Experience

Broken String Biosciences

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Bioinformatics

  • Apr 2022 - Present



The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Translational and Operational Bioinformatics

  • Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Implementing reproducible bioinformatics pipelines for public health benefit using• CGPS software such as Microreact (https://microreact.org), Data-flo (https://data-flo.io/) and Pathogenwatch (https://pathogen.watch/)• Nextflow (https://nextflow.io/)• Containerisation (Docker and Singularity)• Cloud deploymentLeveraging these technologies to benefit public health laboratories and researchers tackle global problems such as SARS-CoV-2, Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, respiratory disease etc. Ensuring that these technologies are available to all users independent of setting.

• Bioinformatics Implementation Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2021

  Leading development and rollout of bioinformatics pipelines and software/tools forgenomic surveillance in laboratories at four international sites (India, Colombia, Nigeria, ThePhilippines)



Inivata

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Computational Scientist

  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2018



Public Health England

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

• Lead for Bioinformatics

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2017

  Strategy development for bioinformatics in the microbiology services division of Public Health England.Management of a diverse team of staff including bioinformaticians, computer scientists and UNIX system administrators.

• Bioinformatician

  • Apr 2002 - Oct 2017

  Development and delivery of analytical software for pathogen molecular data, particularly that from whole genome sequencing

• Bioinformatician

  • Apr 2002 - Apr 2013

  Development of Bioinformaics tools to aid life scientists and medical staff in their jobs. In particular the focus is on research oriented applications and scientific database design.See http://www.hpa.org.uk/ProductsServices/InfectiousDiseases/ServicesActivities/Bioinformatics/Skills involved include1) Bioinformatics analysis of genome data, particularly pathogens2) Programming in Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, R, Perl, php, and Java.3) Unix administration of Linux servers including software installation and maintenance.4) A detailed working knowlege of Windows and Apple Macintosh computers including advanced troubleshooting.5) Expert advice in molecular biology and Bioinformatics to Health Specialists



El Puerto de Liverpool

• Mexico
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Aug 1995 - Mar 2002

  Scientific Research into the molecular biology of the disease underlying elephantiasis and filariasis caused by parasitic worms. Scientific Research into the molecular biology of the disease underlying elephantiasis and filariasis caused by parasitic worms.