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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Argyle, Wisconsin, United States

• Consulting services for bioinformatics, laboratory sequencing automation, and genetic data science, specializing in data-driven discovery in microbiology, biologics, cancer genomics, and agricultural science.
• Perform sequence analysis using portable cloud-based containers, infrastructure, and tools.
• Provide recommendations for sequencing projects and planning for data analysis pipelines.
• Build and assist in deployment of custom sequence analysis pipelines for customers.
• Provide custom data and process modeling and system configuration templates for sample-tracking and LIMS.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Managed team of bioinformaticians; oversaw all informatics projects related to R&D, Operations, and Business Development functions.
• Lead and project owner for deployment of Benchling (SaaS LIMS) across the entire organization, servicing 100 accounts. Directed teams for process mapping, building out data models, creating ERDs, and building out.
• Lead organization towards complete end-to-end data integration, starting with experimental designs, through data acquisition and sample tracking, and ultimately to data summary and reports.
• Built out an internal support infrastructure for Benchling that included the entire Bioinformatics team as well as contributions from volunteer scientists from each function group, consisting of up to twenty people.
• Designed a change review process for the company, initially to support change management of the Benchling system. Deployed that process and oversaw change requests. Assigned priorities and resources in support of the.
• Administered three Benchling tenants for development, testing and training, and production environments.

Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States

• Senior scientist role in designing and analyzing experiments using RNA-Seq, scRNA-Seq, and WGS. Executed analysis and built reports to be included in internal and customer-facing documentation.
• Developed pipelines for the above sequencing methods on test and production clusters using various tools and managing executions via Slurm.
• Built out pipelines to support analysis of 10x Genomics scRNA-Seq data; trained other informaticists in use of these tools.
• Advised Global IT/Data Science on infrastructure needed to support sequencing for NovaSeq data.
• Participated in a team constructing pipelines for deep sequencing of complete cattle genomes.
• Participated on a team improving on tools to annotate cattle genomes and track their variants across multiple lineages.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Technical and project lead for several target enrichment diagnostic panels intended for the Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) market.
• Developed panels, prepare testing parameters, and work with laboratory leads on test execution following approved corporate and local product development pipelines.
• Coordinate with global research, marketing, and sales teams on developing differentiated products and proper product positioning for the target market.
• Manage key metrics, track project status, proactively identify risks, issues and mitigation plans, and report status in team meetings and to senior leadership.
• Lead global data governance project, defining data types/storage environment for multiple workgroups.
• Identify and define new product ideas or technologies, conduct feasibility, optimization, verification and validation studies, perform method and product transfer to manufacturing and support of regulatory submissions.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Provided custom Sequence Capture designs for Roche Nimblegen customers and used Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to create custom probe designs for human and non-human capture experiments.
• Strategized, developed, and executed new bioinformatics tools to help laboratory scientists.
• Collaborated with leadership and other team members to structure the bioinformatics tool/pipeline development process to improve the efficiency of the bioinformatics team.
• Managed change orders, participated in design control process for new product release, and update/maintain SOPs as product specifications change.
• Interfaced with cross-functional teams and customers during the design process to identify technical requirements and address potential technical risks.
• Stayed current on scientific developments and assessed new technology/new product process capabilities.

• Led complex projects, oversaw multi-disciplined teams and subject matter experts to conduct experiments within several technology and research areas.
• Performed biostatistical, computational, and laboratory studies of global expression profiling of parasite-host interactomes using RNA-Seq and hybridization arrays.
• Managed the laboratory, designed and printed customer arrays, supported the grant writing/ submission process, performed experimental design consultation, budget inputs, and regulatory protocol submission.
• Prepared reports and documentation providing an analysis or summarization of project status/results.
• Planned, designed, and executed technical studies that met laboratory objectives and goals.
• Presented findings at scientific meetings and published multiple research papers.

• Automation and technology development team leader at UW-Madison's Genome Sequencing Laboratory. Evaluate, implement, and supervise all automation hardware and software in a high-throughput genome-sequencing laboratory..
• Technical advisor/bioinformaticist for the Genome Center of Wisconsin Genome Sequencing Facility.
• Supervised R&D of engineering, biochemical, and microbiological processes for use in the high-throughput sequencing production line.
• Integrated automation hardware and LIMS. Sequencing and comparison of enteric bacterial pathogens; contract sequencing for several UW investigators.
• Built, deployed, and maintained LIMS for use with high-throughput fluorescent sequencers and robots
• Trained staff on use of new systems.

Frederick, MD

• Design and perform a wide variety of experiments in immunology, microbiology, and molecular and cellular biology.
• Purify toxins from various recombinant and native strains of Staphylococcus.
• Maintain animals necessary for experiments.
• Design experiments using laboratory animals.
• Maintain all laboratory equipment and track supplies.
• Laboratory radiation specialist.

Masters Of Science, Microbiology

Activities and Societies: American Society for MicrobiologyResearch project on the genetic nature of Anthrax toxin at USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick.

Bachelor Of Arts, Biology/Chemistry/Genetics

Activities and Societies: American Chemical Society, American Society for Microbiology, Alpha Psi Omega Honor Society - President

Associate Of Arts, Biology/Chemistry