Life Sciences Research Communications Lead

• Jan 2022 - Present

-> Product portfolio management: real-world data products from conception to product launch, project management -> Product marketing leader: product launches, product releases, internal and external communications, customer feedback -> Content creation: peer reviewed research abstracts, blogs, digital media, infographics, sales enablement materials -> Discovery research in new product development: rare disease, neurological, and oncological therapeutic areas ->… Show more -> Product portfolio management: real-world data products from conception to product launch, project management -> Product marketing leader: product launches, product releases, internal and external communications, customer feedback -> Content creation: peer reviewed research abstracts, blogs, digital media, infographics, sales enablement materials -> Discovery research in new product development: rare disease, neurological, and oncological therapeutic areas -> Strategic partnerships: life sciences partnership management, external communications, customer success Healthcare needs good data. PicnicHealth builds deep real-world datasets to fuel cutting-edge research while giving patients control of their own medical record data. Show less -> Product portfolio management: real-world data products from conception to product launch, project management -> Product marketing leader: product launches, product releases, internal and external communications, customer feedback -> Content creation: peer reviewed research abstracts, blogs, digital media, infographics, sales enablement materials -> Discovery research in new product development: rare disease, neurological, and oncological therapeutic areas ->… Show more -> Product portfolio management: real-world data products from conception to product launch, project management -> Product marketing leader: product launches, product releases, internal and external communications, customer feedback -> Content creation: peer reviewed research abstracts, blogs, digital media, infographics, sales enablement materials -> Discovery research in new product development: rare disease, neurological, and oncological therapeutic areas -> Strategic partnerships: life sciences partnership management, external communications, customer success Healthcare needs good data. PicnicHealth builds deep real-world datasets to fuel cutting-edge research while giving patients control of their own medical record data. Show less

Chief Scientific Officer

• Oct 2020 - Jan 2022

-> Partnership leader: Championed team of lab scientists, engineers, assay developers, manufacturers, and vendors developing a novel COVID diagnostic test -> Public speaking and presentation: Pitch development and execution to various funding sources -> Project Management: Timelines and deliverables, cross-functional team coordination, expectation management Balanced Biotech is an innovative diagnostic startup focused on advancing point-of-care diagnostics with… Show more -> Partnership leader: Championed team of lab scientists, engineers, assay developers, manufacturers, and vendors developing a novel COVID diagnostic test -> Public speaking and presentation: Pitch development and execution to various funding sources -> Project Management: Timelines and deliverables, cross-functional team coordination, expectation management Balanced Biotech is an innovative diagnostic startup focused on advancing point-of-care diagnostics with technological advances. Show less -> Partnership leader: Championed team of lab scientists, engineers, assay developers, manufacturers, and vendors developing a novel COVID diagnostic test -> Public speaking and presentation: Pitch development and execution to various funding sources -> Project Management: Timelines and deliverables, cross-functional team coordination, expectation management Balanced Biotech is an innovative diagnostic startup focused on advancing point-of-care diagnostics with… Show more -> Partnership leader: Championed team of lab scientists, engineers, assay developers, manufacturers, and vendors developing a novel COVID diagnostic test -> Public speaking and presentation: Pitch development and execution to various funding sources -> Project Management: Timelines and deliverables, cross-functional team coordination, expectation management Balanced Biotech is an innovative diagnostic startup focused on advancing point-of-care diagnostics with technological advances. Show less

Business Owner, Consultant

• Oct 2019 - Jan 2022

-> Biotech consulting: Oversaw scientific programs, technology transfer, thought leadership Offering consulting services and sound guidance for building new products in the diagnostic landscape. -> Biotech consulting: Oversaw scientific programs, technology transfer, thought leadership Offering consulting services and sound guidance for building new products in the diagnostic landscape.

Director - Proteomic Analysis

• Mar 2011 - May 2019

-> Cross functional team lead: Integrated software engineers, R&D, product development, and commercial team to transfer technology across the organization ->Research communications and presentation: Represented company at over 20 conferences presenting key findings, meeting with external collaborators, and generating new project leads. ->Method Development: Analyzed big data to discover biomarkers for clinical testing of oncology patients leveraging principles in machine learning… Show more -> Cross functional team lead: Integrated software engineers, R&D, product development, and commercial team to transfer technology across the organization ->Research communications and presentation: Represented company at over 20 conferences presenting key findings, meeting with external collaborators, and generating new project leads. ->Method Development: Analyzed big data to discover biomarkers for clinical testing of oncology patients leveraging principles in machine learning and statistics. ->Automated repetitive data processing methods to save 80% analyst time on task while reducing error rate by 25%. ->Technical writing and document control: Developed and managed over 10 standard operating procedures detailing processes ensuring data reliability Named business of the year in 2019 from the Colorado BioScience Assoc. and fastest privately held company from the Denver Business Journal in 2015. Biodesix is a company at the leading edge of lung cancer diagnostics by taking modern AI approaches to identify signals in patient blood samples that can classify patients into clinically relevant groups. Show less -> Cross functional team lead: Integrated software engineers, R&D, product development, and commercial team to transfer technology across the organization ->Research communications and presentation: Represented company at over 20 conferences presenting key findings, meeting with external collaborators, and generating new project leads. ->Method Development: Analyzed big data to discover biomarkers for clinical testing of oncology patients leveraging principles in machine learning… Show more -> Cross functional team lead: Integrated software engineers, R&D, product development, and commercial team to transfer technology across the organization ->Research communications and presentation: Represented company at over 20 conferences presenting key findings, meeting with external collaborators, and generating new project leads. ->Method Development: Analyzed big data to discover biomarkers for clinical testing of oncology patients leveraging principles in machine learning and statistics. ->Automated repetitive data processing methods to save 80% analyst time on task while reducing error rate by 25%. ->Technical writing and document control: Developed and managed over 10 standard operating procedures detailing processes ensuring data reliability Named business of the year in 2019 from the Colorado BioScience Assoc. and fastest privately held company from the Denver Business Journal in 2015. Biodesix is a company at the leading edge of lung cancer diagnostics by taking modern AI approaches to identify signals in patient blood samples that can classify patients into clinically relevant groups. Show less

Postdoctoral fellow

• Sep 2009 - Mar 2011

Study of the ETS family of transcription factors involved in prostate cancer Study of the ETS family of transcription factors involved in prostate cancer

Postdoctoral researcher

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

Graduate Student

• Aug 2003 - Jan 2009

Project investigated how the human Mediator complex regulates gene expression. This involved structural analysis using negative stain and cryo-electron microscopy and functional bioassays to reveal basic transcriptional mechanisms. Project investigated how the human Mediator complex regulates gene expression. This involved structural analysis using negative stain and cryo-electron microscopy and functional bioassays to reveal basic transcriptional mechanisms.