Brad Meyer Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

South San Francisco, Ca, Us

Consulting small startups on laboratory equipment, planning, and automation.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Providing automation, liquidation, and operations guidance to the Board of Directors

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Automation, Process Development, and Operations Leadership resulting in 550% increase in throughput.AUTOMATION LEADERSHIP:-Led Automation and Process Development department of 6 people, including Sr. Scientist, Automation Engineer, Research and Operations Associates.-Led programming of production automation scripts on Hamilton systems using VENUS, SoftmaxPro, PostgreSQL databases, and Python helper scripts. Programmed with a focus on deployability, expandability, and instrument agnosticism utilizing custom-programmed libraries and lookups whenever possible. Department execution resulted in a 550% screening capacity increase using automation-Forecast, budgeted, and planned over $3.5 million in company capital equipment purchases for upcoming budget years with a focus on minimizing capital expenditures while improving Scientific and HTS capabilities. Coordinated with Asia Pacific team for the inception of a HTS screening laboratory in Japan, including laboratory design, budgeting, and equipment purchasing plans.OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS LEADERSHIP:-Key member of Acquisition Leadership Team making all strategic decisions to facilitate sale of company assets, equipment, data, and intellectual property, resulting in a successful transaction.-Met with the Board of Directors on a frequent basis, providing key updates on physical activities in our shutdown process.-Led company's North American closure activities including negotiating debt resolutions and executing over $350,000 in equipment sales spanning 20 independent transactions, extending company runway by over 2 months.-Negotiated reduced rent with the landlord, allowing for a streamlined and organized shutdown of laboratory activities.-Planned and led the phased shutdown of 6 biology laboratories, balancing closure activities and equipment sales with remaining scientific laboratory operations.-Co-led financial management during acquisition process, including staffing and vendor relationships.

South San Francisco, Ca, Us

Working to bring automation processes into early research labs with liquid handlers and workcells. -Programmed and supported novel NGS methods on Biomek i-Series robots-Designed and programmed a variety of methods for automated cell culture-Collaboratively designed and purchased Hamilton VANTAGE platform automation-Built out new automation lab including ancillary equipment and supplies-Worked with scientists to design and optimize immuno-oncology standards for automated systems-Lead our in-house knowledge system with documentation in wiki platforms to onboard and train fasterExpanding my skill set every day. Helping scientists get their work done more efficiently.

Fremont, California, Us

Fremont, California, Us

Design, write, and implement a variety of NGS sample preparation workflows to increase robustness and reliability of patient sample preparation for diagnostics. Write and deploy novel customized Hamilton VENUS libraries for STARline robots to aid fellow automation engineers programming efforts and to streamline code management and uniformity.Conceptualize and design with our team new workflows and introduce new technologies to the lab to streamline their work. Expand the use of software-driven technology to ease repetitive burden on lab staff and derisk patient sample handling.

Reno, Nv, Us

Provided applications and installation support on a variety of Hamilton Robotics product lines including STAR, Nimbus, and Vantage instruments. Programmed up through moderately complex methods including on systems with numerous integrations.

Bothell, Washington, Us

Expertise in hybridoma and monoclonal antibody generation; point-person for Hamilton Robotics STAR liquid handler and Thermo Scientific micro plate system utilizing Venus and Momentum softwares, respectively; cytoxicity assays in mono and combination therapies testing Antibody Drug Conjugate activity and efficacy.

Bothell, Washington, Us

Hybridoma generation for therapeutic and reagent antibodiesAutomation technologies advocate and point-person as company expands in to automation and increases throughput using liquid handling systems

Bothell, Washington, Us

Antibody generation via hybridoma methods. Worked with team to develop more high-throughput hybridoma techniques and optimize colony picking and screening assays to shorten time from fusion to mAb discovery and characterization.Worked on various projects for therapeutic candidates including developing and characterizing reagent antibodies as well as developing candidate therapeutics for preclinical studies.

Pullman/Spokane/Tri-Cities/Vancouver/Everett/Global, Washington, Us

Hybridoma development for the Tissue Culture Center at Washington State University, developing diagnostic mAbs for PhD candidate researchers and the USDA. Generated 14 hybridoma lines and 55 sub clones of various isotopes and antibody properties. Trained co workers and assisted in maintaining the lab.Assisted in research for multiple PhD thesis' on veterinary diseases Neospora and Scrapie prion proteins, including a DNA vaccine trail in cattle against N. caninum.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology And Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science/Pre-Law