A career split across many roads: scientist, consultant, marketer, professor, entrepreneurMy current portfolio includes: 1. Converge Advisory Group (Founder) - A start-up management consultancy focused on drug development strategy to analyze the scientific, clinical and commercial evidence to progress therapeutics through clinical trials and into market. 2. PrimerProf (Founder) - An online, self-paced curriculum specifically for professionals in pharma / biotech, to teach the basics of what we do: analyze the value of a drug in an indication / disease. 3. New York University (Adjunct Professor) - Appointed to the Tandon School of Engineering, teaching graduate courses in Immunology, Pharma Asset StrategyCareer Highlights:- Basic science contributions to genomics, neuroscience, immunology and rare diseases- Member of Human Genome Project (LLNL), Chromosome 19- Sold, managed and led over $5M in strategy consulting engagements- Grew start-up business to net positive margins in 3 years- Helped re-track 3, $100M+ Phase III clinical trials- Managed $50M+ product portfolio to 15% annual growth- Product Development, Concept to Launch, on 2 Cell Culture Media Products- Developed and taught novel course on Pharma Asset Strategy at Top Tier University (NYU)- Published two peer-reviewed papers- Trained and coached over 50 consultants and market researchers- Worked in Academia (Stanford), Government (National Lab), Fortune 500 (BD, IQVIA), Start-up (Converge)Academics:- AB - University of California, Berkeley: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- PhD - State University of New York, Downstate Brooklyn: Microbiology & Immunology, Neuroscience- Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Stanford University: Neuroscience (Down syndrome, Batten Disease)- MBA - Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper: General ManagementData and Technologies:- Quid, Natural Language Processing - employed to use in analyzing vast arrays of data quickly- Learning Management Software - Content developer using BrightSpace and Thinkific platforms- Tableau - Developed Rare Disease Database, to analyze 9,000 diseases with 15+ attributes- SAP CRM - Transitioned excel-based sales informatics to CRM software- Various Portfolio Management and Product Management Softwares- Bioinformatics - Cosmid Contig Assembly as part of Human Genome Project
Listed skills include Financial Modeling, Lifesciences, Product Launch, Product Development, and 14 others.