Managing the consolidation of multiple intellectual property archives into one unified system.

As a small startup I wear a lot of hats.Research management • A clinical trial project where I'm responsible for liaising with the CRO• One early-stage r&d project for a vaccine and one commercialisation project for diagnostics, both produced in a plant expression platform, where I'm responsible for the funding application and project management Marketing• Content creation for our social media • Setup and maintenance of websites

As a (for the moment) two-person team, my duties are varied. My main responsibility is managing several research projects (most in the seeking-of-funding stage), maintaining the business's online presence, managing our documentation, and assisting with commercialisation activities as required.

• Edited a multi-author EU funding proposal for a university research and teaching initiative.• Created graphics for a brochure distributed to medical doctors about COVID-19 and lung trauma.• Assisted Masters (Engineering) students with structure and grammar in their dissertations.• Background research for a pre-clinical trial ethical application.

Remgro provides administrative and legal support to its subsidiary companies, including Richemont. My task is to update historic design records (on Dennemeyer's Diams IQ platform) according to their present requirements.

• Reported to the Co-CEOs and COO.• Managed the office administrator (2021).• Managed three engineers-in-training (2020).• Conducted daily operations.• Onboarded and trained new staff.• Overhauled business profile and project profiles with new layout, graphics, and content. Updated profiles as needed. • Built an introductory profile for a pharmaceutical product to present to investors, including budget, project timeline and market research.• Communicated with service providers to ensure progress on project.• Initiated various funding applications.• Built project plans and budgets with the assistance of the CFO and COO.• Created company standard operating procedures compliant with ISO 9001 / ISO 13485.• Supported postgraduate students as they initiated company-sponsored research projects.

• Reported to Technical Manager and managed five staff members in the technical department.• Responsible for OHSA compliance in technical department.• Responsible for Quality Assurance processes in technical department.• Responsible for technical department budget and procurement.• Reviewed the technical department standard operating procedures, identified missing protocols and developed new protocols as required.• Found, vetted and registered new suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables.• Upgraded quality control databases in Excel to allow historic trend analysis and forecasting.• Improved client service order forms with better instructions for sampling, and improved traceability.• Added new systems to keep track of repeated activities.• Part of the new product trial team reporting to the Product Portfolio Champion.• Part of interview panels for new staff members.

• Reported to the Founder.• Applied for research grants (1 of 3 successful).• Organising committee member and photographer for the 3rd South African Biomedical Engineering Conference.• Researched and consulted with experts on the development of a pharmaceutical product.• Managed two development engineers.• Created first and second iteration of design and development processes (compliant with ISO 13485).• Created business and product profiles.• Performed market research for potential products.• Supported product champions in documenting their products.

• Reported to the head of the research group.• Helped students find suppliers and get quotes.• Initiated procurement of materials required by research group members on procurement system.• Gave safety briefings for newcomers.• Arranged services for equipment.• Updated asset registry and chemical stocklist.