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* Coached SMEs across 9 functions to drive progress of 11 transformation initiatives creating >$6M in value annually* Managed strategy development, working with >15 SMEs to make recommendations based on current business capabilities,historical performance, and pain points

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

* Served as Budget Manager under Amgen’s Combination Product Operations department’s chief of staff* Built $65M department budget from ground-up post-re-organization using input from 27 executives* Managed 21 individual combination product (drug-medical device hybrid) program and platform budgets* Managed contractor and performed monthly analyses on variances between forecasts and actuals in each budget* Collaborated with FP&A, project leads, SLT, and peer to complete quarterly finance forecast (LE/LO, LRS) and accrual submissions

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

* Developed automated workstream updating 4 brands’ custom tables in Redshift database using SQL and Python; eliminating monthly processing time during working hours, and ensuring availability for analyses* Automate process for synthesizing data from 16 sources to generate monthly KPIs for 20+ brands which are visible to brand team leadership and EVP of Global Commercial Operations; reducing workflow time by 75% * Aligned business rules for 9 brands, obtaining buy-in from stakeholders from 12 teams to ensure accurate reporting* Managed team of 4 consultants creating, maintaining, and optimizing dashboards visible to 40+ business partners in 8 teams

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

* Designed and implemented automated Excel tool that reduced monthly GMP facility deviation performance metric analysis time by 50% while ensuring accuracy* Built Smartsheet dashboard for cross-functional team of 17 subject matter experts to track risk assessment and gap analysis findings for upcoming plant commercialization effort* Wrote 6 job aids to standardize new hires’ process for obtaining software access and completing necessary certifications, reducing onboarding process by 20 hours

Sunnnyvale, Ca

* Spearheaded continuous improvement effort for managing 10,000s of biological samples from >1000 clinical trial patients, reducing time to find individual samples by 98% * Led training sessions for 6 senior scientists and Director of R&D, enabling them to use my newly developed processes to locate and document use of clinical samples

Sunnyvale, California

* Prepared and proofread 17 technical reports and dossiers for submission to regulatory agencies in 6 Asian countries' regulatory agencies in accordance with the country-specific regulatory requirements* Ran 2 analytical performance tests on products for China regulatory submission in BSL-2 class B and C laboratories

San Luis Obispo, California

* Authored and presented “Gas Foamed PLGA Scaffold for In Vitro Bone Growth” poster at 2019 CSUPERB Biotechnology Symposium* Collaborated with graduate students to write 8 standard operating procedures and compile official lab manual* Trained 5 new members in lab’s end-to-end process for cell culture in microfluidic devices* Managed reagents for entire lab, ensuring adequate stock at all times

San Luis Obispo, California Area

* Drafted Instron compression platens in SolidWorks to be manufactured in-house, reducing cost to lab by 80%* Introduced, presented, and discussed relevant scientific journal publications with lab group every quarter

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Tissue Engineering Laboratory (February 2017-September 2017) * Observed procedures for creating Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Mimics including: cell culture, cell passing, electrospinning, scaffold conditioning, and cell soddingMicrocirculation and Vascular Regeneration Laboratory (May 2017-September 2017) * Observed murine (mouse) surgical procedures including: femoral artery ligation surgery, superfusion, force production, functional vasodilation, and stem cell collection and culture

San Luis Obispo, California

* College of Engineering IT Student Assistant (January 2019-June 2019)* Biomedical Engineering Instructional Student Assistant (January 2018-March 2018, September 2018-December 2018) Fall Quarter Classes: Introduction Seminar I (BMED 101- 100 Students), Bioengineering Fundamentals (BMED 212- 200 Students), Engineering Physiology (BMED 460- 40 Students, Upper-Division) Winter Quarter Class: Introduction Seminar II (BMED 102- 100 Students)

San Luis Obispo, California

* Provided assistance to students during lecture and laboratory experiments* Graded lab activities and quizzesClass: General Chemistry for Agriculture & Life Sciences I (CHEM 127- 60 Students)

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

* Fostered relationships between 12-member Varsity team, alumni, and potential donors to obtain support; oversaw team's most successful fundraising round collecting $3,000 in donations in 4 months

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: FEMBA Council * VP of Career Services (‘24-‘25 school year) * Class of 2026 Capstone Representative (‘23-‘24.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biomedical Engineering

Graduated Cum Laude (GPA: 3.61) Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Innovation Sandbox Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Society.