Natalie Owens Bloberger Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Managed existing strategic collaborations and establish new partnership opportunities to drive development of new medicines for diseases with high unmet medical needs, as the Project Manager for many collaborations.• Executed negotiations for establishing a key strategic partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation• Developed strong relationships internally and externally with all key stakeholders in collaborations to ensure cross-functional alignment amongst key departments.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

o Identifies, develops, manages, and maintains distributor business relationships in addition to assigned strategic customers and direct hospital sales to ensure cohesive alignment with Terumo BCT and continual revenue growth for Harvest product, both short term and long term horizonso Generates necessary sales to meet or exceed territory goalso Maintains, evaluates, redesigns, and executes existing and future contracts for distributor partners o Develops consultative role to manage customer training needs, facilitates relationship building, and provides necessary customer service

Dallas,Tx

o Worked independently as a field based clinical specialist, I designed developed, and delivered customer training and on-site support to new and existing customers within assigned territory.o Supported troubleshooting and problem solving efforts by acting as a subject matter expert to internal and external customers.o Supported field sales initiatives by solving complex and/or unusual clinical or technical problemso Transfer knowledge of therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy clinical needs and processes to other areas of the company, i.e. sales, marketing, research and development and others.o Assisted in clinical trials including design, site selection, training of site participants, and some clinical monitoring.o Performed ongoing market assessment of customers'​ technical needs and problems.

Manage the qualification and tech transfer of the GRNOPC1 dose preparation process to seven clinical site cell processing laboratories across the country for the Phase I Safety Study of GRNOPC1 in patients with neurologically complete, sub-acute spinal cord injuryProvide continuous support to the seven clinical site cell processing laboratories through communication, retraining, and providing an on-site presence when requested Organize, plan and execute GRNOPC1 and GRNCM1 dose preparation for pre-clinical animal studies both internally and externally at Contract Research Organizations (CROs). Provide dose preparation support for GRNOPC1 and GRNCM1 engineering studies such as delivery device testing and dose preparation optimization.Provide training and continued support on dose preparation for four academic collaborators across the U.S.Maintain constant communication with clinical site staff, CROs and academic personnel.Continue to assist in the development and editing of standard operating procedures that comply with the regulatory requirements given by FACT, AABB, and the 21 CFR Part 1271 for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue based products. Maintain a requested travel flexibility for up to 80% of documented timePersonally manage and maintain all expenses incurred during required travelManage and maintain daily tracking invoice of all hours and expenses incurred

Provided technical support to programs within Geron's Manufacturing Sciences group relating to preparation of human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) derived materials for pre-clinical and clinical studies.Involved in executing and documenting the development of methods in the field of hESC derive materials and implementation of methods at multiple locations other than Geron's Menlo Park facility with comprehensive technical oversight of those facilities.Responsible for qualifying and training clinical and non-clinical site cell processing laboratories in the preparation of hESC-derived cell therapy products.Assisted in the development and editing of standard operating procedures that comply with the regulatory requirements given by FACT, AABB, and the 21 CFR Part 1271 for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue based products.

Perform the processing, cryopreservation, and transplantation of hematopoietic progenitor cells from bone marrow, peripheral collection, and umbilical cord blood in a FACT and AABB accredited laboratory for three major bone marrow transplant facilities in the DFW metroplex. Assist in the development and editing of standard operating procedures that comply with the regulatory requirements given by FACT, AABB, and the 21 CFR Part 1271 for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue based products. Actively involved in two clinical research trials involving the preparation of Investigational New Drugs (IND) for administration to patientsProficient in the regulations for a cell processing laboratory including AABB, FACT, FDA, current Good Practices (cGxPs), and current Good Tissue Practices (cGTPs)

Responsible for all testing associated with transfustion medicine for a Level 1 pediatric hosipital, Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Responsible for all testing associated with transfusion medicine including type and crossmatch, antibody screen and identification, specimen integrity, and proper handling of blood and blood components. Assisted in the development and editing of standard operating procedures that comply with the regulatory requirements given by CAP, AABB, and the FDA.

Performed bacterial culture set-up for identification of microorganisms, performed rapid point-of-care testing, and gram stains for assessment.Ensured specimen integrity for culture set-upPerformed monthly inventory checks and maintained adequate supplies required for the daily operations of a microbiology laboratory