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Software as a service company offering clinical trial solutions to life science organizations to help cut costs, mitigate risks and deliver treatments and devices to market faster

United States

Scientific consulting company delivering data-centric pathology services for drug development and diagnostics• Led multiple contextual biomarker projects for immuno-oncology portfolio totaling $3.7M• Managed client needs to aid in transition from assay development programs into clinical trials• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory adherence• Nurtured relationships with US/international clients, contract research organizations and vendors

Remote

Project Manager for software engineering division in large healthcare system operating over 1,000 care sites across 21 states• Co-managed critical initiative to interface new molecular devices to multiple laboratory information systems at 60+ facilities• Supported IT strategic plan by following directives and methodology established by the IT PMO• Duties included authoring project management artifacts following IT PMO guidelines, reporting project metrics, providing effective communication to all stakeholders, and utilizing Planview enterprise solution to develop project plan/schedule/resource allocation/track project financials.

Greater Denver Area

Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories (ADx)offering preclinical, clinical, diagnostic development and custom assay design in CAP/CLIA-certified reference laboratories for:Immunology/Complement Immunology, Metal Hypersensitivity (Beryllium/Nickel), Microbiology, Mycobacteriology, Pharmacokinetics, and Translational Genomics and Proteomics• Co-managed 40+ scientific projects simultaneously using Smartsheet cloud-based platform• Collaborated with account management resulting in 57% growth in product development contracts• Integrated laboratory information system and client interface to deliver real time data pipeline

Denver, Colorado

Department of Medicine - Division of PathologyResearch and Development for Advanced Diagnostic Immunology and Beryllium LaboratoriesPerformed custom multi-color flow cytometery including analysis of surface markers, intracelluar and signaling molecules in collaboration with both US and international pharmaceutical companies. • Refined clinical laboratory protocols to realize $17,000 annual cost savings• Published allergy case study article in collaboration with MD pediatric immunologists• Managed bi-yearly instrument calibration for R&D laboratory

Novus Biologicals, a Bio-Techne brand, is a biotechnology company developing, licensing and marketing antibodies supporting niche and emerging research areasProtein Purification Scientist specializing in the production and optimization of polyclonal rabbit antibodies Gravity flow protein purification utilizing various affinity chromatography columns including Protein A/G/L and IgM Preparation of both peptide and protein affinity columns Bradford Assays Western Blot validation of produced antibodies as well as signal detection/validation of raw serum/ascites/tissue culture supernatantCentrifugal protein concentrationGas pressure stirred cell protein concentration• Generated over $45,000 worth of novel material for corporate new product line• Led process improvement initiative for laboratory reagent inventory system• Managed antibody manufacturing priorities to prevent product backorders

The Aliquot Associate is the last laboratory team member to handle material before it is shipped to customers worldwide. Quality assurance is of the utmost importance to ensure customer satisfaction, positive name brand recognition and repeat business. This is a lynchpin position in the lab, with all other team members relying on this associate to be both speedy and accurate. • Developed ≤ 3-day lead time on customer orders • Prepared an average 400 individual product units daily using KANBAN inventory management• Coordinated timed product availability with shipping lead for international deliveries

My research projects involved investigating the role of Dynamin-dependent endocytosis during cell intercalation, planar cell polarity cues during convergent extension in the Drosophila embryo, and Sorting Nexin proteins as mediators between the plasma membrane and cytoskeletal proteins. Partial funding for my research was provided through a National Institute of Health Diversity Fellowship. Fluorescence imaging (Spinning Disk and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy)RNA interferenceP-element cloningDrosophila genetics techniques• Scheduled confocal microscopy sessions to align with timed embryo development experiments• Collected and analyzed experimental data that generated 23 individual figures for thesis• Delivered quarterly hour-long presentations to laboratory members and moderated post-Q&A

Greater Denver Area

HSS is a consulting firm specializing in healthcare security and medical equipment managementMy work as a consultant for hospitals, clinics and surgery centers around the Colorado-Wyoming-Utah area included performing ventilation monitoring for sensitive areas, waste gas anesthesia surveys and hazardous chemical monitoring. Also developed familiarity with OSHA and Joint Commission regulations.• Evaluated workplace conditions in sensitive healthcare areas to control potential health hazards• Monitored specialized medical equipment performance for CO-WY-UT region• Collaborated with facilities management to address impermissible findings on-site• Prepared customer reports with recommendations for performance enhancements

Administrative support was performed for Executive leadership, Aviation and Government Services and Biomedical Equipment Management• Edited proposal responses for the Aviation and Government Services division• Investigated issues of non-compliance for subcontractor agreements• Championed new parts management database in Biomedical Equipment Management division

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological Sciences

Master Of Science (Ms), Cellular And Molecular Biology