Chief Operating Officer

• Dec 2018 - Present

Chief Technical Officer

• Aug 2016 - Present

Negotiated and secured a licence agreement for AntoXa’s lead product.Directed production of five grams of lead product for use in non-human primate efficacy trial.Manage ongoing client and government relationships, communications and collaborations.Facilitate business development through preparation of comprehensive and coherent proposals that have been successful in securing government contracts and collaborations.Identify and exploit new technologies to enhance the development of AntoXa’s pipeline and capabilities.

Director of Special Projects

• Apr 2015 - Present

Directed production of three innovator products for use in pre-clinical animal studies, including non-human primate safety and toxicology studies.Represent company at scientific and government meetings, conferences and symposiums by delivering presentations, networking and manning company booths.Secure new business opportunities using network, and federal and international solicitation sites.Communicate project successes using reports, articles, patent applications and press releases.Manage multiple research programs and project teams simultaneously, resulting in successful completion of project deliverables within project timelines and budgets.Responsible for engaging with clients and upper management to generate proposals with clear scope, timelines, budgets and deliverables.

Research Associate / Project Manager

• Nov 2012 - Mar 2015

Planned, implemented and managed multiple research projects, resulting in the successful achievement of project objectives/deliverables, and financial objectives.Authored grant proposals, budgets, and animal care protocols for immunization and clinical studies to meet academic and federal guidelines and regulations.Managed relationships with clients, stakeholders and third parties/vendors by communicating research and progress.Established an immunization protocol and a synthetic library to develop antibodies against chemical threats.Engineered multiple therapeutic proteins and implemented a scheme to evaluate the efficacy of plant-derived therapeutics.Maintained laboratory supplies and equipment in academic research lab, as well as trained, supervised, and mentored undergraduate and graduate students.

Research Technician

• Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

Developed and implemented a scheme to purify and polish self-designed and validated antibody therapeutics from plants.Designed and executed a pre-clinical mouse study to test the efficacy of novel antibody therapeutics.Responsible for training of colleagues and maintenance of laboratory equipment and reagents, including AKTA FPLC, DNA and protein electrophoresis equipment, centrifuges and tissue culture equipment.Responsible for developing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) pertaining to protein expression, purification and detection.

Graduate Research Student

• Sep 2007 - Dec 2010

Engaged with science team to design self-validated platform to engineer pathogen specific reagents as therapeutic products.Responsible for development of assays to validate protein expression levels within transgenic plants to support biopharma research targets.Leadership role to train & document lab safety protocols for new students. Focus on applied molecular biology, protein analysis and plant expression techniques.Represented laboratory achievements by communicating research highlights and networking at various scientific meetings and within peer reviewed journals.Designed a self-validated knowledge database to assess feasibility, technical needs and market potential of plant-derived pharmaceuticals.