Experience

CureSearch for Children's Cancer

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Strategic Partnerships

  • Mar 2023 - Present

• National Director, Corporate Healthcare Partnerships

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2023



American Heart Association

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product and Development Manager | Brain Health & Healthy Aging Enterprise

  • 2018 - 2020

  Oversaw the management of products by aggregating market intelligence to identify and develop future benefit plan designs; recommended product positioning for new and existing products and modified current products as necessary to be compliant with regulatory requirements. Managed new product initiatives from concept to implementation and provided ongoing monitoring. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to report market dynamics, trends, and ensure competitive offerings. Regular communication with the C-Suite.Key Highlights:• Founded a “Health-X” think-tank by assembling a lean, intrapreneurial, diverse team across the organization without incurring additional costs• Created new opportunities in a sensitive and historically risk-averse atmosphere by re-engineering existing sunk resources across the organization• Provided multiple new sustainable revenue opportunities for the organization by building novel commercial solutions around modifiable risk factor reductions; including food as pharmacy, cognitive screening tools, workforce brain health and wellness optimization, and exercise as entertainmentCompetencies: Strategy | Delivery Transformation | Revenue Growth | Clinical Innovation | Project Management | Product Management | Key Performance Indicators | Healthcare Industry Knowledge | Strategic Planning | Innovation | Process Improvement | Technical/Modeling Skills | Leadership | Analytical | Business Plan Development | Pro forma Creation | Entrepreneurship | Product Development | Research Management | Facility Design | Contract Negotiations | Pharmaceutical R&D | Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical Manufacturing | Method Development Scale-up and Facility Expansion Projecting | Clinical Trial Management Show less

• Research and Innovation Manager | Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine

  • 2015 - 2018

  Led efforts to coordinate activities regarding new product innovation for new product developments and directly interacted with all organization functions. Delivered the latest science and innovation strategically to ensure corporate product goals were on time, on cost, and at the right quality. Defined, implemented, and maintained an innovative framework of processes, including governance and execution.Key Highlights:• Originated the $15M Precision Medicine Platform as the key product development manager, focused on simplifying cloud adoption and migration to function as a catalyst for impactful, bleeding-edge cross-disciplinary research• Secured and stewarded $22M+ for over 84 researcher projects by formulating and managing 20 innovative and emerging science programs• $6M to advance precision medicine attained through science-business negotiations with pharma and leading-edge tech companies seeking to expand on the current body of knowledge and additional endeavors in healthcareCompetencies: Strategy | Delivery Transformation | Revenue Growth | Clinical Innovation | Project Management | Product Management | Key Performance Indicators | Healthcare Industry Knowledge | Strategic Planning | Innovation | Process Improvement | Technical/Modeling Skills | Leadership | Analytical | Business Plan Development | Pro forma Creation | Entrepreneurship | Product Development | Research Management | Facility Design | Contract Negotiations | Pharmaceutical R&D | Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical Manufacturing | Method Development Scale-up and Facility Expansion Projecting | Clinical Trial Management Show less



U.S. O'Neill Industries

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Technical Affairs

  • 2012 - 2015

  Developed the technical affairs division charged with contract negotiations, R&D Chemistry, production facility design, product development, business feasibility projects, and project management as a start-up chemical and ‘packaged business opportunity’ company. Provided technical and administrative leadership (analysis, decision making, problem-solving, and action plans) and directed an operations team of six people in core processes and special projects. Key Highlights: • Created and implemented a QA/QC program, complete with structured operational controls, Certificates of Analysis, and instrumentation procedures, along with the designation of proper product testing parameters • Implemented production and testing protocols for client businesses Competencies: Strategy | Delivery Transformation | Revenue Growth | Clinical Innovation | Project Management | Product Management | Key Performance Indicators | Healthcare Industry Knowledge | Strategic Planning | Innovation | Process Improvement | Technical/Modeling Skills | Leadership | Analytical | Business Plan Development | Pro forma Creation | Entrepreneurship | Product Development | Research Management | Facility Design | Contract Negotiations | Pharmaceutical R&D | Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical Manufacturing | Method Development Scale-up and Facility Expansion Projecting | Clinical Trial Management Show less



Neos Therapeutics, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research & Development Chemist | Equipment Systems Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Mar 2012

  Supported new product development from conception, feasibility to scale up and on to animal and human clinical trials. Led a cross-departmental team including quality control and quality assurance teams, often co-writing documentation and protocols to increase quality output and decrease failed batch rate for active pharma ingredients. Supervised and managed rotating production teams of up to 14 people. Key Highlights: • Procured $2.1M for the commercialization of successful drug products to ensure maximum profit gain upon FDA approval after being nominated to the Commercial Design Committee • Lowered failed production batches by 20% through cost-saving operational protocols for Qualification/Requalification for all production equipment and production runs Competencies: Strategy | Delivery Transformation | Revenue Growth | Clinical Innovation | Project Management | Product Management | Key Performance Indicators | Healthcare Industry Knowledge | Strategic Planning | Innovation | Process Improvement | Technical/Modeling Skills | Leadership | Analytical | Business Plan Development | Pro forma Creation | Entrepreneurship | Product Development | Research Management | Facility Design | Contract Negotiations | Pharmaceutical R&D | Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical Manufacturing | Method Development Scale-up and Facility Expansion Projecting | Clinical Trial Management Show less