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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Working as part of the Strategy team for BIOVIA and reporting to the VP of Strategy & Portfolio. Using modeling and simulation experience to drive materials science strategy. Focused on:Competitive analysis and horizon scanning for new and existing technologies based on primarily on simulation tools.Driving partnerships and potential M&A activities to grow the materials science business within BIOVIA.Connecting nano and mesoscale modeling tools to engineering level tools such as FEA, CFD etc.Leadership role in cross-disciplinary team driving marketing and development of future tools for materials science within BIOVIA.Ownership of 3 and 6Y roadmap for materials science strategy.

Cambridge

Worked on cross-industry and cross-brand initiatives focusing on Materials Science.Focussed on working with R&D and customers to develop nanoscale and mesoscale modeling and simulation tools.Performed initial work for enabling subject matter experts to gain insight into their materials using expert level modeling tools.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Managed both R&D and Product Management responsibilities for the BIOVIA Materials Studio product line.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Investigated potential links between nanoscale models and continuum models for multiscale modeling of polymers.Worked with customers to closely understand the whole material development process.

Improved customer involvement by moving to an agile development methodology.Developed and owned a 36-month product roadmap. Managed relationships with multiple development partners, both academic and commercial, leading to successful in-licensing agreements.Integration with the Accelrys Pipeline Pilot graphical workflow tools to enable automation of complex simulation workflows.Took ownership of entire BIOVIA Materials Studio product line.

Developed a successful “Early Adopters” program to beta test software for usability and gathered feedback. Initiated a combination of customer discussions, surveys and focus groups to analyze requirements for product development. Started an annual hardware requirements survey to monitor the fast changing requirements of our customers. This is used to make key decisions on new Linux and Windows OS support. Lead a cross-silo team to develop a new community website.Managed in-licensing deals including validation of the technology, assessment of the market value and contract negotiations.

Provided scientific and product knowledge to support the sales cycle.Gave technical presentations and demonstrations of the product.Problem solving and analysis of customer challenges mainly in Consumer Packaged Goods and Energy/Chemicals/Materials Science sectors. Produced promotional materials for the external website.

Provided in-depth product knowledge to support the sales cycle through initial product launch for Materials Studio.Prioritized functionality based on customer feedback.Extension of the Materials Studio on-line help to include in-depth tutorials, still considered to be a product differentiator. Development of a novel demo based promotional tool. Developed an extensive competitive analysis for the core visualization module.

Updated and maintained training material.Organized and delivered training sessions to a wide variety of customers across Europe and US.

Developed models for visualizing chirality in systems traditionally classified as achiral and presented work at international conferences.

Phd, Computational Chemistry

Development of models for predicting spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric liquid crystals. Worked with scientists who were.

Bsc (Hons), Chemistry