I help scientists do their best science (and talk about it)!Bluesky: @BigExperimentSpotify, Apple etc: The Big ExperimentCEO at Grant Instruments, a leading scientific equipment innovator. We do a wide range of lab equipment, especially around thermal control, cryopreservation, and cell biology solutions.Presenter of "The Big Experiment" podcast, interviewing founders and CEOs to find out how great science gets out of the lab to become big business. Responsible for a global business and 70 staff in three locations. Email me: firstname.surname@grantinstruments.com. Awarded LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2023, supported by The Times, which celebrates entrepreneurs growing the UK’s most successful and fast-growing medium-sized firms. Shortlisted for CEO of the Year, Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards 2023.Passionate about people and sustainability in business. Implemented four-day week at Grant in 2022, winning Silver Award for Employer of the Year at Cambridge SME Awards and Highly Commended in same category at Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards 2023. Committed to implementing carbon reduction measures in all aspects of work and personal life. Keen cyclist, runner.Previously VP International at rfxcel Corporation (now part of Antares Vision) - global leader in traceability and blockchain solutions for pharma, food, beverage, FMCG etc. As the first employee outside the USA, I grew UK, EU, Russia, Japan and APAC operations from zero. Global expansion paved the way for rfxcel's sale to Antares. Voted onto Medicine Maker magazine's Power List of 100 most influential people in pharma manufacturing and development. Globally experienced tech entrepreneur, start-up executive, author and speaker.Expert in anti-counterfeiting technology and author of textbook "Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting" (Wiley, NY, 2011). Wide experience including founder, non-exec roles, M&A due diligence and international business development.Varied sector experience including manufacturing, precision data acquisition, scientific instruments, software, pharmaceuticals (from research to manufacturing), medical devices, food and beverage.Widely travelled, with deep business experience across Europe, Middle East, Russia, Africa, Asia (inc. Japan & China), North and South America. Training and early career in biochemistry, microbiology, R&D project management at GlaxoSmithKline. Followed by various commercial and Board roles in contract clinical research (IQVIA and Charles River), consultancy and virtual drug development.
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