Ted Benson Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Member of leadership team. Built disruptive start-up via a global network of biopharma experts & novel processes, harnessing forecasting science to predict clinical trial outcomes.
• Integrated strategy and tactics to lead operations including priorities, pace & execution.
• Designed and built processes & culture to drive company productivity.
• Recruited, hired, onboarded business-critical team members from entry level to MDs.
• Reviewed dozens of clinical trial research reports; moderated live science discussions.
• Managed remote reports (MBAs, PhDs, PharmDs), incl. hiring, deliverables, exiting.

Chapel Hill, NC, US

• Founded, built, and sold a management consulting practice to improve workforce performance.
• Advised, coached, gave workshops to improve engagement, productivity, retention.
• Performed tactical and strategic research to define business model and client profiles.
• Arranged & led meetings, managed projects to deliver results for clients & collaborators.
• Directed business operations, including legal and financial logistics.
• Authored & provided HCRI- and SHRM-approved HR continuing education.

Somerset, NJ, US

• Led teams and directed projects to create scientific solutions across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Drove scientific business development to close dozens of contracts worth > $3 million.
• Designed & directed cell, protein and nucleic acid testing of small & large molecule drugs.
• Developed, managed novel strategy to keep FDA approval for $25M/yr children’s medicine.
• Managed direct reports: hired, coached, exited, promoted staff in 30-person matrix group.
• Reviewed and contributed to financial forecasts; troubleshot processes (FMEA & RCA).

Brentford, Middlesex, GB

• Created and led teams to validate targets, improve safety and advance drug discovery.
• Built and led multiple international cross-functional project teams.
• Led global R&D Reward and Recognition Team to improve employee retention.
• Served on GSK Strategy and Portfolio Team to craft strategic R&D plans.
• Worked on global R&D People Strategy Team to create new company policies.
• Received multiple awards, Exceptional Science Award, initiated creativity workshops.

Sant Cugat Del Vallès, Barcelona, ES

• Developed molecular, cell culture and protein technologies for therapeutic proteins.
• Coordinated projects to enable development of new recombinant therapeutics.
• Negotiated, managed external collaborations.
• Received achievement award; GXP certified; lab safety officer.
• Initiated new technology efforts, e.g. qPCR, PCR-fingerprints, Southerns, high-res Westerns.

• Optimized molecular biology techniques to industrialize new drug-discovery platform at start-up.
• Built T7 phage display libraries; cloned hundreds of PCR products in parallel.

• Created peptide-based delivery systems to bridge biological and synthetic materials; start-up.
• Initiated and led internal and external projects, including bone regeneration & antimicrobials.
• Edited two SBIR grants, resource on another three, co-inventor on four patents.
• Gained unique start-up experience as first bench scientist hired.
• Built company’s business-critical molecular biology infrastructure.
• Designed multiple assays including ELISA, FACS, in vitro and in vivo models.

SE

• Discovered novel drug leads for antimicrobials and nuclear receptor modulation.
• Led several project teams to success. Co-authored grant, 4 papers. Supervised staff.
• Taught cloning, built & used phage display libraries, purified proteins.
• Formatted, ran high-throughput screens (TRF, FP, FRET, extensive automation).

• Discovered novel drug leads for antimicrobials and nuclear receptor modulation; start-up.
• Built promoter/reporter constructs, cloned genes.
• Purified proteins via affinity, size exclusion, and ion-exchange chromatography.
• Analyzed data with Vector NTI, Spotfire, Excel, Access, and genome browsers.

Chevy Chase, Maryland, US

• Studied HIV-1 Rev & Nef and cellular transport proteins.
• Molecular biology: cloning, mutagenesis, oligonucleotide design, restriction maps, PCR.
• Protein work: expression, purification, ELISA & Western, microinjection, yeast 2-hybrid, IP.
• Cell culture: transfections, retroviral packaging, cell fusions, HIV-1 and SIV culture.
• Used on-line databases, sequence-analysis and other programs. Co-authored 7 papers.

US

• Laboratory of Pediatric Nephrology
• Tissue explanting, culture, and immunoflourescence.

Durham, North Carolina, US

• Gradate Student course and lab work in Molecular Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology
• Basic molecular biology, cell culture, animal handling.

Tuxedo Park, NY, US

Taught Earth Science, Physical Science & Biology to middle-school students: course and lab preparation & instruction. Created health program and other curricular changes. Led science program (K-9th grades).

Essen, DE

Observed and assisted Doctors in Internal Medicine Clinic; took part in Beta-blocker clinical trial.