Experience

Verily

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Program Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

• Technical Program Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  As a senior member of the Product Evaluation (PE) team, I leveraged technical, clinical, product & process knowledge to lead early stage projects from bench prototypes to feasibility testing to clinical studies.My impact included:- Successfully and independently guided technical teams and projects, delivering 22 study launches across 7 products in cardiology, diabetes, ophthalmology, fertility, and digital biomarkers.- Organized & executed the Study Watch 510(k) ECG clinical study, completing data collection 10 days early with no protocol deviations or adverse events, shepherding Verily’s first ever FDA clearance.- Drove cross-functional collaboration amongst quality, regulatory, clinical, engineering and legal teams to author and implement new data collection protocols, design history files (DHF)s, product development and clinical studies- Led cross-functional initiatives to streamline organization processes in Good Clinical Practice, HSR design and execution, quality compliance and product strategy - Delved into technical know-hows of the products under test, drive troubleshooting and training, and serve as point person for both the technical and clinical teams.

• Data Collection Coordinator via Adecco Contract

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2018

  As Data Collection Coordinator, I work with engineering, product, and clinical teams to test new and existing features of Verily products during various phases of the design process. Some of my responsibilities include:- Planning, coordinating and executing technical feasibility and clinical studies for Verily’s product teams- Driving IRB approved clinical studies through document creation, site training, recruitment and study execution.- Managing multiple concurrent clinical studies, serve as point person and regularly updating key stakeholders.- Collaborating cross functionally with hardware, clinical, quality and legal teams to create design deliverables for human subject research and product development.- Creating and optimizing processes for internal study documentation, resource allocation and technical execution.- Establishing training and managing teams for external study communication, scheduling, and study operations.- Developing experimental plans, collecting, analyzing and presenting data.



University of California, San Francisco

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recreation Programs Instructor

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  - Leading & instructing kayaking, hiking, stand up paddling & backpacking trips for students & adults - Facilitated first-time positive and safe water experiences for city youth & community members - Trained in wilderness first aid, kayak instruction & rescue, natural history & leave no trace - Leading & instructing kayaking, hiking, stand up paddling & backpacking trips for students & adults - Facilitated first-time positive and safe water experiences for city youth & community members - Trained in wilderness first aid, kayak instruction & rescue, natural history & leave no trace



Impact Hub Oakland

• Host and Facilities Support

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

  - Cohort member of the worktrade program - Educate visitors, assist members, & help operations of socially focused co-working community - Increase efficiencies of physical space&operations processes - Cohort member of the worktrade program - Educate visitors, assist members, & help operations of socially focused co-working community - Increase efficiencies of physical space&operations processes



Utopia

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Studio - Team Leader

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  - Coordinated interdisciplinary team of student interns during two month studio with mandate: how do you redesign the urban slum for this century? - Engaged and motivated students during studio, organizing professional and social events - Regularly met with students individually to track progress and needs - Served as the primary point of contact for the organizers - Coordinated interdisciplinary team of student interns during two month studio with mandate: how do you redesign the urban slum for this century? - Engaged and motivated students during studio, organizing professional and social events - Regularly met with students individually to track progress and needs - Served as the primary point of contact for the organizers



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2015

  - Investigated the development of microfluidic nucleic acid barcode assay for trachoma detection - Developed in-chip barcoding method for photoactive polyacrylamide gel-based assays - Characterized polymer chemistry alternatives for polyacrylamide gel based electrophoretic assays - Assisted 13 PhD students with their national fellowship applications, including all who had received NSF fellowships in 2013 Skills: electrophoretic assays (in-chip, SDS-PAGE), microfluidic glass chip preparation, prototyping, fluorescence microscopy, western blotting, DNA hybridization, lateral electrophoretic flow, isoelectric focusing, quantitative image analysis, COMSOL modeling, primer design



UC Berkeley College of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  - Supported both instructors and students, lead discussions, and developed assignments - Organized speakers from across the U.S. and abroad to speak with class - Maintained online classroom portal, created resources, and documented lessons - Co-wrote "Design Thinking for Development Engineering" paper for engineering education journal - Supported both instructors and students, lead discussions, and developed assignments - Organized speakers from across the U.S. and abroad to speak with class - Maintained online classroom portal, created resources, and documented lessons - Co-wrote "Design Thinking for Development Engineering" paper for engineering education journal



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• GT Westside Neighborhood Task Force Coordinator

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  - Coordinated initiative to create sustainable partnership between GT & surrounding neighborhoods- Organized meetings with 20+ faculty, students, community & business leaders- Worked directly under Dean Royster of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

• Undergraduate Researcher in McDevitt Lab

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2010

  - Identified cell biomolecule production for post myocardial infarction tissue repair- Received President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)- Designed and wrote research proposal for completion of Research Option certificateSkills: monolayer stem cell culture (mouse and human mesenchymal stem cells, 3T3s), 3D spheroid formation, histology, qPCR, flow cytometry, cryosectioning, acellularization

• Undergraduate Student Researcher in Gall Lab

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2009

  - Characterized Poly(ethylene)glycol-based Poly (beta-amino ester)s for stem cell delivery- Led collaboration with the McDevitt Laboratory for Engineering of Stem-Cell Technologies - Studied thermo-mechanical properties of epoxy shape memory polymer foams- Co-authored two publications- 1st place winner of undergraduate research symposium- Communicated findings before department and general public at several oral and poster presentationsSkills: embryonic stem cell culture, cell encapsulation, dynamic mechanical testing, differential scanning calorimetry, NMR, polymer synthesis, MATLAB analysis, biodegredation studies, MTS insight tensile testing, UV polymerization



University of Galway

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• UREKA Summer Researcher in Regenerative Medicine Institute

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  - Investigated inflammatory responses in engineered mesenchymal stem cells - Participant in SURF BioNET UREKA program at NUI-Galway - Only student to attend the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) - European Union conference - Communicated findings to university faculty and Science Foundation Ireland Skills: primer design, adenoviral transductions, CD4+ sorting, RT-PCR, in vivo injections, genomic DNA extraction - Investigated inflammatory responses in engineered mesenchymal stem cells - Participant in SURF BioNET UREKA program at NUI-Galway - Only student to attend the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) - European Union conference - Communicated findings to university faculty and Science Foundation Ireland Skills: primer design, adenoviral transductions, CD4+ sorting, RT-PCR, in vivo injections, genomic DNA extraction



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• REU Summer Researcher in Griffith Lab

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  - Optimized self-assembling peptides for primary rat hepatocyte culture in vitro for liver model - Results published in Biomaterials article as only undergraduate student author - One of <5% of applicants accepted into NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program Skills: primary hepatocyte culture, self-assembling peptide gel synthesis, confocal microscopy, cell viability assays, actin cytoskeleton staining, western blot, atomic force microscopy - Optimized self-assembling peptides for primary rat hepatocyte culture in vitro for liver model - Results published in Biomaterials article as only undergraduate student author - One of <5% of applicants accepted into NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program Skills: primary hepatocyte culture, self-assembling peptide gel synthesis, confocal microscopy, cell viability assays, actin cytoskeleton staining, western blot, atomic force microscopy