Kelly Cody Email & Phone Number

• Co-founded a startup focused on making period care accessible by designing and distributing innovative dispensers for public spaces, promoting menstrual health awareness and equity.• Lead strategic product development, securing Periodic’s first U.S. distribution agreement with UK-based Sanistation, developing two new dispenser prototypes, and raising $165K from an angel investor.• Self-taught in 3D printing and CAD software to create an in-house dispenser prototype.• Establish community partnerships with organizations to foster give-back initiatives.

• Drove strategic partnerships, volunteer engagement, and initiatives aligned with BDL’s values of Equity and Diversity; managed 80+ partnerships and led volunteer coordination for events with 400+ attendees.• Oversaw communications strategy, including social media, newsletters, and branded materials, achieving an 85% increase in social engagement; maintained Salesforce volunteer records to support data-informed decision-making.

• Guided FDA regulatory compliance and documentation for research labs and manufacturing for one of the top five major pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. • Led meetings within business and IT to facilitate collaboration and common understandings of project prioritization at least twice a week, outlining mapping rules and design specifications for data migration and database design• Spearheaded and served as the primary contact point for user acceptance testing amongst 2 pharmaceutical sites • Authored and edited internal documentation for business and quality assurance purposes including user acceptance testing scripts• Used Veeva Vault QualityDocs to manage the editing and approval process of migration documents

Richardson, Texas (Dr. Jason Slinker'S Lab)

• Analyzed cellular biomarkers via electrochemical chips (using square wave voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry) to develop therapies for protein aggregation in neurogenerative diseases• Presented an award-winning capstone project on the Application of Electrochemical Devices to Investigate the Dynamic Actions of Helicases on DNA to both fellow researches and non-experts at the competition

Richardson, Texas

• Conducted 3 tours per week of the university (groups of 1-50 people per tour consisting of parents, potential applicants, and scholarship students)• Acted as a recruiter's assistant and managed the visitor center admissions email account• Led student panels for events such as Scholar's Day • Collaborated on admission presentations with the administrative staff• Wrote various social media outreach posts (sample attached)

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Richardson, Texas

• Drafted preliminary claim specification reports for UTD that were edited by legal counsel and filed with the USPTO• Wrote and facilitated an intro to patents informational blog for UTD’s Office of Research website• Prepared and reviewed non-confidential marketing summaries to pitch to investors and clients for the purposes of commercialization and licensing, which were subsequently published on the UTD Office of Research website• Coordinated and led meetings with original patent filers to understand their inventions and executed extensive technical research on the intellectual property and the prior art surrounding the technology to write an accurate summary

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Master Of Science - Ms, Biotechnology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Hobson Wildenthal Honors College, Women's Rugby Club, John Marshall Pre-Law SocietyHonors Thesis Title.