Experience

C3i

• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager - Biotherapeutics & Vectors Unit

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Montreal Building the Manufacturing Gene Therapy Platform • Cell Bank Production (25 L scale) • Viral Vector Production (50 L and 200 L scale) • Final Fill - Equipment acquisition - Validation and Qualification of equipment - Process Validation - Project Management - Build the team and the expertise

• Downstream Biomanufacturing Lead

  • Apr 2021 - Jun 2022

  Montréal, Québec, Canada DSP Lead within the Biotherapeutics and Vector (BTV) Unit. - Lentivirus, Retrovirus and AAV - Following GMP in Grade C & B cleanrooms - Selection of DSP equipment - Write SOPs - IQ/OP/PQ - Collaborate with external partners



National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada

• Canada
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2021

  Région de Montréal, Canada Human Health Therapeutics Research Center - Downstream Processing Team Development of a scalable purification process for Lentiviral vectors - Lead a multidisciplinary project team - Perform clarification, chromatography, tangential flow filtration (TFF) and sterile filtration - Perform analytical methods and data analysis - Participation in internal & external client projects - Write standard operating procedures (SOP) - Participate in conferences and writing… Show more Human Health Therapeutics Research Center - Downstream Processing Team Development of a scalable purification process for Lentiviral vectors - Lead a multidisciplinary project team - Perform clarification, chromatography, tangential flow filtration (TFF) and sterile filtration - Perform analytical methods and data analysis - Participation in internal & external client projects - Write standard operating procedures (SOP) - Participate in conferences and writing research articles - Work in a CL-2 environment - Resource Management - Write project proposals - DSP expertise lead for the Lentiviral vector Reference Material project in collaboration with IS Biotech - Write and revise SOPs for the new GMP facility - Purchase equipment for the new GMP facility Show less



École Polytechnique de Montréal

• Canada

• Teacher Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2014

  Montreal, Canada Area GCH8620 - Separation Advance Processes



Genentech

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co-op

  • May 2009 - Nov 2009

  Région de la baie de San Francisco, États-Unis Early Stage Purification - Purify monoclonal antibodies - Optimization of purification conditions using design of experiment (DOE) method - High-throughput screening using the robotic platform to purify antibodies - Preparation and use of chromatography columns with the AKTA Explorer system



Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

• Research Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  Région de Montréal, Canada



Lallemand

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2008 - Apr 2008

  Région de Montréal, Canada



CRCHUM

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Région de Montréal, Canada