•Over 14 years experience and a broad range of skills in the expression, purification and characterization of recombinant proteins, peptides, and complex small molecules.•Represented employer as person-in-plant (PIP) and subject matter expert (SME) during purification process installation and batch production at CMO. Managed projects at CROs. •Managed purification team of 5 people. Trained and mentored junior scientific staff.•Independently design, lead, execute, optimize, and trouble-shoot scalable downstream processes for protein production.•Effective written and oral communication skills within a multi-disciplinary team.•Completed course in “Project Management Essentials in Science and Technology” (UCSD Extension, Winter, 2015)Selected skills:•Purification: AKTA (Avant, Pure, Pilot, Process); column packing and use (IEX, HIC, SEC, affinity and RP); solid phase extraction (Biotage), scalable process design and optimization using DOE; filtration (TFF), low endotoxin preps•Characterization and analysis: HPLC/ UPLC (RP, HILIC, SEC); SDS-PAGE, CE, Western Blot; Enzyme assays; Binding/ affinity (ELISA, Biacore, FACS); conjugation•Protein expression: Transient, and stable cell line generation•Mammalian cell culture and cell-based assays; sterile technique•General molecular cloning techniques