Technical Sales Manager • Responsible for direct sales of primary human and animal hepatocyte cells for accounts in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and South US territories.• Key account manager for two Northeast large pharmaceutical companies. • Achieved 100-110% of target revenue each quarter.Product Manager• Responsible for overseeing introduction of new technology into TRL product portfolio.• Negotiated and executed distribution agreements and oversaw onboarding and launch of new distributed products.• Supported existing sales team on technical aspects of existing and new products.• Developed marketing strategy and content for new products.

ModernTox, LLC is a consultancy business aimed at helping small and medium sized life sciences tools businesses develop new products for pre-clinical and non-clinical drug development. I work with you to identify target market segments, assess competition, and develop and overall marketing strategy. I specialize in cellular and tissue based tools development encompassing stem cells, microfluidics, and 3D organ models.

• Established new product development pipeline. Oversaw development of lead product from early prototype through alpha version commercial launch. Generated discovery and business evaluation of two product concepts through early prototyping and patent applications • Performed hands-on product applications development. Developed a new patent-pending cell-based assay application for lead product • Secured lead users and early adopters for new product introductions. Executed over a dozen material-transfer agreements with academic and industry partners for alpha testing of lead product.• Developed marketing and business plans for product launches. Created content for marketing materials and executed e-marketing plans including Google Adwords, eMail, and LinkedIn efforts for multiple products.• Supported technical sales. Provided scientific expertise to advance the sales pipeline and presented scientific posters at major international conferences.• Identified and established strategic partnerships for new products. Secured co-development agreement with the manufacturers for company base materials and co-marketing agreements with companies commercializing complementary products.• Advised on overall company strategic planning and fundraising. Created the message, content, and materials for successful seed round of financing and provided scientific support for fundraising pitches to new investors.• Oversight of technical operations. Created the company quality control and assurance plan• Authored grant proposals. Secured $170K SBIR Phase I grant award from NIH to support continued development of lead product.

Developed strategy for new research and commercialization opportunities for the use of induced pluripotent stem cells in the field of in vitro toxicology particularly focused on the chemical industry, cosmetics, and household products.

Research Biologist/Group Leader, Molecular Epidemiology, Genomics, and Environmental Health CenterFocus of the group is to study the proteomic response to drugs and environmental chemicals and to develop new and innovative proteomic applications. Primary duties include overseeing a group of scientists applying mass spectrometry-based qualitative and quantitative proteomics towards biomarker discovery and mechanistic biological research.

Fellowship studying the role of chromatin structure, particularly histone post-translational modifications, in activation of gene transcription by the glucocorticoid receptor protein.