store, visualize and analyze data.

South San Francisco, California, United States

-Envisioned and built the Safety Assessment Data Repository (SADR), an industry-leading and cloud-based structured repository of toxicology data.-Implemented MAPS, an application that standardizes project and study metadata for use by scientists and downstream systems across gRED.-Founding member of the gRED Informatics Leadership Group.-Developed OASIS, a novel tool to give scientists early-look access to clinical PK and ADA data.-Key contributor to the 2025 gRED document management effort.-Created and executed a multi-year vision to transform the way BioAnalytical Sciences interacts with CROs through data exchange, data standardization and internal work tracking.-Created the conceptual design for the SDAP landscape that will transform how Roche tracks clinical samples from collection to assay.-Oversaw informatics partnership with ~ 300 scientists in the BioAnalytical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology, and Safety Assessment departments.-Led the effort to design and implement an innovative document management tool based on Microsoft Sharepoint.

South San Francisco, California, United States

-Led a global team consisting of 10 different functions to completely revamp the way clinical PK/ADA sample data is handled and cleaned at Genentech.-Co-led the initial stages of the effort to create a new biobank for clinical trial samples and associated data (SAMI) in partnership with BioSample Repository Management.-Led the implementation of a Biomarker LIMS to increase the efficiency of sample management, data storage, reporting, and analysis in Oncology Biomarker Development.-Created industry-leading regulated lab automation capability that automated the analysis of hundreds of thousands of preclinical and clinical PK/PD/ADA samples.-Led the Development Sciences IT Steering Committee to manage a ~$6M informatics budget.-Represented gRED on an initiative to harmonize computer system validation policies across Roche. -Provided key input to ensure the policy was flexible and efficient to ensure DevSci was not forced to follow GMP practices.

South San Francisco, California, United States

-Led team of direct and indirect reports to design, implement and maintain 20 state-of-the-art, GxP laboratory automation systems.-Led the effort to design a state-of-the-art bioanalytical facility by working closely with Corporate Engineering, facilities, external architects, and BioAnalytical Assays personnel. -Contributed to the successful outcome of two FDA GLP inspections.

South San Francisco, California, United States

-Led BioAnalytical Assays’ successful effort to implement Watson LIMS in a GLP environment.-Led BioAnalytical Assays GxP robotics efforts.-Maintained and performed ELISA assays for PK/TK/PD/ADA analysis.