Keyon Taravati Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, United States

-Global Product Marketing Manager responsible for Sony Biotechnology’s Spectral Analyzer portfolio: ID7000, SA3800, SFA Life Sciences Cloud Platform.-Launched the Spectral Flow Analysis (SFA) Life Sciences Cloud Platform software and provided post-launch support to sales and field service groups.-Launched the Automation Bundle for the ID7000 Spectral Cell Analyzer.-Worked closely with product team to develop successful GTM strategies and increase product adoption -Acted as the marketing lead for CYTO 2024.-Created collateral and marketing campaigns for products in the Spectral Analyzer portfolio.-Trained sales and field service teams to keep messaging and positioning consistent and accurate for all products.-Led collaboration efforts with partner companies to develop new products.-Conducted market research to gather data for competitive analysis.-Attended conferences and trade shows to promote products and gather VOC.-Generated sales reports to track sales of all products as well as analyze sales trends over the fiscal year.

San Jose, California, United States

-Authored and groomed user stories for the short term and long term product backlogs as well as assisted in putting together product roadmaps-Oversaw software development throughout the product lifecycle-Led sprint planning and refinement meetings to keep scrum team on track -Identified and assigned priority to bugs -Worked with scrum masters to identify any potential blockers and came up with a plan of action to meet milestone deadlines-Leveraged prior flow cytometry experience to drive product development from the viewpoint of a customer-Presented results from each sprint to stakeholders and the other scrum teams -Conducted market research to aid in product development and identify areas of unmet customer need

South San Francisco, California

-Performed routine maintenance on fleet of cytometers (Start-up, shutdown, CST, decontamination, aerosol containment testing, etc)-Characterized new cytometers via voltration-Provided training to investigators across the company on a multitude of cytometers (BD FACSymphony, LSRFortessa, LSRII, FACSCanto, FACSAriaIII, FACSMelody)-Point of reference for general flow cytometry questions including proper experimental setup, best practices for compensation, and panel design-Assisted with data analysis when needed-Employed basic and advanced troubleshooting techniques when machines encountered errors-Optimized and developed flow cytometry assays for high-throughput screening

South San Francisco, California

-Handled and characterized different SCLC and NSCLC PDX models-Utilized flow cytometry to sort cancer stem cells (CSCs) -Screened tumor lines for markers of interest (BD FACSCANTO II)-Maintained and troubleshot flow cytometers-Developed tissue dissociation protocols-Assisted in hunting for new targets to pursue and study

San Francisco Bay Area

-Prepared single cell suspensions from human and mouse tissue-Stained cells to isolate populations of interest-Used flow cytometry (BD LSRFortessa and BD LSRII) to analyze stained cells -Used flow cytometry (BD FACSariaIII) to sort certain cell populations of interest for RNA sequencing-Utilized flow cytometry (BD FACSariaIII) to sort cells into 96 well plates for single cell RNA-seq-Designed and tested flow cytometry panels -Maintained cytometers -Analyzed FACS data using Flowjo and FACSDiva-Handled and dissected mice for skin and lymph nodes-Genotyped different strains of mice using PCR-Set up human and mouse epidermal preps-Participated in both industry and investigator collaborations