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Seattle, Washington, Us

Badwater Alchemy is a water treatment company with a unique technology to remove salt from water. Our groundbreaking technology treats the heaviest brines through modestly brackish water utilizing a breakthrough in materials science and water chemistry. The technology is low cost, rapidly deployable, imminently scalable, and requires almost no energy.

Helping a broad range of innovation companies in physical and life sciences at different levels of maturity ranging from early startups to commercialization stage, with strategic technology, science, new product development and overall R&D roadmapping management advice.Typical roles assumed include- inventor and innovator- technical/strategy advisor - R&D project background researcher and planner

Bothell, Washington, Us

Fresh produce loss to spoilage is one of the biggest problems in our food systems with huge economical and environmental consequences. At Ryp Labs, we tackle this challenge by engineering nature-inspired solutions into innovative products that can be applied easily in the post harvest chain of perishable agricultural produce.As the CTO, I built, developed and lead a highly transdisciplinary R&D program and a multinational team, developed the IP strategy and portfolio, as well as secured more than $1.3M non-dilutive federal grant funding from NSF and USDA.

Backed by a visionary impact investor, founded Super Kingdom to create and develop new applications of fungi across biotechnology, biomaterials, bioremediation, food & medicine by combining bioprospecting, next generation sequencing (NGS), big data, AI and bioinformatics.

Created, vetted, and incubated impact-oriented startup concepts addressing the climate, environmental, and health challenges with traditional food systems and intensive agriculture, by combining business, technical and scientific innovations. Primary focus area was alternative proteins and adjacent sectors. Developed broad impact theses and organizational growth strategy.

Paris, Fr

Created a multi-time horizon innovation pipeline of cosmetic medical devices for skincare applications by focusing on science and technology of non-thermal atmospheric plasmas, radio frequency (RF), light/laser systems and ultrasound among others; interactions of these energies with formulations, compounds and tissue physiology; and integrating device design, human factors engineering and UX knowledge domains to product concepts. Developed project portfolios and highly cross functional strategies encompassing IP, R&D, safety and regulatory compliance, clinical studies, partnership development, and marketing. Influenced executive management, forecast technology, created and utilized expert knowledge networks, developed patent strategies, collaborated with multiple internal and external organizations and functions globally across multiple time zones.• Evaluated 30+ technology and product innovation assets generated from in-house inventions and outside open innovation sources for business & strategic fit, IP, regulatory and technical feasibility to decide termination or further exploration; and produced compelling business value proposition narratives.• Planned and directed 10+ R&D concept validation projects often incorporating agile, concurrent engineering principles with scope including analysis, design, prototyping, testing, and clinical studies.• Designed and built expert alliance networks with internal and external organizations & KOLs to support the R&D plans by tailoring ‘win-win’ strategies, developing roadmaps with strategic R&D targets, and driving the formal engagements in the form of MOUs, SOWs, or contracts.• Generated 10+ patent applications by pinpointing target IP areas for strengthening based on anticipated new products and applications, incorporating Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis, running directed brainstorming and invention sessions, and preparing and filing patents with IP lawyers.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Led multi-disciplinary R&D and product development programs for this science and technology incubator, broadly focusing on medical devices & diagnostics, agribusiness technologies and renewables. Successfully launched and led 20+ technology development projects, often running multiple research initiatives in parallel and guiding all strategy, cost, resourcing, and scheduling decisions. Highlights are as follows:• Played key role in talent development and management at the organization—recruiting, developing, and leading cross-disciplinary R&D groups of up to 17 professionals, including the Thermo-Fluidics technology development, and Diagnostic Platforms groups.• Led the team to develop the unpowered thermally-stable vaccine storage technologies (as well as solar-powered variants); this groundbreaking product was showcased in a 60 Minutes television story featuring Bill Gates, used in the emergency response to 2014-15 West African Ebola outbreak, and later commercialized under the name Arktek• Led the development of new medical diagnostic technologies and devices, including automated microscopy with AI/machine learning, and immunoassay systems for point of care applications• Incubated and spun out several specialized teams to focus on key R&D challenges, guided them in formulating solutions, planned development approaches, and successfully integrated concepts from a wide range of scientific disciplines• Promoted operational excellence and R&D best practices throughout the organization, continuously motivating team members to exceed expectations and raise the bar in terms of critical thinking, decision-making, efficiency, prioritization, collaboration, and performance• Served as a primary liaison between business and engineering groups, briefing the company’s leadership, operations, and business development teams on research progress—as well as served as a key point of contact with other stakeholder groups and external strategic partners

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Carried out advanced modeling and analysis on a wide range of innovation projects spanning physics, life sciences and clean energy fields based on rigorous application of first principles from a variety of foundational knowledge areas. This was a unique R&D role supporting two divisions of Intellectual Ventures (IV), with a 65% allocation to IV Lab and 35% to TerraPower projects which was under Intellectual Ventures at the time. TerraPower was later spun-out.• Started, led, and/or contributed to 10+ R&D projects, performing critical analysis and modeling steps using MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics software; additionally provided technical leadership and mentoring to junior staff, made presentations to key VIP stakeholders, and influenced key project funding decisions.• Supported the conceptual design of a new next-generation travelling wave fission reactor designed to dramatically reduce nuclear waste and achieve an increased level of reactor safety. Collaborated with and managed external R&D vendors and performed advanced computational modeling (using ANSYS CFX and COMSOL Multiphysics) to support the new liquid metal-cooled, fast-breeder, travelling-wave nuclear reactor system.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Worked in HP’s Imaging and Printing Group, tasked with proposing, supporting, and/or leading a series of key product and technology development projects. Gained extensive skills in cross-functional collaboration and leadership, working effectively with distributed research teams and departments around the globe. Key areas of focus included physics-based model development, theoretical/experimental microfluidics and fluidics architecture, print-head thermal management, physical chemistry of ink colloids, sedimentation physics, droplet dynamics, aerosol physics, dynamic system interactions and system integration engineering. Highlights include:• Recognized by HP leadership for making critical contributions to the company’s intellectual property, body of knowledge, and internal processes/tools—all of which allowed the company to dramatically accelerate development cycles and increase the R&D productivity of various teams.• Key “on-program” contributions included leading R&D breakthroughs related to fluidics and thermal management for HP’s page-wide array technology platform, enabling the company to commercialize a series of very fast inkjet printers and set a new industry standard. • Key “off-program” contributions included the creation of cutting-edge technical models, tools, and foundational materials involving thermal and chemical processes—with an emphasis on making these concepts fully actionable to support their application in new, profitable ways to other HP product lines.• Played lead role in aerosol physics research that led to a significant reduction to HP product failure rates, in addition to inventing/designing new fluid management technologies that improved “end of life” customer experience of HP ink cartridges, securing a significant advantage over competitors in the marketplace.

West Lafayette, In, Us

Conducted Ph.D. research and assisted in teaching fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, and advanced reaction kinetics courses; additionally mentored and directed several undergraduate researchers

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Assisted in teaching food engineering

Conducted enzyme kinetics research and taught the microbiology laboratory

Masters, Food Science And Technology With A Minor In Chemical Engineering

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

Master'S Degree - Transferred Before Completion, Food Engineering

B.S., Food Engineering (Biological Systems And Bio-Process Engineering)