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Salt Lake City, Utah, US

Redwood City, California, US

Provide Project Management expertise for development and commercialization of Companion Diagnostics (CDx). Work closely with internal and external cross-functional teams to drive the projects to meet timelines deliverables and milestones. Responsible for the partnership alliances, ensuring their overall delivery and success.

Carlsbad, California, US

Led cross-functional product development, product development strategy, new project scoping, commercialization planning, and improvement of business processes. -Established a project management workflow that improved cross-functional project planning and execution. -Oversaw planning and successful execution of external partnership project with budget of.

San Rafael, CA, US

Led planning, scheduling, and execution of External Advisory Committees (EACs) spanning all BioMarin Gene Therapy (GT) Programs. -Created, maintained, and regularly communicated EACs plans, budgets, and schedules to the program leads and executive team. -Oversaw SRM group $2M budget planning and monthly reporting to the executive team. -Contracted and.

Supported the day-to-day operations for regulatory submission (PMA) and commercialization of Hemophilia A Gene Therapy Companion Diagnostic (CDx) product. -Managed relationships and joint commercial and clinical documents collateral creation between BioMarin, ARUP, UnitedBiosource LLC (UBC), and other external collaborators. -Performed data analysis and.

San Diego, CA, US

Provided cross-functional leadership to the development teams for internal product development, process improvement, and companion diagnostics (CDx) programs. -Delivered multiple R&D programs with strong operational performance. -Managed a portfolio of projects with frequent communication with the leadership team. -Implemented portfolio management.

San Diego, CA, US

Developing and validating novel diagnostics tools that inform cancer treatments from liquid biopsy

Forchheim, DE

Managed global technical team to develop and obtained market clearance (CE Mark and FDA 510(k)) for new coagulation device. -Defined scope of work, strategy, schedule, and deliverables to be completed by team members. -Communicated short- and long-term goals to the team and provided weekly updates to senior management and core team members. -Elevated.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Planed and executed R&D activities for development and improvement of medical devices with specific focus on Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing, polymer-based hemocompatible coatings and surface characterizations.-Designed and conducted experiments with other scientists and engineers in the development of coagulation tests for anticoagulant therapy.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Supported existing product line through technical consultations and performing variety of biological, analytical and wet chemistry analyses.-Developed and optimized test methods and SOPs research.-Developed and applied polymer solutions used as surface modifications for cardiac surgery medical devices.-Evaluated and troubleshooted of diagnostic equipment.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Participated in prototype development and evaluation of medical devices and diagnostic equipment used in cardiac surgery. -Ran variety of biochemical, chemical, analytical and mechanical tests. -Performed formulation work. -Analyzed test results and documented experiments.

Collected, processed, and analyzed patient samples in chemistry laboratory.-Troubleshooted test problems. -Interacted extensively with physicians and other medical professionals.

Worked on optimization of purification methods of human APOBEC3G protein involved in HIV infection.Techniques used: gel electrophoresis, PCR, protein sonication and purification, column and ion-exchange chromatography, HPLC, cell and tissue culture, autoclave, aseptic techniques.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Strategic Management

M.S, Biomedical Engineering

B.S, Biochemistry

Law

Executive Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations