Recently joined the consulting ranks after a 12+ year career at Roka Bioscience as Vice President of Operations and Quality. Have a total of 30 years of experience in a variety of roles in the biotechnology field. Prior to Roka, served as Associate Director of Process Transfer at Gen-Probe, Inc. (now Hologic) responsible for scaling up, transferring, and launching assays. My 10 year tenure at Gen-Probe also included positions as a scientist on the HIV/HCV assay team and manager of Process Support. In addition, held various roles over 8 years at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Began as a research scientist where earned patents in real-time PCR, carryover prevention methodology, and detection of HIV-1/HCV in the early 90's. Completed career at Ortho-Clinical as the Operation's Supervisor of the FDA (CBER) approved manufacturing facility for blood screening tests. Received B.S. degree in Biochemistry from the University of California at Riverside.
Listed skills include Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Fda, Assay Development, and 18 others.
