• Key member of executive management team responsible for increasing gross revenue and maximizing company margins. • Coordinated with client representatives to effectively prepare business proposals and manage business development team members during Request for Proposal/Request for Quotation projects.• Analyzed and mitigated company risk by negotiating more favorable payment and indemnity terms with clients, resulting in improved collection times and reduction in liability premiums. • Increased gross margin by designing and implementing cross divisional tracking process of planned versus actual gross margin, resulting in improved practices across departments. • Independently analyzed, optimized and executed improved project valuation and estimating processes.• Designed and executed pipeline and project priority system to better direct business development team members to more efficiently pursue high-value business opportunities.

• Published three first-author scientific manuscripts in four years in scientific journals.• Presented research findings at the Mechanisms and Models of Cancer Symposium at Salk Institute in San Diego, as well as Cell and Regulatory Biology Conference at University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.• Independently designed experiments and analyzed results to incorporate into manuscripts and presentations.• Managed research team and provided technical training and supervision over other lab personnel in designing, planning, and executing their experiments and manuscripts.• Managed and planned lab budgets as well as assisted in grant writing process.