Andrew Schutt Email & Phone Number

Parsippany, NJ

• Manage diverse set of accounts for Payer, Pharma, Hospital and Value-based organizations
• Responsible for customization and implementation of SaaS products based on client specifications
• Successfully liaise with Software Development team, Quality Control, Operations and Management to progress product launches
• Assist with managing IT service desk to resolve issues in timely manner
• Maintained high satisfaction rate by providing exceptional customer and account services
• Broad range of skills sets and experience developed while working at healthcare start-up

Nutley, NJ

• Project leader of pre-clinical team responsible for progressing novel therapeutics through pre-clinical development
• Managed collaborative interactions with academia and CRO services
• Supported cross-functional team efforts to identify and develop early phase drug candidates
• Worked on development of predictive biochemical, mechanistic and cell-based assay systems

Nutley, NJ

• Operated and maintained multiple robotic screening systems (TECAN, Zeiss).
• Developed specific biochemical assays to support Ultra-High Through-put Screening (uHTS).
• Conducted primary and secondary compound screens.
• Supported mechanism of action studies for first generation MDM2 inhibitors (inhibitor currently in Ph2 trials).
• Responsible for reports and communication of results to the individual project teams.

Nutley, NJ

• Established multiple cell-based assay systems to evaluate the potential therapeutic value of retinoid (Vitamin A) analogs.
• Characterized Tat transgenic mouse and Kaposi Sarcoma derived cell line (DM-1) as potential models for efficacy of HIV/Tat (trans-activating viral protein) inhibitors.
• Assisted in writing NDA for Vesanoid (all-trans retinoic acid) for treatment of APL.

Nutley, NJ

• Optimized a high flux cell-based drug screen for HIV Tat inhibitors.
• Responsible for screening the Roche drug repository for inhibitors of HIV/Tat that led to the subsequent identification of a potent HIV/Tat inhibitor.
• Responsible for SAR analysis that led to the identification of therapeutically superior inhibitors.

Master Of Science - Ms, Developmental Biology

Bachelors Of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General