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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

California, United States

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

Fenton, MO

• Responsible for all levels of company operations, safety and compliance, budgeting, product marketing, sales, legal and intellectual property strategies.
• Head of human resources; managed 30 staff and sales representatives
• Handled payroll, benefits, hiring, and created company policies for employees.
• Worked closely with the Board of Directors to manage seed capital investment and pursue follow-on funding.
• Managed company’s $2 million budget and overall strategy

St. Louis, MO

• Provide commercialization, compliance and regulatory strategies to industrial and academic clients.
• Served as product review analyst for a European pharmaceutical company.
• Services provided include freedom-to-operate assessment on nearly 200 products, intellectual property strategy and positioning for best market-entry and protection of future products, and review of company’s.

Saint Louis, MO

• Managed staff, and instructed personnel, faculty and students in business and technology development.
• Organized and developed the University’s annual competition for innovation and entrepreneurism
• Performed marketing, created pro formas, preliminary P&Ls, and patentability assessments for over 1,000 University technologies.
• Led, negotiated and drafted large multi-party consortium agreements that included private and state institutions, government bodies, and corporate entities.
• Created and nurtured research and commercial relationships between the University and industry partners.
• Taught classes in ethics, contracts, compliance and intellectual property.

Abbott Park, IL

• Served as team leader of 20 employees for patent strategy and assessment of worldwide competitor.
• Negotiated global licenses and new business opportunities.
• Spearheaded the research, assessment, and scientific activities involving new technologies.
• Technology assessment and acquisition, new product line introduction, creation of new business units for international markets, product design, and marketing analysis.
• Developed and managed Abbott’s diagnostic’s competitive technology function.
• Defined cGMP, cGLP and CLIA guidelines for new diagnostic product lines.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Postgraduate Degree, Microbiology/Immunology

Bs, Biology/Physiology