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Hollywood, Fl, Us

Irvine, California, United States

Consulting for a large Pharmaceutical/Biotech client. Managed several capital investment projects at a clinical manufacturing site. Helped project leads develop detailed project scope, budget and timeline. Led multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects on time. Projects ranged from setting up a new electronics batch record system, to implementation of a new digitalization strategy to enhance business and operational analytics.Aided site leadership in review and development of streamlined business processes. Facilitated collaboration between business units.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Volunteer at the Radhakrishnan Lab in In Silico oncology. Collaboration between UPenn, Yale and Children's hospital of Philadelphia. Studied the dynamics of oncoprotein with drug in silico to understand current shortcomings in therapy and develop improved treatment regiments for pediatric cancer patients. Simulated protein-ligand interaction with Schrödinger software. Developed mathematical modeled and analyzed the system to identify potential mechanisms that explain current drug resistance. Findings helped shape next steps in patient research studies. Worked extensively with molecular simulation software and scientific programming languages (MATLAB, Python, R).

United States

Managed consulting projects with clients from small and large pharma/biotech companies. Helped clients in the process of better understanding their technical development or approach to market needs. Shaped project scope and led team of technical experts through primary and secondary research to provide in depth analysis of subject matter. Projects include:Finding of vital shortcomings in current treatment of disease for niche patient populations through primary research with 26+ patients and healthcare providers. Identifying hurdles for successful adoption of novel therapeutics and advising on essential actions to improve patient experience and boost drug reception. Mapped development space for a proprietary biotechnology. Explored scientific literature and precisely defined obstacles for technical development. Weighted results against therapeutic impact and market potential. Provided guidance on which therapy to develop based on findings.

Buenos Aires- Argentina

Presented portfolio solutions and facilitated the technical qualification of products for clients in Latin America (LA). Helped clients improve their product performance, increase efficiency, and explore new markets. Validated 30+ products at 27 clients across South America representing over 50k Metric Tons (MT)/year of new business. Designed and executed over 15 R&D projects to identify new product space: Defined project and design of experiment. Coordinated and oversaw lab trials globally. Presented results to stakeholders across business functions (R&D, Commercial, Manufacturing). Authored 14 research. Results include improvement of cornerstone technology for sustainable development which was implemented at 5 clients and discovery of optimal product combination to enhance properties and drive sales. Directed technical launch of 5 new specialty, high value added, products across LA. Identified key clients and market pressures that could limit product adoption. Coordinated implementation strategy with 7 commercial and technical teams throughout the region to prove product performance and secure 10k MT/year of sales. Oversaw validation process for reactor improvement project. Defined crucial product parameters, authored trial documents, and organized periodical meetings with project stakeholders. Ensured the timely validation of 13 products which allowed to increase production capacity from 250k (MT)/year reactor by 20%.Supervised and analyzed production of 2 business units representing over 400k MT/year to guarantee product standards. Harmonized operations between manufacturing, quality, and commercial roles. Detailed failings in production and initiated projects to ensured value preservation of over $ 600MM of product.Managed the LA quality response team. Coordinated biweekly meetings of 4 engineers to discuss and expedite quality claim response across LA. Oversaw over 100 quality claims a year in the region, reduced average resolution time by 30%.

Argentina

Assistant Professor at ITBA for the Polymeric Materials course which ranged from 20-50 students per semester. Course focuses on general principles of polymeric science, industrial processing of commercial polymers and main applications.

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Investigate the cause of metabolite production failure of genetically modified E.coli capable of producing biofuels for sustainable energy production.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lab technician at the R&D department. Performed analytical qualification and post commercialization control of products as well as new product development and formulation.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Project Director at Penn Biotech Group (PBG) Healthcare Consulting Volunteer researcher at Radhakrishnan Lab.

Biochemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of the swimming team. Double Diploma Program- with Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. First exchange.

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Research Assistantship, Environmental Engineering Laboratory (2008-10); Selected to represent ITBA at Texas A&M.