Experience

BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH

• Managing Director & Founder

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Cologne Area, Germany



BioEcho UG

• Founder

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2017

  Cologne Area, Germany Foundation of BioEcho UG



QIAGEN

• Netherlands
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director R&D - Personalized Healthcare

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2014

  Manchester, UK & HQ QIAGEN, Germany Commuting between Hilden and Manchester to promote the interaction and interplay in all aspects (technical, operational, strategic) to bring companion diagnostic kits (“Therascreen”) on US (PMA) and European (CE) markets. Promotion of interactive information exchange in areas like SAP implementation, Total Quality Managment, IP&L, nonMRP monitoring, etc.. Assessment and consulting in areas of improvement (“lessons learned” & GAP-analysis). Active participation and coordination of Therascreen… Show more Commuting between Hilden and Manchester to promote the interaction and interplay in all aspects (technical, operational, strategic) to bring companion diagnostic kits (“Therascreen”) on US (PMA) and European (CE) markets. Promotion of interactive information exchange in areas like SAP implementation, Total Quality Managment, IP&L, nonMRP monitoring, etc.. Assessment and consulting in areas of improvement (“lessons learned” & GAP-analysis). Active participation and coordination of Therascreen KRAS PMA, EGFR PMA, KRAS CE and RUO certifications. Extending expertise into Design Control Procedures and Diagnostic Assay Development. Leading of a team involved in diagnostic assay development in based in Hilden. Member of the Product Development Management Team of the mDX Personalized Healthcare Unit in Manchester. Show less

• Director R&D - Nucleic acid & protein purification

  • 2005 - 2010

  Hilden, Germany Research & Development of forensic, veterinary-diagnostic, food and research applications within the QIAGEN kit-portfolio. Responsibility for QIAGEN`s core sample prep portfolio for plasmid DNA, genomic DNA and RNA purifications in the Life Science area. Optimization and development of new sample prep products (e.g. miRNA, FFPE sample prep, AllPreps, QIAspin, CleanUp etc.) and Life Cycle management of QIAGEN blockbuster kit portfolios (e.g QIAGEN tip; QIAprep, RNeasy, DNeasy). Development of… Show more Research & Development of forensic, veterinary-diagnostic, food and research applications within the QIAGEN kit-portfolio. Responsibility for QIAGEN`s core sample prep portfolio for plasmid DNA, genomic DNA and RNA purifications in the Life Science area. Optimization and development of new sample prep products (e.g. miRNA, FFPE sample prep, AllPreps, QIAspin, CleanUp etc.) and Life Cycle management of QIAGEN blockbuster kit portfolios (e.g QIAGEN tip; QIAprep, RNeasy, DNeasy). Development of automized applications on QIAGENs flagship platforms QIAsympony, QIAcube and EZ1. Also supervision of the QIAGEN protein portfolio, Biomedical research and Biobanking. Full responsibility for the Life Science Prep portfolio including budgeting, R&D supervision and strategic lead. Cooperation with pathologist to develop a breast cancer expression marker signature. Reporting to the Vice President R&D Life Sience. Initiation of new portfolio concepts. Honoured with the QIAGEN “Sydney Brenner Award” for superiour leadership.

• Director R&D - GMP Contract Manufacturing Service

  • 1997 - 2005

  Hilden, Germany Head of the Contract Manufacturing Department for the manufacture of clinical grade plasmid DNA. Scale up and optimization of the QIAGEN purification process for large-scale plasmid manufacturing, GMP custom manufacturing. Coordination of pALLIANCE manufacturing with DSM Biologics, Nijmjegen, Netherlands. Reporting to the Senior Vice President Global R&D. Main assignment were the customer and inter company relationship and project management, customer acquisition and GMP manufacturing… Show more Head of the Contract Manufacturing Department for the manufacture of clinical grade plasmid DNA. Scale up and optimization of the QIAGEN purification process for large-scale plasmid manufacturing, GMP custom manufacturing. Coordination of pALLIANCE manufacturing with DSM Biologics, Nijmjegen, Netherlands. Reporting to the Senior Vice President Global R&D. Main assignment were the customer and inter company relationship and project management, customer acquisition and GMP manufacturing campaign supervision . Responsibility for the scientific and commercials progress of the department.



Bayer HealthCare

• United States

• Post Doc Scientist

  • Jun 1995 - Jun 1997

  Wuppertal Elberfeld Process development, scale up and analytical assay development for the manufacture of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins that enter clinical phase investigation. The work involved screening for purpose of process scale resins, Process scale-up, UF/DF/SF techniques, analytical and preparative chromatography, Capillary electrophoresis, formulation development. Extending expertise from beeing a pure Molecular Biologist to Bioengineering &Purification.