Experience

Concept Foundation (non-profit)

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • May 2020 - Present

  Reporting to the M&D Programme Manager (PM) and providing support to the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA). Responsibilities include the continuation of general operational duties as a Technical Officer for the Programme for Development of a Generic Subcutaneous 3-monthly Injectable Contraceptive for Self-Injection and expansion of similar operational duties to an entire newly formed M&D team portfolio.- Supervising activities and liaising with manufacturers in China, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Argentina and Mexico, and with subcontracted laboratories in France, Germany, UK, Italy, Switzerland, India, and Thailand.- Gathering, processing and managing data and reports generated by product development activities. Compiling information into target product profiles, integrated product development profiles, and tech transfer packages.- Contributing to the write-up of project proposals. - Taking responsibility for operational support for quality testing study of medical abortion medicines from 11 country markets. Directly involved in write-up of publication from study. - Supporting CTA in the set up and formalization of an internal Quality Management System through reviewing documents and ensuring alignment between SOPs.- Contributing to internal brainstorming sessions for organizational strategies. - Managing sub-awards and other direct cost budgets, supporting PM with managing consultant and travel budgets for the entire M&D project portfolio.- Writing up regular donor reporting, both quarterly and annually and providing key updates during biweekly donor calls.- Coordinating internal and external communications and follow-up. Show less

• • Oct 2017 - May 2020

  Reporting to the AFP PM and providing support to the CTA. Implemented activities for the Programme for Development of Generic Subcutaneous 3-monthly Injectable Contraceptive for Self-Injection.- Organised the running of product development studies with laboratory in France for the successful development and optimisation of the manufacturing process for a 3-monthly hormonal contraceptive.- Set up long-term stability studies with UK and France-based laboratories, including managing the verification, transfer and validation of analytical methods to be used in testing, and managing the shipment of samples from the manufacturing partner in Bangladesh. - Coordinated and set up pilot bioavailability study with clinical research organization in India, including gathering of documentation and data for obtaining ethical approval, coordinating testing and shipment of reference and test samples, and review and discussion of clinical protocols between multiple subject matter experts.- Managed sub-awards and other direct costs budgets.- Completed administrative tasks such as issuing of purchase orders, drafting and issuing NDAs, Scopes of Work, Terms of Reference documents, etc. - Traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh with technical team to provide on-site support for technical assessment and trial manufacturing to pharmaceutical manufacturing partner. Show less

• • Mar 2016 - Sep 2017

  Coordinated remote and on-site technical assistance to pharmaceutical manufacturers in Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, China and Mexico, including travel planning.Reviewed technical assessment visit reports.Coordinated with laboratory partners on initiation and running of studies, organizing shipment of samples between laboratories and manufacturers and reviewing study protocols. Organized lab-scale manufacturing and samples analysis and procurement of laboratory materials.Supported Program Officer and Program Manager in due diligence process for potential manufacturing partners for large product development and commercialization project.Researched and assessed post-partum haemorrhage medicines market and regulations in Nigeria, Kenya and India for the Access to Maternal Health team. Show less

• • May 2015 - Feb 2016

  Built database of pharmaceutical manufacturers based on audit and technical assessment reports. Updated website and managed social media accounts.



International AIDS Society

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IAS 2013 Satellites and Exhibition Intern

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  Managing Exhibition and Satellites parts of IAS 7th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, both prior to conference and onsite. Managing Exhibition and Satellites parts of IAS 7th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, both prior to conference and onsite.



FIND

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

  Market research and analysis of malaria diagnostics Market research and analysis of malaria diagnostics



Haemonetics

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

  Responsible for assisting Sales Department with various projects: - Managing feedback from a pilot test of salesforce.com. Testing salesforce.com before it's launched live. - Project coordination with McKinsey team of consultants for Haemonetics. - Researching labor markets and developing financial models for specific product. - Updating Salesforce.com with new opportunities from excel spreadsheets. - Serving as a liaison between the Sales field personnel and the financial department. Show less



Medicines for Malaria Venture

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intern - Access & Delivery

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Worked with MMV’s Access & Delivery team. Researched and analyzed Global Fund and World Bank proposals in order to access the extent of the malaria epidemics in India, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea. My task was to review information provided by the Ministries of Health of these countries and Non-Governmental Organizations working there. Presented the results of the research to the Access & Delivery team. Worked with MMV’s Access & Delivery team. Researched and analyzed Global Fund and World Bank proposals in order to access the extent of the malaria epidemics in India, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea. My task was to review information provided by the Ministries of Health of these countries and Non-Governmental Organizations working there. Presented the results of the research to the Access & Delivery team.



CHUV | Lausanne university hospital

• Switzerland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern - Research

  • Jun 2009 - Jul 2009

  Worked in Prof. Amalio Telenti’s laboratory, performing a series of experiments contributing towards a study which looked at links between the existence of certain polymorphisms in the gene CYP2B6 for 12 HIV-positive patients of the Swiss HIV Cohort and whether they metabolized the drug efavirenz efficiently. The results of this study were published in a peer-reviewed journal. Worked in Prof. Amalio Telenti’s laboratory, performing a series of experiments contributing towards a study which looked at links between the existence of certain polymorphisms in the gene CYP2B6 for 12 HIV-positive patients of the Swiss HIV Cohort and whether they metabolized the drug efavirenz efficiently. The results of this study were published in a peer-reviewed journal.