Experience

Eurofins DiscoverX

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Fremont, California, United States Manages manufacturing and quality control of Cell and Reagent products at Eurofins DiscoverX. Recent activities include construction of a new lab to expand manufacturing capacity by 50%, expansion of team to enhance new product technology transfer and quality control and implementation of electronic batch records in all area of manufacturing.

• Vice President

  • May 2016 - Aug 2018

  Responsible for Assay Operations for cell based services groups of the BioMap and PathHunter Service divisions at DiscoverX. In addition to continued management of PathHunter services team, have assumed responsibility for the BioMap operations group. BioMap provides primary human cell-based disease models in combination with reference drug profiles and computational data mining. The service facilitates insight into mechanisms of action, compound efficacy and safety-related effects to… Show more Responsible for Assay Operations for cell based services groups of the BioMap and PathHunter Service divisions at DiscoverX. In addition to continued management of PathHunter services team, have assumed responsibility for the BioMap operations group. BioMap provides primary human cell-based disease models in combination with reference drug profiles and computational data mining. The service facilitates insight into mechanisms of action, compound efficacy and safety-related effects to enable predictive and informative biological activity profiles.

• Director. LeadHunter Profiling and Screening Services

  • Sep 2007 - May 2016

  Established Profiling and Screening Service Business Unit, a new venture to provide commercial services for DiscoverX’s propriety technology. Grew business consistently and expanded portfolio to include over 700 targets. Provided a wide range of services and developed a reputation for personal service to aid clients in their research needs. Client base includes major pharmaceutical and biotech organizations as well as small and virtual biotech companies. Also responsible of the cell… Show more Established Profiling and Screening Service Business Unit, a new venture to provide commercial services for DiscoverX’s propriety technology. Grew business consistently and expanded portfolio to include over 700 targets. Provided a wide range of services and developed a reputation for personal service to aid clients in their research needs. Client base includes major pharmaceutical and biotech organizations as well as small and virtual biotech companies. Also responsible of the cell production group that produces 90% of the company products. Reorganized operations increasing productivity by 50% within 3 months. Developed and implemented an efficient database system to track production and QC data. Incorporated automated product insert and collateral data sheets to provide resources and support for Marketing and Operations units.

• Scientist

  • 2002 - Sep 2007



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist

  • 1995 - 2002