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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Head of US lab computing team; strategic and technical leadership of global R&D initiatives: - Lead global laboratory technical support team.- Deployed Takeda’s first global compound management system.-Created novel systems for fast and flexible HTS and hit-confirmation library screening.-Drive operational efficiency of laboratories through robotics, AI and system integration.-Helped established controlled substance compliance framework for compound inventory and shipping processes.

San Diego

Principal systems engineer. Design and develop automation and data management systems to support structural biology and compound management. Proven record managing software and support teams to deliver outstanding value on-time and within budget. Broad experience working with multi-disciplinary teams to solve technical and business-critical problems.-Enabled high-throughput preparation of assay-ready plates and compound libraries for drug discovery programs. Facilitated a 3x increase in average monthly sample distribution rate. Increased production capacity by three orders of magnitude without increasing staffing levels.-Designed, developed and supported software and automated platforms for high throughput protein crystallization. Platform supported more than 8 million experiments producing >4000 solved protein structures.

Managed field service and support teams in support of robotic high-throughput screening and compound management systems. Led technical sales and support efforts in development and maintenance of key accounts. Designed custom drug discovery software applications for clients.

Lead software engineer for commercial laboratory information management systems (LIMS). Managed 8-10 person software development team. Performed database administration and application development for Dept. of Energy environmental restoration and occupational health medical records systems.-Project manager and lead engineer for compound management software project with Merck Frosst. Rescued project delivering system on time and within budget.-Software engineering for DOE Occupational Health Records systems. Developed Windows database applications with C++, Oracle Forms, CA OpenRoad and Java. Wrote user applications for laboratory data management and analysis. Created and administered MS Access, Oracle and CA OpenIngres databases.-Senior software engineer for flagship LIMS product. Worked with customers and internal staff to document use cases and requirements. Developed project plans, produced design models and developed automated testing processes. Developed client applications and server software components in Java. Performed Oracle database design and maintenance.

Computer Science

Postgraduate coursework in computer science (Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Numerical Analysis, Neural Networks, Parallel Computing.

M.A., Zoology

B.S., Biology, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccersumma cum laude

B.A., Chemistry, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Varsity soccersumma cum laude