Support business developmentAdvise on operationsLead development of major grantsReview potential clients

• Analytical Laboratory set up, management• QA/QC, SOPs• QAP for Health Canada• Support and training

• Contract work in Health Technology

• Responsible for managing NSERC, CIHR etc. projects• co-Supervision of graduate students • Lecturing on biotechnology• Writing and coordinating grants and writing interim and final reports.

• Preparation of reports and review presentations.• Grant writing and management• Co-ordination and support with associated companies

• Provide support and advice to SMEs regarding grant support and review, business development, project management, product development and commercialization.• Manage Health Tech Accelerator programs and reporting• Liaise with Business Development, Health Technology companies, Universities, Health authorities, hospitals and other Accelerators.

• Managing IRAP grant for MAb production• Manage grad students and review experiments and aid in design of research• Preparation of reports and review presentations.• Grant writing and management• Review of SOPs and reports• Project management of MAb production

• Grant writing• Liaison between companies and researchers• Collaborations• Patent writing• Project Management

• Start-up company (was not financed)• Development of a start up CMO Involved with company financing and establishing clients • Responsible for the design and establishment of a single-use (< 2000L) CMO facility

• Responsible for the technology transfer of drug production from pilot plant to manufacturer• Responsible for development of lot release analytical methods and pre-clinical studies• Preparation of regulatory submissions to FDA and HC (IND, Module 3), preparation for pre-IND meetings• Manage CMOs and CROs – Review protocols, reports and batch records• Preparation and writing of reports and SOPs for QA/QC

• Managed Cell Line Engineering (ACE System) division for production of recombinant proteins• Direct supervision of up to 20 employees (BSc to PhD)• Managed all client projects, client liaison, preparing work plans and reports, organizing all meetings, preparing and managing budgets, meeting time lines and meeting milestones• Managed all R&D into the ACE System and all collaborations• Worked extensively with business development with respect to licensing the ACE System • Identification, technology transfer and management of CMO for GMP manufacture of Chromos drug candidates with preparation of CMC sections for IND submissions• Prepared and presented scientific and publicity materials to clients, investors and scientific conferences as well as preparing material for scientific journals• Managed and chaired the Safety Committee

• Managed all protein production under GMP and GLP conditions• Direct supervision of up to 11 employees (BSc to PhD)• Managed CMOs, technology transfer, collaborations and preparing contracts• Managed R & D for the production and purification of recombinant proteins• Designed small scale pilot plant facilities for protein production and purification• Contributed to IND program, pre-IND meetings, toxicology studies, pre- and clinical studies• Managed the Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Diagnostic Division and responsible for R &D• Developed ELISA and RIA based assays and managed AD diagnostic kit production• Set up in-house AD clinical trials and worked closely with CROs • Managed research collaborations with Universities, Biotech and Pharma companies• Contributed extensively to preparation and submission of patents • Responsible for budgets (over one million $Cdn), timelines, hiring and training• Prepared and presented scientific and publicity materials to clients, investors and scientific conferences as well as preparing material for scientific journals• Member of CAB and SAB • Radiation safety officer • Chairman of Animal Care Committee

• Managed the development and technology transfer of single use chromatographic-based detection system using mono and polyclonal antibodies• Managed the collaboration with a U.K. university and a Dutch antibiotic company• Prepared research proposals and grant applications

• Optimised production and purification of mammalian GPI-anchored proteins• Developed high cell density fermentation process for the controlled release of GPI-anchored proteins• Scaled up protein production from T-flask to small scale microcarrier fermentation • Developed immunofluorescent assays for detecting these proteins at low concentrations• Developed an assay for the detection of the serum iron binding protein p97• Developed production of GPI-anchored proteins by the baculovirus insect cell system• Investigated non-transferrin iron uptake and transport within cells

• Taught nine chemical/biochemical engineering courses• Investigated the potential of using the phenomenon of a hydraulic jump as a mixing device • Developed a novel fermenter with a hydraulic jump that was suited to three phase mixing with application to waste water treatment, conversion of solid waste and immobilized cells• Collaborated on computer simulation of fermentation processes and automated computer controlled fermentation using biosensors • Developed a research project on biofouling of surfaces and cell adhesion • Member of graduate thesis committees both as an advisor and examiner • Supervised undergraduate and graduate students• Member of the following committees: Teaching Evaluation Committee • Student Affairs Co-ordinator • Library Committee (Chairman) • Graduate Seminar Convenor • Faculty Council • Department Council • Undergraduate Curriculum

• Taught seven chemical engineering courses• Developed a novel process for the production of ethanol by Clostridium sp. immobilized on porous particles and grown in a continuous gas-lift fermenter • Developed a method for in-situ ethanol recovery and modelled 3-phase mixing and oxygen transfer• Supervised undergraduate and graduate students• Member of the following committees: Biotechnology Steering Committee • Biotechnology Education Committee • Faculty Board, Engineering • University Liaison Officer (I.Chem.E.)• Contributed to the creation of a small company, Bioscot Ltd., that was set up to commercialize developments made at the university in the field of biotechnology • Consultant to Bioscot Ltd., contributed to the development of a process for the production of blood typing monoclonal antibodies using gas lift and hollow fibre fermenters