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-Business development and partnering for orphan products / rare diseases / precision medicine-Corporate development and strategy for orphan drug development-Executed the first Swiss-based rare disease conference (2008-2010, 1000+ international attendees)-Oversee operations of scientific journalism, event management, business development, communications, social media strategy, public relations, media monitoring, strategic planning, e-marketing, marketing, graphic designs, programming and among others.

-Created a first of kind, state of the art, One-Stop Life Science portal (news, jobs, academia, company databases, videos, etc.) called BioValley.com (www.biovalley.com) for the tri-regional area of Northwest Switzerland, Alsace, France and the Lower Rhine Region of Germany. It networked and promoted the region, while also recruiting professionals and businesses to the region.-Led partnering for 6 products as a business development scout-Recruited 20 partners, each with a unique added value for Biovalley.com, in order to attract new visitors and enhance visitor satisfaction-First dynamic website to aggregate all Life Science industry, academia and government news, events, networking groups, etc. for a given region onto one website-Oversaw journalism activities, including multiple social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook-Managed a journalism program with 5 participating universities and 10 participating journalists

-Part of team for USD 139 million partnering with Biogen for Aviptadil -Managed business development in the EU, USA, and Asia-Pioneered novel Search and Development platform, which facilitates the identification of new product leads-Launched new corporate web site-Increased branding and visibility of company through e-marketing strategies-4 direct reports

Designed new brand and marketing strategies that better accompanied metrics, data and the use of online exposure and market accessArchitected internal branding campaign for Development to enable better retention and recruitment of internal talent.Helped align Development and Commercial objectives and product launch strategies

-Provided in-licensing reports, competitive intelligence and market research reports-Established a science journalism program for Checkbiotech, where freelance journalist could report on cutting edge research topics-Created over 15 partnerships to maximize Checkbiotech's visibility and outreach-Drove Checkbiotech to be the number one internet portal for plant- and animal-based pharmaceutical production and agricultural genetics-4 direct reports and worked with 2 Global Brand Managers, 3 Comms Managers and Head of Global Public Relations-Manage all journalism efforts and edited articles (10 direct reports)

-Designed a One-Stop biomedical reagent portal (http://www.axxora.com), where multiple distributors offer their products under one internet portal (4 direct reports)-Increased Alexis' sales margins by 700% within the first year through Axxora-Recruited over 10 partners for the initial launch of Axxora.com-Worked with marketing to better brand products through the internet-Acquired 16 new products for Alexis through business development efforts-Monitored website strategy, traffic and growth-Established better internal communications and training guidelines