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Somerville, Massachusetts, Us

Led cross-functional teams to successfully launch major product releases, driving significant adoption and aligning with market needsCollaborated with product management, sales, and engineering to develop go-to-market strategies and effectively push them through the sales funnelRevamped product messaging, resulting in an increase in customer engagement through targeted, research-driven strategiesCo-directed a major company-sponsored event, attracting over 200 attendees and generating high-quality leads in the life sciences sectorDeveloped sales enablement materials and maintained a competitor database, empowering the sales team and enhancing competitive positioning

L'Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Es

Managed multi-functional teams in R&D and contributed to both upstream and downstream marketing strategies within North America and worldwide in a medical device industry in a 2 year rotational program.Developed a marketing strategy to diversify the company portfolio with the company’s first business intelligence product that measures hospital performance and instrument KPIsAnalyzed customer sales data to improve cross-selling strategies within a targeted marketPerformed a Voice of the Customer exercise to evaluate current service products worldwide and next generation services to reduce costs and increase revenuePlanned an international recall and refurbishment strategy to comply with updated medical device regulations in the European UnionCoded an instrument simulation tool in Python to identify the optimal product selections given a customer’s workload requirementsApplied LEAN methodology to standardize the company’s onboarding process across project teamsLed teams including director-level employees, to establish project goals, execute timelines, and manage relationships with key stakeholders

Boston, Ma, Us

Managed relations with over 10 different product vendors to identify quality products that will further groundbreaking research. Initiate and oversee changes in infrastructure, procurement of lab supplies, and data management to increase researcher productivity, reducing monthly costs by $6,000 (12% cost reduction)Supervise all research protocols to comply with legal regulations on hospital safety, animal care, and material transfer agreementsIdentified and convinced researchers to adopt a lab managing software to increase productivity, streamline ordering, and improve documentationMaintains laboratory website using wordpressOrganized collaboration with 8 labs to address space management and purchasing capital equipment when space were scarce and funds were limitedInvolved in multiple research projects addressing the malignancies of the blood. Projects include:1) Determining the effects of extracellular vesicles in the microenvironment on hematopoietic stem cell maintenance2) Elucidate heterogeneity in the innate immune system using an inducible clonal expansion of myeloid cells3) Discovered the synthetically lethal effects of two small molecules that target key metabolic pathways in Acute Myeloid LeukemiaTechniques used: CRISPR, In Vitro Cell Culture, Gene Expression Profile Analysis, Western Blots, Metabolite Tracing, Immunohistochemistry, Flow Cytometry, Molecular cloning, Mouse Handling, Bone Marrow Extraction, Colony Forming Assays, Wright Giemsa Stain

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Investigated metabolic plasticity of Hematopoietic Stem Cells vs. Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells. Identified key pathways that when inhibited, eradicate leukemic cell growth. Techniques used: CRISPR, Cell Culture, Mouse Handling, Gene Expression Profile Analysis, Western Blots, Metabolite Tracing, Immunohistochemistry, Flow Cytometry.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Conducted experiments to elucidate the metabolic mechanisms that compromise leukemic cells without damaging hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).

New York, Ny, Us

Taught a high school-level summer biology course at North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, Uncommon School's flagship high schoolUsed practical and engaging teaching techniques to maximize individual student effort and cooperative learning to understand central dogma, the cell cycle, and genetics