Experience

Valens Labs

• Canada
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Director

  • 2018 - Present

  • Managing a Health Canada cannabis licensed analytical facility and oversee lab technicians and scientists, documentation, records handling, and quality control in compliance with all applicable standards and regulations. • Performing annual employee reviews, interviewing candidates, training employees, writing standard operating procedures, and reviewing all results and reports. • Ensuring that cannabis analytical testing laboratory capabilities are in compliant to all certifications, and priorities are aligned with client’s overall business strategy and Valens Labs’ vision and goals. • Manage internal and external audits for Health Canada, ISO and QA. This includes addressing issues, preparing response reports, regulatory submissions and ensuring observations are addressed and closed within reasonable time frame. Show less



Saudi Food and Drugs Authority

• Principal LC-MSMS Scientist

  • 2015 - 2018

  • Increased throughput (400%) of food samples analysis by improving sample preparation procedures, chromatography, sample-to-sample run time and supervising the installations of new instruments. • Reduced labs operation cost by 30%, and trainings and service costs (by 80%) by training more than 30 technicians and four service engineers. • Oversaw scientific and technical functioning of three labs equipped with 20 LC-MSMS and 11 GC-MSMS systems used for routine qualitative and quantitation analysis of contaminants in various matrices. • Developed and validated new LC-MSMS methods. Documented results through reports and SOPs. Show less



AB SCIEX

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. LC-MS/MS Scientist

  • 2004 - 2015

  • Increased LC-MSMS iMethods sales by developing various new methods with the highest number of compounds for routine analysis of pesticides, drugs and metabolites of the synthetic cannabinoids. • Increased LC-MSMS sales in many countries in North America, Europe (including Russia), Africa and Middle East by delivering high quality demonstrations, trainings and providing post-sales applications support for laboratories working on small molecule analysis (e.g. forensic toxicology, clinical, Environmental, pharmaceutical and food safety). • Further developed LC-MSMS toxicology and clinical application areas by collaborating with key customers. • Led validation strategy of Cliquid software for routine screening, confirmation and quantitation of drugs. • Documented results of new scientific research through application and technical marketing materials, oral presentations, posters and publications in peer-reviewed journals. Show less



Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry (CRMS), York University

• Laboratory Manager

  • 1999 - 2003

  • Managed new research Centre equipped with 12 different LC-MSMS instruments. • Mentored and trained graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists. • Organized seminars and scientific group meetings. • Managed new research Centre equipped with 12 different LC-MSMS instruments. • Mentored and trained graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists. • Organized seminars and scientific group meetings.