- Member of the executive leadership team, responsible for driving and overseeing all aspects of hardware and consumables development, software engineering and manufacturing for Cell Microsystems' range of life science instruments platforms. - Responsible for setting the strategic direction, in conjunction with other functional team leaders, ensuring the successful execution of new product development initiatives. - Drawing upon extensive background in opto-mechanics, software engineering, start-up experience, and expertise in life science instrument development, - Leading cross-functional teams to achieve company's objectives and remain at the forefront of technological innovation.

- Member of the Senior Leadership Team with overall Operational responsible for 1859's Discovery Platform.

- Member of the Senior Leadership Team with responsible for Engineering development of 1859's Discovery Platform.- Technical oversight of screening operations.- Leading engineering and technology development for a microfluidic droplet-based drug encoded library screening platform – overall responsibility for system instrumentation HW/SW and cartridge consumable R&D.- Building and managing Engineering group.- Managing partnerships with 3rd party suppliers, manufacturers and engineering consultants.

• Core Team Leader, Technology Lead and Programme Manager for Cyto-Mine® product development. - Led the development of Sphere’s core product, the Cyto-Mine® single cell analysis and isolation system. • Responsible for driving the development, management, verification and validation of user & system requirements.• Managing internal and external engineering resources. - Direct responsibility for the HW and SW development within the company, managing the in-house engineering team (10 engineers and scientists) and external technology and manufacturing partners.• Responsible for multi-million £ programme budget over the last 5 years.• Managed transfer to manufacture of instrument and microfluidic consumable.• Reporting programme progress monthly to senior management (director and board level) at programme review meetings.• I am responsible for engineering activity and technical decision making: - Leading technical meetings and discussions- Assessing, mitigating and retiring technology risks- Leading defect management (cross functional assignment, prioritization, tracking and verification)- Performing root cause analysis and designating corrective actions- Developing and validating of new test methods- Track engineering team progress against KPIs• Established and manage the companies service engineering infrastructure, this includes:- Implementing a web-based service portal / ticketing system accessible by customers- Coordinate installation and servicing at customer sites worldwide• Worked closely with commercial and business development teams, presenting to customers, supporting selling and development of new business opportunities.• Manage distributor training and technical support including training materials.• Experienced working within QMS (e.g. ISO9001).• Experience of taking products through conformance testing (e.g. EMC/ESD, safety assessment, CE marking, CB scheme, UL).• Team building, line management, mentoring of staff.

Visiting Researcher / UCL Enterprise Fellow 05/2012 – 07/2013London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK• develop and test microfluidic devices for isolation of P.falcipurum from malaria infected blood• work with Sony DADC to prototype polymer devices• engage with and transfer technology from nanotech to LSTHMSenior Research Associate 11/2009 – 07/2013London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, UK• R&D scientist in large (£2M) interdisciplinary consortium to develop multi-marker diagnostics• design, fabricate and test microfluidic devices for isolation, concentration and detection of HIV markers form blood (virus, CD4+ T-cells, viral RNA)• develop mechanical, electrical and optical, methods of virus and cell manipulation (e.g. deterministic lateral displacement, dielectrophoresis, whispering gallery mode sensors)

- Personal fellowship awarded by the Medical Research Council to move my work to the School of Medicine to pursue research in the area of microfluidics and impedance cytometry in a bio-medical setting.- Technology transfer / immersion with bio-medical scientists and clinicians- Patent filed on use of dielectric labels for impedance based cell discrimination

Projects:- On-chip Differential Blood Analysis: Proof-of-concept project funded by Philips, UK: assessment of microfluidic impedance cytometer for label-free analysis and identification of leukocyte subtypes (basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes). Benchmarking impedance cytometry against “gold standard” of FACS for differential bloodanalysis. Construct multi-colour confocal fluorescence imaging system for high-throughput single cellmeasurement in microfluidic device. Develop control and analysis software for impedance/optical flowcytometer.- 4G sequencing the genome in a day: development of microfluidic and optical methods for rapid sequencing and immuno assay detection platform.- High-Speed Label-Free Single Cell Impedance Cytometry: design and construct a microfluidic single cell impedance system (10-15 Farad sensitivity). Particular emphasis on cell discrimination (e.g. bacteria, yeast, blood, algae). Design and construct of three-colour fluorescence confocal microscope. Development software for data capture and analysis of optical and impedance signals

Developed optical and electrical methods for sorting and analysing cells and other microscopic objects using mcrofluidic devices.