Chris French Email & Phone Number

London, Greater London, GB

San Jose, CA, US

BrightInsight is the leading global digital health platform for biopharma and medtech regulated digital health solutions.- Professional Services leadership role overseeing global team of digital health client delivery managers.- Delivery of digital health (SaMD) SaaS solutions, and tracking progress against KPIs.- Establish best-in-class delivery operating.

San Jose, CA, US

- Accountable for all aspects of end-to-end software delivery combining BrightInsight platform capabilities with custom-built functionality. Applications included digital health, DTx and medtech.- Client facing, end-to-end program lead co-ordinating globally dispersed cross-functional teams (50+ indirect reports) using hybrid agile methodologies..

San Jose, CA, US

Selected for interim position as an opportunity for professional development as a future leader.Assumed line management responsibility for a global team of SaMD program managers.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

- Led delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary medtech commercialisation engagements in client-facing capacity.- Responsibilities included sales and business development within medtech and life sciences.- Developed innovation strategies and commercialisation plans to support clients’ budgeting and capital raising.- Line managed two project managers.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

- Project-managed multiple medtech commercialisation projects from concept to manufacturing.- Applications included minimally-invasive surgical instruments, laboratory instrumentation, diagnostic imaging equipment and connected healthcare devices.- Oversaw user research to define and iterate product requirements.- Coordinated team resourcing, task.

Edison, NJ, US

- Responsible for FDA-approved IVD manufacturing operation including procurement, supply chain and global distribution while ensuring regulatory compliance.- Oversaw annual production of >4 million home-use fecal occult blood lateral flow tests for early detection of symptoms of bowel cancer.- Owned operations P&L and optimised unit cost economics through.

Newtown, New South Wales, AU

- Managed growth areas of IVD start-up including production, operations and quality system.- Established and scaled brand new manufacturing facility, implemented automated solutions and optimised operating procedures.- Successfully achieved TGA accreditation ahead of company IPO.- Launched eight new molecular diagnostic RT-PCR IVD products including.

Bedford, Bedfordshire, GB

- Lead R&D scientist for market-leading consumer diagnostics brand Clearblue™.- Developed new women's health IVD products with cross-functional project teams. Generated requirements for new products and managed UX improvements.- Responsible for IP-related investigations of competitor products in conjunction with legal team.- Led concept generation.

Bedford, Bedfordshire, GB

- Full product development (concept to validation) of new and existing consumer lateral flow IVD products with a focus on digitalisation and new intellectual property.- Project successes expanded the company’s women’s health product portfolio.

North Chicago, Illinois, US

- Oversaw technical development and scale-up (>1 million parts per year) of pilot manufacturing facility to support the launch of consumer blood coagulation monitor; company’s first cardiovascular product.- Implemented innovative solutions to address technical issues and enhance product performance.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Philosophy (Research), Molecular And Cellular Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Biochemistry