Growing a portfolio of investments, new UH entities, joint ventures, and innovations through UH Ventures' comprehensive process for identifying, developing, and deploying the best ideas that originate from inside and outside of our system.With a focus on internal technology commercialization, I work collaboratively with staff within the hospital system to source ideas and inventions and assess, develop, fund, and successfully transfer promising healthcare technologies through partnerships with industry and start-up companies.

Cleveland Clinic Innovations is the commercialization arm of the Cleveland Clinic and focuses on developing and advancing new healthcare inventions that benefit patient care.- Analyzed healthcare markets and perform competitive analyses related to medical device, healthcare IT, and biotechnology invention disclosures.- Supported portfolio technologies and spin-out companies by conducting prior art searches and patentability assessments, building epidemiology and financial projections, & reporting on investment and financing deals activity.

BioEnterprise is a business formation, recruitment, and acceleration initiative designed to grow healthcare companies and commercialize bioscience technologies. Based in Cleveland, BioEnterprise is supported by the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Summa Health System and Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron.- Collaborated with senior management for evaluating technologies and business proposals from Northeast Ohio start-ups. - Assisted young companies with navigating the route going forward for the commercialization process by working directly with the entrepreneurs to help support their business plans, secure funding, and provide strategic recommendations. - Project reports involved market analysis, financial analysis, investment trends, grant writing & editing, intellectual property assessments, and FDA regulatory & reimbursement analysis.

Lab instruction for Biology 214: Genes, Ecology, and Evolution.

Served in Italy, Salt Lake City, and Iraq as a satellite communications systems technician. Through training, I became skilled in satellite and wideband communication theory, electronic components, and communication terminals used in stationary and expeditionary environments. Worked in small and large units to comply with mission requirements and ensure the security of communications and the safety of our troops abroad in the field.