Experience

Vivariant Laboratories

• Canada
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & Founder

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Toronto, Canada Area Vivariant is an ISO 17025 and GMP-accredited analytical chemistry and microbiology testing laboratory in Mississauga, ON. The company services clients in the pharmaceutical, cannabis, natural health product, dietary supplement and cosmetics sectors. Vivariant helps customers meet regulatory requirements and create better products.



Merck Group

• Germany
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Segment Marketing Lead, IVD Manufacturering Customers

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Global Strategic Marketing and Innovation for the Merck KGaA group of companies. My role is to develop our mid-term strategy for growing our business with In Vitro Diagnostic manufacturers globally. I am responsible for our global business with these customers from our entire chemical portfolio. My work includes: expanding customer insight in this regulated space, development of digital e-commerce tools tailored to manufacturing type customers, marketing campaign development and mapping… Show more Global Strategic Marketing and Innovation for the Merck KGaA group of companies. My role is to develop our mid-term strategy for growing our business with In Vitro Diagnostic manufacturers globally. I am responsible for our global business with these customers from our entire chemical portfolio. My work includes: expanding customer insight in this regulated space, development of digital e-commerce tools tailored to manufacturing type customers, marketing campaign development and mapping our products to workflows including immunoassay, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, next generation sequencing, clinical chemistry and emerging novel Dx technologies. Internally my team and I scout new products and technologies for our portfolio, advocate for customer-centric strategy within the organization and work to stay abreast of the constantly changing global IVD market that our customers sell their products into. I am privileged to work with an excellent global sales, manufacturing and marketing team from a variety of scientific backgrounds and cultures enabling our customers to create products that enable better patient outcomes in healthcare. Show less



Sigma-Aldrich

• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Manager - Contract IVD Manufacturing

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  Europe and St. Louis, MO. Business development manager for the contract manufacture (CMO) of OEM/private label In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) kits and reagents for European clients. I work with our sales and production teams to drive Sigma-Aldrich's CMO business in this space. Customers bring us a range of challenging manufacturing projects which cover a wide range of chemical technologies from the IVD space (molecular biology, immuno-based, DNA sequencing, clinical chemistry, etc.) When a customer is looking for a… Show more Business development manager for the contract manufacture (CMO) of OEM/private label In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) kits and reagents for European clients. I work with our sales and production teams to drive Sigma-Aldrich's CMO business in this space. Customers bring us a range of challenging manufacturing projects which cover a wide range of chemical technologies from the IVD space (molecular biology, immuno-based, DNA sequencing, clinical chemistry, etc.) When a customer is looking for a third party diagnostic manufacturing partner for their product I help find the site with the right manufacturing capabilities and quality systems, support technology transfer from customer to Sigma-Aldrich and proposals for pilots, validation and commercial production of the IVD product. I support the sales team with pricing out these complex, long-term projects and contracts like supply and quality agreements. I work with an excellent team of globally positioned colleagues and manufacturing sites to support our business in Europe. I am based in St. Louis for proximity to our main IVD CMO site while working with these customers and colleagues via extensive field travel to Europe.

• Biotech Sales Specialist

  • Feb 2012 - May 2015

  San Francisco Bay Area June 2013 - May 2015: Field-based account manager focusing on Sigma-Aldrich's corporate clients in the IVD manufacturing space. Drove sales of our cutting edge reagents and innovative technologies to support these companies in their research, development and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic products and LDTs. My team and I assisted our clients in this space with navigating regulatory requirements for chemical raw materials as well as growing our contract manufacturing business at our ISO… Show more June 2013 - May 2015: Field-based account manager focusing on Sigma-Aldrich's corporate clients in the IVD manufacturing space. Drove sales of our cutting edge reagents and innovative technologies to support these companies in their research, development and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic products and LDTs. My team and I assisted our clients in this space with navigating regulatory requirements for chemical raw materials as well as growing our contract manufacturing business at our ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and GMP facilities. My geographic area of coverage was Pacific Northwest. February 2012 - May 2013: Inside Sales Representative for Chemistry and Life Sciences Products, Toronto, Canada. Drove sales of Sigma-Aldrich's catalog to a variety of research and commercial type customers in remote locations via inside sales. Assisted field reps with key accounts.



National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada

• Canada
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2011 - Sep 2011

  Saskatchewan, Canada - Plant Biotechnology Institute (PBI), Plant Hormone Profiling Laboratory - Developed a UHPLC/MS/MS assisted method for analytical quantification of plant hormones and their conjugates in tissue samples



UBC Department of Biochemistry

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  Life Sciences Institute, University of British Colombia - Research assistant in the Jan laboratory - Assisted in high throughput screening of chemical libraries for effects cytoplasmic P-body formation in drosophila S2 cells - Furthered the development of a method for quantification of crpv viral particles in S2 cell lysate



Cynapsus Therapeutics

• Pharmacoregulatory Research Intern

  • May 2009 - Sep 2009

  Toronto, Canada Area - Participated in pharmacoregulatory research for company drug products by gathering information regarding the clinical trials that approved similar drug products for market - Liaised with the FDA, Health Canada and other regulatory bodies - Gathered market information for the indications of Neuropathic Pain and Schizophrenia - Developed PR materials for investors