Ian Riley
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Credentials
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Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification
Management and Strategy Institute (MSI)Jan, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Giner, Inc.
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United States
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Engineer
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Apr 2023 - Present
• Lead two programs as Principal Investigator (PI), managing a combined budget of $1.6 million and making critical scientific and financial decisions for program success.• Effectively composed grant proposals, laying the groundwork for potential funding opportunities to drive the company’s growth and strategic initiatives.• Provided guidance and actively created captivating marketing content, including posters, technology renders, photographs, and website design, to enhance the company's brand presence and secure future funding.• Demonstrated strong leadership as a manager, providing mentorship and guidance to two junior staff engineers, fostering their professional development and contributing to team success. Show less
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Staff Engineer II
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Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
• Designed, manufactured, and assembled a miniature electrolyzer for rapid onsite generation of aqueous ozone and other mixed oxygen species for sanitation of food products and other materials.• Evaluated effectiveness of commercial and internally manufactured screen-printed electrodes forelectrochemical detection and quantitation of THC in bio fluids.• Iterated circuit designs for regenerative powered prosthetics in an effort to increase battery lifetime.• Screen printed electrodes and redesigned commercial electrodes for microfabrication production.• Manufactured a low power miniature potentiostat for continuous chronoamperometric bio monitoring.• Operate and maintain LC/MS-MS system while spearheading method development across severalprograms for small molecule quantitation and sensor validation. Show less
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Staff Engineer I
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Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
• Developed and optimized an enzyme immobilization matrix for generating stable bio sensors.• Electrochemically evaluated biosensors for sensitivity, selectivity, and stability.• Designed and manufactured a flow cell and low pressure pumping system for automated sensor testing across a number of solutions.• Developed and validated LC/MS-MS methods for cannabinoids, drug metabolites and more.
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Carnegie Mellon University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research | Biomedical - Mechanical Engineering
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Sep 2018 - May 2020
Biomedical Engineering Department • Researched and developed a high-fidelity, medical imaging phantom for clinical training of ultrasound guided IV insertion • Communicated with physicians to adapt and functionalize the model to specific clinical requirements • Drove material and development costs down an estimated 85% to comparable commercial simulators utilizing 3D print manufacturing and low-cost base materials • Interfaced custom designed electrical, fluid and material imaging components • Mentored and lead undergraduate research students • Authored “High-Fidelity Phantom Simulator for Ultrasound Guided IV Insertion” for journal submission Show less
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Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Laboratory Technician
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2018
• Performed meticulous sample preparation and extraction of healthy and diseased human/ animal tissues • Analyzed and prepared data sets following LC/MS-MS for lipid mediator profiling • Contributed data, figures, text as an author to six published manuscripts • Conducted inflammation assays with live animals, as well as human tissues, utilizing ELISA, ECIS, flow cytometry, PCR, and LC-MS/MS • Performed meticulous sample preparation and extraction of healthy and diseased human/ animal tissues • Analyzed and prepared data sets following LC/MS-MS for lipid mediator profiling • Contributed data, figures, text as an author to six published manuscripts • Conducted inflammation assays with live animals, as well as human tissues, utilizing ELISA, ECIS, flow cytometry, PCR, and LC-MS/MS
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Education
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2018 - 2020
Carnegie Mellon University
Master's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering -
2012 - 2016
Middlebury College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry
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